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Rare Mallock Chassis Found in USA
David Douglas has an interesting couple of chassis that he wishes to go to a good home. We have been communicating by e-mail
and I have copied his here because I think they give a good impression of what he has on offer and the reasons for their sale.
While it has been believed that there was only one MK 10 in existence this one certainly does seem to another Mk 10 although
it has never been built into a complete car. The pictures clearly show two sets of seat fixings while the width also suggests
a two seater chassis. It would make an excellent project and judging by the photographs looks in reasonably conditions. We
do not have any photos so far of the Mk11 he owns. As you can see he has been a Mallock enthusiast for many years. The only
downside is that David lives in Sacramento USA but if any of our members over there are interested I am sure David would like
to hear from them. I don’t suppose it would cost too much to ship one or both back to the UK. The only contact I have
is by e-mail which is camacsac@gmail.com.
 If anyone can throw more light
on to this find the Mallock Club would be very interested to hear from you membership@mallockclub.com.
The e-mails follow:
"I have two Mallocks. The
first is a Mk 10. This was the street version which was a few inches wider, which has never been completely
assembled. Mainly because the ball joints for the front suspension were not the correct ones.
The second is a Mk 11B which I used for autocross in California. This is not the same as autocross
in England but slalom racing on a paved course. I ran this one for a couple of years but has been disassembled
for quite a few years. Most of the Mk 11B is here some place but not stored in an orderly fashion. I am
now 75 years old without much interest in getting either on the autocross scene or the street. Looking
for a Mallock lover here in the USA. David Douglas Sacramento, Ca"
 "Hi Peter I have seen a picture of a Mk 10 assembled
& running, As I remember it, the car was in Germany. Mine has never been assembled because mainly the
ball joints in the front suspension were of the wrong thread. The parts that I have are basically the ones that were
fabricated for the Mallock Mk10 which consisted of the frame, rear axle assembly & trailing arms, Panhard rod but not
the axles. I have the front suspension A arms minus the uprights, spindles, & brakes. I have the green nose
assembly, pedal bracket, seats, roll bar & gearbox. I also have the sway bar with the brackets and a sheet of aluminum.
I received almost the same for the Mk11B & it was quite a job finding the parts here in the USA to get the job completed.
Have a drysump pump & pan, Borg & Beck F3 clutch & intake maniford for Weber DCOE 40s.
Have 8" front
& 10" rear spun aluminum wheels. Most likely easier now with computerized part locating than it was thirty
years ago.
I got the Mk11B in I would guess in 1972. It with parts was air freighted to Sacramento along
with another Mk11B which was assembled & used for Formula Ford. The Formula Ford was damaged & I loaned the
owner the lower A arm from the my Mk 10. He never replaced it.
I ordered the Mallock from Grizzly
Engineering in Folsom Ca. Grizzly is no longer in business. The importing agent had an Italian name but I it escapes
my memory now. Maybe later. Communication was much different back then & when written with problems to Arthur,
he would write back that he could not read the handwriting with our questions still unanswered.
I have both cars
stored on the covered porch of my mobile home. I'll send along a picture of what I have plus the dust a bit later.
I'm sure that I left out quite a bit.
dave"
 "Hi Pete,
I Would assume that you meant only one ever asembled
but if not then maybe your data base should be updated a bit. I had no idea of this & would like more info on the
Mallock Mk10. The Mk10 was sold to a guy that never did anything with it. He & Grizzly Engineering went to
court & the settlement involved Grizzly getting back the Mk10 which I subsequently bought from Grizzly. I just did
a Google on the Mk10 & you are correct that only one was built according to the info that I found. Here are a three
photos that I just took they're terrible but maybe they make some sense to you. I sent another email in response
but don't know whether you got it or not.
When I said terrible I meant it.
dave"
 "Hi Peter,
I remember the name of he
guy that imported the Mk11Bs brought over here. His last name was Camperi but his first name still escapes me.
The Mk10 came over here earlier than my Mk11B but I have no idea when or who brought it over. I do
know that it did go through Grizzly Engineering. The guy at Grizzly was named Craig Hanson. I will go over tomorrow
morning & measure the frame so I can tell you exactly how wide it is . Also the modified rear axle housing
would be wider as it took two unshortened axles from a Morris Minor I think. Maybe Sprite but not sure because I never
got that far along with the project. The front suspension parts that I have for the Mk10 seem to be just like those
for the Mk11B.
It really surprised me to learn that only one Mk10 was supposed to have been built. You were
undoubtedly surprised as well to hear than another one existed. I saw the picture of the first one in Motorsport magazine.
The one with the green cover.
later, dave"
"HI again! Martin & Peter,
Sorry
about not getting over to take more pictures yesterday but I got tied up with neighbors.
I measured the width
of the cockpit right at the lower front seat mounts. The width is approx 41 inches which is a bit narrower than I had
thought. The Mk11B is sitting next to the with both of them on their sides. The Mk11B on its left side while the
Mk10 is also on its' left.. The width difference looks to be about 4 or 5 inches. I tried to get some pictures
that could validate this as being a Mk10. If you have any suggestions as what I could take a picture of, just let me
know. Were the frames marked in any way? I never saw any on the 11B & have been over every inch of it.
Not so with the 10 however.
dave"
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