  
A history of Sports Cars by G.N.Georgano page 222
DD1 climax
1100 Built 1956 this pic taken Nov 1977 driver Bruce
Sutcliffe
The DD type Bucklers were introduced after the Buckler
90's success. The DD1 was a new space frame using a
Coventry Climax engine and Aston Martin gearbox. The De
Dion rear axle was specially designed to fit the new
chassis. Unfortunately the engine and gearbox mated with
the DeDion rear made the car rather expensive. Only one
is known to exist at the moment. This is the famous car
pictured. After a successful time spent in England the
DD1 was shipped to New Zealand and raced very
successfully, by drivers such as Ivy Stevenson. The car
has been rebodied with a De Joux Mk1 type.
It has been restored to a very high standard by Bruce
Sutcliffe and still gets great results in classic
racing.
Meanwhile back in Blighty... Due to the success of the
new chassis, a further development of this idea was put
into action, realising that the Climax option was out of
the financial reach of the average customer The DD2 was
designed, the customer chose the type of engine/
transmission that they would like and the frame would be
modified to suit in the factory.
The car would accept most of the new fibre glass bodies
but Bucklers were the agents for the Microplas Mistral
body. This was a very popular body in the UK but in New
Zealand the De Joux body was used.
This beautifully shaped body was fitted to most of the
Kiwi Bucklers.
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