[Andy Barton]

Ok, here is some feedback in order of the posting #’s, its not comprehensive but I can clarify on stuff after if needs be.
#3 Mackmot – Who is your dad, my dad isn’t sure who he is.
#5 The last mini, crashed at Croft took 6wks to rebuilt with new shell, suspension & all new F2 Cosworth SCA engine with mini gearbox!!! (Did anyone do this earlier I ask?)
The JTB was 4-5” longer as we fitted the dry sump oil tank between the rear of the tub and the front of the BDA engine. The tub was modified to accept a much larger fuel bag tank (a-la Mclaren).
The Lotus moonraker was bought / ran by Johnny Blades, 69/71/5 chassis, David Muter sold it to a hillclimber, Don Bewick. The BDA was replaced with a Ford twin-cam 1600.
The car is now perfectly restored complete with BDG and is raced in historic events by Simon Hadfield, see link below.
The March 72B was Geoff Frisswells Southern Organs Car, I don’t recall the chassis number but I had 2 further March 72/3/4/5 tubs rebuilt as stock items as the tubs were almost identical and accidents (about 3 a year) did happen. Updated bodywork came from March stores archives a year behind the F2 cars.
#15 rcarr, The AC – The AC was sold to Bill Paul of the Dumbuck Hotel, he raced it for about 2 years then sold it to Ron Cumming.
#26 Chris – ref the ex Scheckter 77B; in early 1977 I received a phone call from Robin Herd of March Engineering to test drive a works March at Silverstone. I think this was due to having won the BARC Formula Libre championship. This was a great introduction to the March factory & staff…so when Scheckter’s car became available I was able to purchase it, just as he stepped out of it! I don’t remember the chassis No. but what always stuck in my memory was that he had a sticker in the cockpit that read “roads, we don’t need no stinkin roads”. The tub was damaged during it’s life with me and was rebuilt before being sold.
The 782 car was again a direct result of the March contacts, each works F2 driver had 3 “cars” all paid for by their sponsors, one race car, a spare car and a spare tub with parts. I was able to purchase a year old unused tub and all the suspension frames & uprights bodywork etc. but it had no chassis number. I also bought a crashed tub without chassis number and front & rear bulkheads etc. to build a 3rd tub as ground effects etc. were in their infancy when these cars were introduced. We gleaned any info we could from the works and developed this knowledge ourselves to make the 782 perform as well as if not better than the 792 ground effects cars.
#33 Dan, ref the B35, It was totalled at Ingliston and was rebuilt into a new B35 tub from Chevron as there were too many detailed changes to the B40. It was dressed in B40 bodywork though. It was then totalled again at Croft. I sold it crashed without the engine to (I think) Brian Swales from the Thirsk area. I think he rebuilt it.
This car was the worst car that I ever had the displeasure of driving. I think it had the incorrect steering rack fitted as the bump steer could never be set perfectly. Chevron were going through a bad patch at the time and were not a lot of help. I still have the workshop spares manual for the car

The cars tended to evolve, where a B was involved in the description it invairably stood for "Barton" and was the same tub as the previous one only a little more developed, there was always at least one other tub in the background ready to be built if needed. Dad has a pic somewhere of 3 almost identical cars of dads on the garage forecourt when Cameron & David drove them.

Here are links to photos of some of his his cars:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/TheTeam.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/MorrisMinorRacing.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/MorrisMinorEarly1960s.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/MiniMarcos1966.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/Mini-Inglistonlate1960s.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/March782with792nose.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbs24/March75273Btubin1976byTonyTodd.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/March79B782fromAutosportDec79.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/March73Bconvertedto74BFromChronical.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/Lotus69moonrakeratKnockhillJuly2006.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/Early782OurWingsSkirtsMarchonthegri.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/Lotus69in1974ByTonyTodd.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/AC3000beingswipedatBrands.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/AC3000Brands.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/1981802WingsMarch.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/1974Lotus69.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/782WingsSkirts.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/78279BWingsSkirtsMarchbyBoothroyd.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/732BMarchex.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/78279BWingsSkirtsMarch.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/77BWingswithoutgroundeffectsMarch.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/8-5-77B35Ingliston2.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/8-5-77B35Ingliston.jpg
http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g251/dbsa24/23-3-7977BexscheckterWingswithoutgr.jpg

I’ll put some more links on soon.