It also featured a box chassis frame, transverse leaf spring front suspension and a conventional Ford rear axle.

[4] A total of twenty Buckles were produced, including two incomplete examples sold for racing purposes.

[5] The Buckle performed well in hillclimb events and circuit races and held many records.

[6] Sixteen of the twenty Buckles built competed in motor sport,[7] a highlight being Dick Newell's victory in the 1963 New South Wales GT Championship.

[9] It featured a lightweight body moulded around a tubular chassis, a Raymond Mays-developed cylinder head and three SU carburetors.