Arthur Weaver was a long standing tethered car and hydro competitor as well as a consummate engineer and model maker. In the early 1950s he turned his talents to rail racing building a number of near scale cars, powered with his own engines. Arthur was commissioned to build a series of Cooper Bristol cars for the Myers Redex company, adding one for himself to the production line. However his interest in tethered cars had waned so he built this smaller version for rail racing. The suspension has a scale appearance, dummy at the front, working at the rear. Simple and elegant construction with an enclosed gearbox. This version of his engine, unlike the more common sideport models, had a venturi that could be rotated to alter the inlet timing. Fixed rail guides (zonkers) front and rear.

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