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Originally Posted by Lancsbreaker
As no-one has commented was this the tale I heard some time ago that the tubular frame was pressurised with a gauge on the dash and the firm instruction that if the pressure dropped, it meant PIT immediately?
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Yop, Lanc's! When the chassis were ready to go, they welded a tyre valve allowing to "inflate" the tubes and a pressure gauge. Any loss in pressure meant a crack somewhere. Probably not used during the race but rather when piting or checking.
Why did they imagine this safety mesure? Historians can answer. R to the single 906, its almost impossible to trace the chassis numbers and to accurately make a correspondance with a car. Dont count on works archives, because it seems someone didn't want to reveal the real cost of racing to the management board. And didn't want to bother explaining why the same car could need several chassis without any accident. Hairy men Herr!
