negotiations with an American group for the US distribution rights to the Ikenga series of vehicles, a contract was approved. Later that day Charles Williams died suddenly. This was while the car was undergoing another restyling that would result in the MkIII. The car was transferred to the Radford coachworks to have the work completed with the assistance of Gary Williams and Roger Nathan, among others. The car was complete by October 1969. It appeared in an episode of the BBC series Tomorrow's World, then was sent to France where it was displayed in Paris during the 1969 Paris Auto Show. From there the car went to Italy, where it received acclaim at the Turin Auto Show. In March 1970 the car appeared as the featured vehicle in the Swedish International Motor Show in Stockholm. Eventually the car was returned to England (from its storage in St. Paul de Paul, France to honor A.T.A. Carnet #10477) via Copley's Bank. It made an appearance on the UK children's television show Blue Peter on 20th September 1976. Gittens returned to the United States and lost contact with the vehicle until it appeared in a for-sale ad in Road & Track magazine about 1980. Only one Ikenga GT was ever built. The car was displayed at the Manx Motor Museum for some time and then was sold at auction in 1998 and again in 2008. It is believed to be somewhere in the Middle East. Gittens would go on to use the name Ikenga again for a Catamaran (1976) and a line of gyroplanes (1985 to 1992). The 1988 Ikenga 530Z autogyro is part of the collection of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. Features Body and chassis The Ikenga GT was built on a McLaren-Elva Group 7 chassis. The chassis model was a McLaren M1B. The aluminium bodywork was formed over the tubular steel frame. The body of the Ikenga was meant to be evocative of an African mask facing skyward to Spirit. The cockpit canopy represented the "crown" of the mask, the front wheel bodywork the "horns", the raised intake on the roof the "nose", and the rear deck lid the "mouth". Engine and transmission The chassis' original race-tuned Traco-Oldsmobile engine was replaced by a stock version of the lightweight 3.5 litre Rover V8 engine that had originally been designed by General Motors and used by their