Chevron B23 DFV

flatbroke · 3 Feb 2005, 13:08 (Ref:1216460)

Iam looking for any info on a Chevron B23 Sportscar

Iam told Its the only car that was built and run with a DFV in ?

Dan Rear · 3 Feb 2005, 14:08 (Ref:1216536)

I don't think any B23 from new was built with a DFV, do you mean one was modified later to accept one ? From memory the only Chevron sportsracer made from new to accept a 'big' engine was the John Woolfe B12 Repco.

Jeremy Jackson · 3 Feb 2005, 16:39 (Ref:1216677)

The odd B26, B31 & B36 got DFVs put in them later in their lives, for Thundersports etc., but the only Chevron built to take a DFV (actually a DFL but near enough) was the B62 Group C2 car in 1985.

The earliest DFV-engined "upgrade" was probably the B31 used by Martin Raymond / John Blanckley in the 1976 Sportscar champ.

fausto · 3 Feb 2005, 16:56 (Ref:1216688)

Mauro Nesti had a DFV powered B?? (sorry, don't remember the type), 1975-76, and Manrico Zanuso raced, together with a Briton (Blankey?), a DFV powered Chevron sportscar (Monza 1976)

fausto · 3 Feb 2005, 16:58 (Ref:1216690)

Sorry about repeating, and miswriting Blanckley name.....

Jeremy Jackson · 3 Feb 2005, 17:01 (Ref:1216694)

Zanuso's car was the one I was thinking of. That was Blanckley's car, which Raymond shared at Monza.

My data has Nesti in a B31 - DFV at Monza in 1977, but he & Tondelli shared a FVC powered B31 in 1975, I believe

Michael Oliver · 9 Feb 2005, 09:47 (Ref:1220804)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeremy Jackson

The odd B26, B31 & B36 got DFVs put in them later in their lives, for Thundersports etc., but the only Chevron built to take a DFV (actually a DFL but near enough) was the B62 Group C2 car in 1985.

The earliest DFV-engined "upgrade" was probably the B31 used by Martin Raymond / John Blanckley in the 1976 Sportscar champ.

Oddly enough, I have recently acquired some back issues of Motoring News from 1974, and not ten minutes ago was reading the report of the Imola 1,000kms, which included the following:

"Eris Tondelli, the Italian Chevron agent, again didn't get his new Chevron-DFV to the race, reporting that a front end lift problem has had to be overcome, but he hopes to run it in the Targe Florio this coming weekend."

In the results of the 1974 Targa, Tondelli is listed as driving a Chevron B26-Ford but I don't know whether it was a DFV or not...perhaps someone else can add to this? The website I've found the results on (wsrp) says that Tondelli's car was in the S1.3 category, which implies a small engine.

driftwood · 25 Mar 2005, 22:27 (Ref:1261945)

the dfv b23 is the car raced in south africa now about to be rebuilt for chevron festival

Bernard Tilanus · 14 Aug 2009, 07:41 (Ref:2521181)

Quote:

Originally Posted by driftwood

the dfv b23 is the car raced in south africa now about to be rebuilt for chevron festival

Hi Driftwood don't know if you know were this car is now, I owned it and ran it in a 9 hour with a rotary Mazda 13 B, sold to Fred Goddard, now has a DFV fitted, and this was the only one built by Chevron with a DFV.
I Have some photos, if you send me your email I will foward them.as have no idea how to attach them to this mail.
microetc@global.co.za
Bernard.

driftwood · 14 Aug 2009, 08:37 (Ref:2521207)

yes i will send u a foto of it and tomorrow i can go sit in it if i really wanted to !

as for only b23 fitted with dfv that is now not true eris tondelli ordred a chevron to have dfv fitted i think that was with b23 or a 26 i nee dto check my notes
also a b31 was fitted with dfv 2 years after ot had 2 litre motor fitted and we had b36 iin uk that had 2 litre out and dfv fitted for thundersports in 83 ish

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