Ben O'Bro
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is it actual yet?Any bored skinners want to do Marcus Armstrong's F3 skin?
I have a polite (and very selfish ) request for you genius mod guys. It's selfish 'cos I was a 15yr old apprentice mechanic for the company that made these cars in the late 60's early 70's, Chevron Cars (also known as Derek Bennet Engineering). The car or cars are:
The Chevron B16
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Chevron B19 and/ or 21
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All of these cars took part in (mainly...), and won!... The European 2 litre Sportscar Championship of '70 through to '73, the competition coming from Lola T210 Ford (& Chevrolet), Abarth Osella SE-021 and Abarth 2000 SP/71 ...amongst others. The 2 litre class was fiercely contested, and gave many racing car manufacturers great income streams (we also built F3, F2, F Atlantic, F5000 cars).
Whilst the World Championship for Sports Cars in this era had players such as the Lola T70 (beautiful mod) , Porsche 917 & 908, Ferrari 512 S Spyder, Matra-Simca, these super-nimble 2 litre cars would give them a run for their money if it rained.
Drivers for this class at that time were legends, although you young wippersnappers prob won't know them - some names you might have, would be Dr Helmut Marko (yes, him of Redbull), Jo Bonnier, Brian Redman, Guy Edwards, Gerard Larrousse, Arturo Merzario, Toine Hezemans etc.
So that's it, the Chevron B16 is imo one of the most beautiful cars made, though if one appealed to build I'd be happy with any of the above. I'm fairly sure I can help with pics and access to some detailed info if needed. For the 2 litre Championship years '70 to '73 there's good info here: https://www.racingsportscars.com/championship/European Sportscar Championship.html
I realise these tasks are mammoth and it's a lot to ask, but thanks for entertaining me anyway
Just a top-up from last night's post....I can try to make the car. Sorry, I'm not an experienced modder, but I'll do what I can.