[1] Cyril Kieft was born in Swansea and spent his early working life in the steel industry.

After the Second World war he started up his own company Cyril Kieft and Co Ltd in Bridgend, Glamorgan, making forgings and pressings including components for the motor industry.

As a result of this, a new design was acquired which copied the novel "free roll" rubber suspended swing axle independent rear suspension layout of the highly successful "Fraikaiserwagen" hillclimb race car, Moss and his manager Ken Gregory became directors, and the company moved to new premises at Reliance Works in Derry Street, Wolverhampton.

[2][1] A new design by Gordon Bedson, who had joined the company from the aircraft industry, was produced in time for the 1951 Whit Monday Meeting at Goodwood where it won the Formula Three event driven by Moss.

The car finally debuted in September 2002 at a VSCC Silverstone meeting, with Cyril Kieft in attendance.