It's reportly to be the BRM M4B F1. The car was that was burnt to the ground tyre testing for firestone at Goodwoodi n the late 60's.
Howden Ganley told me last November that he was given the suspension of the remains after the fire for another project. Remains to be seen if it is the real deal. Hoping for the best..but unlikely !
Hi guys,
I cant walk far after breaking my leg at the end of October and I am hoping to be at HD on Sunday. If you see a guy on a mobility scooter in a Roaring Season T shirt I would appreciate it if you would say Hello.
Graeme
The event got a nice review on Speedhunters: http://www.speedhunters.com/2013/01/...meets-group-a/
The word is getting out there.
Hope to catch up with more of you this weekend. I am hanging around that 141 Firebird by the HMC.
Bruce.
Boys.......I have threatened to do this on numerous occasions on the roaring season as you know......now I think the time has come.......the walrus may have said it originally, but now I am saying it.........TIME TO STAY HOME AND DO MY KNITTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to everyone for their kind words and encouragement.
dont let a couple of broken head lights beat you gerald
Last edited by rogered; 01-25-2013 at 07:10 AM.
Best to everyone for a great weekend. Just sorry I cannot be there for part 2
This rebuild has been on the floor of Duncan Fox's workshop nearly as long as the Trust's M8A. Duncan and Tony (Roberts) of Group Seven Sportscars took the opportunity to pick up the remains of the car which had indeed been one of 3 McLaren M8Bs in 1969. That opportunity was to be able to build the two cars in parallel. For example the tubs of the two cars were almost identical. In fact the Trust car started life as Denny's CanAm winner in 1968 before becoming the "mule" for the M8B and subsequently the team's spare car. The other M8B (of original 3 which included the above "continuation" car) was trashed, as I understand because of severe corrosion on the salt-laden roads of Nth America on the way back to the McLaren base.
This means of the original 3 (or 2.5!) M8Bs there will only ever be one true M8B - the one pictured in the Trust's garage at the Festival. I can't recall if this was Bruce's racecar or Denny's racecar (the Trust car being at different times an A and the spare B). The M8B high wing car was the most successful of all the CanAm McLarens, winning all 11 races in 1969.
Incidentally the Trust car didn't run again this weekend because of major problems with the starter which is proving a headache in term of sourcing the parts. A less authentic set of internals is now going to be used to overcome the absence of any originals.