This 1936 Adler Monoposto was commissioned by Charlie Manders, a prominent racing motorcyclist of the late 1920s and 1930s, for himself to race and was built in England using the chassis of a 1936 Adler Trumpf Junior. Charlie Manders went on to campaign the car in Ireland until the outbreak of war and proved very successful in the 1,000cc class and at times was as fast as the 1½-litre cars. Manders raced against drivers such as Prince Bira, Earl Howe, Sammy Davis, E R Hall and Arthur Dobson at circuits including Phoenix Park, Taillight, Cork and Ards.
Manders used racing to promote his business, a Dublin-based motor dealership that imported Adlers into Ireland from Germany. In 1937, Charlie Manders was involved in a major accident with a Riley in a handicap race at Taillight, but both drivers and the Adler survived without serious damage. Throughout it's career the little Adler was always up at the front end of races in Southern Ireland, thanks in no small part to development undertaken by a highly regarded racing mechanic of the time, Willie Wilkinson, who was also an accomplished racing driver in his own right, going on to work for Belle Vue Motors and the Evans family before World War Two and perhaps most famously, The Ecurie Ecosse and later B.R.M.
It has been the subject of a 15-year rebuild by the former owner, Brian Wilson, who had the car registered with the VSCC and the car was issued a Buff form in March 2003. The car also has a curren MOT, V5C, FIVA Pasport and FIA papers.
Offered fully prepared and ready to race with the benefit of a UK "Daylight Use Only" MOT! What more cost effective way into Pre -War single-seat racing could there be?
