1956 Arnott Sports 1100 Climax

The Arnott is a special and unique racecar. Daphne Arnott was born into a motorsport family and joined the family business in 1948, and by 1951, had created a special department to design and manufacture 500cc F3 cars with the assistance of works manager, George Thornton. In 1953, the little company created a streamlined F3 special. In 1955, Daphne assembled a team to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hour race, and a new two-seater, open-topped Sportscar was created especially for the event. Daphne Arnott is an important figure in British race history as she appears to be the world's first and only woman race car manufacturer. She was an innovative force in race cars having Le Mans entries in 1955 and 1957. She was one of the earliest manufacturers to utilize the then-space-aged technology known as fiberglass.