Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
The sound - the sound!!!! :mixedsmi:
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Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
'68 McLaren M6B At Road America'
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fsafranek
SOH-CM-2024
If I recall correctly they had big Chevy engines in them didn't they? Unless everyone else on the track the day this was filmed was taking it easy this guy just dominated on the straights.
I was big into Can-Am, Trans-Am, and F1 when I was a kid -- model cars, slots car and magazines. We lived about an hour from Continental Divide Raceway in Colorado so my Dad would take us there once in a while. When they showed the still shot of #54 I thought for a second this was the old AutoWorld car.
Thanks for linking the video.
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I was big into Can-Am, Trans-Am, and F1 when I was a kid -- model cars, slots car and magazines. We lived about an hour from Continental Divide Raceway in Colorado so my Dad would take us there once in a while. When they showed the still shot of #54 I thought for a second this was the old AutoWorld car.
Thanks for linking the video.
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Wing_Z
Charter Member 2011
Probably not balls-out, but then as Wombat points out, neither Was the M6B.
Intoxicating isn't it?
Just a squeeze on the Warpspeed pedal, and they're gone!
My neighbour has one of these - although an M12; when he starts it, the sheep stampede over the distant hills.
You have to wonder if Bruce hadn't died... nah - forever young.
Great link, thanks.
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
I believe you are correct here!
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
Dodge is facing big challenges in NASCAR too - as their only Sprint Cup team (Penske) has announced they will move to Ford in 2013
wombat666
Administrator
I had a check in my CanAm files and the 'Ultimate' engines fitted to the factory McLarens were Reynolds Aluminum cast Chevrolet 9.25 Litres monsters, in an attempt to combat Penske's 'Panzers'.
Chevrolet ["We aren't in Motor Racing" - 1967] seem to have 'loaned' Reynolds the patterns for the 427 block which was cast in Aluminium and initially became 'standard' in Jim Hall's Chaparrels and the factory McLarens, and a couple or seasons later they were sold to several top rank teams.
Ford's '429er' appeared a several times under the Agapiou Brothers care, this engine was actually a 494 and impressed Mario Andretti in a big way!
Parnelli Jones and Mario Andretti both drove Lolas with Ford's DOHC 'Indy' power behind them, and Mario had a Turbo Chevy to call on in 1973, but by then Porsche had claimed the top slot.
I can find one [that's 1] Chrysler Hemi powered CanAm effort, an epic fail owned by John Mecom and driven by AJ Foyt, the oddly named 'Hussein', complete with giant pancake Chrome plated air cleaner sitting on top of the engine cover.
She vanished without a trace, so I'm told.
The CanAm wasn't a great 'racing series' as the Bruce and Denny Show tended to dominate, followed by Penske's Porsche 917 turbos that effectively killed the series off, but there were some bloody great cars up to the point when Jim Hall found his exotic Chaparrel 2J 'Sucker' banned by the SCCA, suddenly the series that had no regulations had the first of several and the interest level faded.
Chevrolet ["We aren't in Motor Racing" - 1967] seem to have 'loaned' Reynolds the patterns for the 427 block which was cast in Aluminium and initially became 'standard' in Jim Hall's Chaparrels and the factory McLarens, and a couple or seasons later they were sold to several top rank teams.
Ford's '429er' appeared a several times under the Agapiou Brothers care, this engine was actually a 494 and impressed Mario Andretti in a big way!
Parnelli Jones and Mario Andretti both drove Lolas with Ford's DOHC 'Indy' power behind them, and Mario had a Turbo Chevy to call on in 1973, but by then Porsche had claimed the top slot.
I can find one [that's 1] Chrysler Hemi powered CanAm effort, an epic fail owned by John Mecom and driven by AJ Foyt, the oddly named 'Hussein', complete with giant pancake Chrome plated air cleaner sitting on top of the engine cover.
She vanished without a trace, so I'm told.
The CanAm wasn't a great 'racing series' as the Bruce and Denny Show tended to dominate, followed by Penske's Porsche 917 turbos that effectively killed the series off, but there were some bloody great cars up to the point when Jim Hall found his exotic Chaparrel 2J 'Sucker' banned by the SCCA, suddenly the series that had no regulations had the first of several and the interest level faded.
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
I loved the old Can-Am series & it's arguably that series which got me into motor racing overall....
On a side note, yep those monster Chevrolets were quite the force - until Porsche...
On a side note, yep those monster Chevrolets were quite the force - until Porsche...