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14 Feb 2011, 16:04 (Ref:2831070) | #1 | |
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GRD 373 Formula Three?
I recently bought ,in Italy, a GRD F3 updated to 374 but is to be completely restored. I dont know who were the drivers of this car and i dont understand why the plaque is written 373 601 F3. I think it is wrong and that the marking is correct 373 061 F3. Help!
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15 Feb 2011, 20:54 (Ref:2831810) | #2 | ||
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Welcome plusotto, great questions to ask us!!
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14 Apr 2011, 15:48 (Ref:2863334) | #3 | ||
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Dan (Rear) you know a lot about F3's don't you?
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15 Apr 2011, 00:43 (Ref:2863540) | #5 | ||
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I would say it most certainly isnt 601, and 061 is much more in sequence with the GRD details.
Cant remember much about the GRD 373's other than Zorzi won at Monaco in one , and Alan Jones used to drive one with vigour. Others of the era in GRD's were of course Toby Brise, Henton, Larry Perkins, Tony Rouf, Richard Robarts. They were fairly widespread in 73 /74 |
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A good few GRDs went to Italy for the first year of 2-litre F3, 1974, whereas only a couple stayed in Britain. 061 sounds like it could be a late 73/early 74 car. Zorzi won the 75 Monaco F3 race in a 74 car IIRC. By 74 GRDs had about finished building cars, there were far more made in 72 and 73.
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19 Apr 2011, 14:50 (Ref:2866492) | #7 | ||
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Just looked on ORC.com & Zorzi's GRD at Monaco in 75 was 374 085-F3.
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Problem is 061 is a known entity as a Pierre Robert F2 car, and is for sale, with chassis number at the end of the 1974 F2 season having been used most of that season 060 was Alan Jones' car, most of the season (three notes by Formula One Register, one in Motoring News), but it was very heavily crashed early in 1973 and rebuilt. This car went to Squadra Monzeglio Corse in early 1974 [Adam Ferrington saw it at Oulton on an English visit]. However Monzeglio Corse had three GRD F3s that year, from the team photo that Peter Denty was kind enough to show me. It looks like one of these was a new 374 and the other two were rebuilt 373s with new style bodywork [the fit of the tub to the body is different between the 373 and 374] - I suspect that 601 is one of these, perhaps the original Jones chassis rebuilt, rather than the one that finished the season. 601 does have early 73 cured bag tanks, which would support the 373 series theory. |
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1 Aug 2011, 17:11 (Ref:2934601) | #10 | |
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where is the Zorzi car
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i own a GRD and the badge is missing. I was told many years ago that it was the car Jean-Louis Schlesser drove as a works car. later i was told it won a race in Monaco. This was all told to me by a hi-up in VanDieman. I would really like to figure out what car i have. Can anyone help. Thanks Mark |
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Schlesser only did a few races with the team. He ran at Monaco but did not get beyond his heat. Later that year he ran a few races with a works Modus, taking over the car previously used by Willi Siller. This was not the Modus that won the Monaco GP support race in 1975 which was still being raced by Zorzi in 1976 In any case, if you have a GRD it has nothing to do with a Modus. They are completely separate cars from separate companies If you post some photos of your car, especially of the suspension and the tub, we might be able to identify if your car is a GRD, and what year it is. Also, whereabouts are you in the world? Is the car in Europe? UK? or North America? Chris |
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Hi
I have been looking for some info on the car and found. the SCCA logbook shows rhe make and model to be: van-diemen VG376 004. the car is currently a CSR. I have a picture of the F3 car and will scan and post it soon. the car has a much bigger front hoop over the dash than the other cars i can find pics of. it had the round alu. fabricated rear wing mount on it wheen i got it but it was discarded years ago.(stupid me). i do still have the wing. let me know what you think, if you have any info. Racermark |
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Chassis number makes sense because Van Diemen numbered their 376 separately from the GRD sequence. How far does the log book go back? Is this perhaps the ex Dirk Wrightson/Peter Gates car which ran FC in the 70s? What is region code and serial number on the log book? When did you buy the car? Chris |
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5 Aug 2011, 20:46 (Ref:2936307) | #14 | |
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In the 76 Monaco F3 race Jean-Louis Schlesser finished 9th in heat 2 and then was 13th overall in the final driving a GRD / Van Diemen 376.
From some guys I have spoken to who built the cars in period, the first chassis no 1 was sold to a customer just as it was finished, chassis 2 was used as the works car, and the subsequent chassis were built for customers. Most of the cars ended up in Scandinavia and were used in the various F3 championships there. For more info on specific race results it is best to look at www.formula2.net as there are quite a few of the races listed from 76 with results and cars used. What engine does your car have as this might help in identifying its history. |
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GRD 376 in 1976 with appearance date
3 April Texaco Racing: Henrik Spellerberg (Ford engine, later replaced by Toyota) Texaco Racing: Slim Borgudd (Ford engine, later replaced by Toyota) One of these maybe a rebuilt 375 Hans Wangstre: Gunnar Nordström (Toyota engine) later used by Ingvar Carlsson, then maybe Lars Viggo Jensen, but note a Swedish source gives this as a rebuilt 375 with a chassis number 102-F3 and I've got a complete history for it. Isn't this your car Matt? 11 April Schlesser entered at Silverstone by Van Diemen International Race Hire but DNA 25 April Claude Crespin at Zolder entered by Van Diemen International Race Hire, so probably the car entered for Schlesser (Ford engine) Probably kept by Van Diemen and entered for Mario Ferraris in UK series with Toyota engine 3 July Wolfgang Locher, at Hockenheim, BMW engine So, if Matt's right then chassis 1 would be a new Texaco Racing car 2 would be the works rental chassis 3 would be Locher's car Chris |
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Just stumbled into this thread, and have some info:
Chris Townsend asked: "Is this perhaps the ex Dirk Wrightson/Peter Gates car which ran FC in the 70s? What is region code and serial number on the log book?" Unless Gates had more than one GRD, I would say "no" since the GRD that Peter Gates owned in the late '70's is sitting in my garage. The lineage as I know it : Car originally was a 374 owned by Alex Ribiero and raced in the 1974 Forward Thrust and Lombard series. Alex was moving to March for '75, so at the end of the season sold his transporter and the 374 to Brian Henton. Brian subsequently sold the car to Jim Fikse in the US, through Michael Gue, who has confirmed all this. Fikse installed an 1100cc BDJ for Formula C, but twisted up the car in practice at Seattle (??IIRC), and the car was rebuilt around a new tub and bodywork. The SCCA log book lists the car as a 376, probably because of the extensive rebuild. While Fikse owned the car, Michael Gilbert drove it to the 1976 FC Runoffs Championship; that is the first entry in the log book (027-823) and the only entry prior to Peter Gates. Gates bought the car in March of '77 and raced in the northeast US until the end of '78. Subsequent owners were, Modjean, Jaworski, Slyvester and Greene. I've talked with Ribiero, Gue, Fikse, Gilbert and Gates, all of whom corroborate. If Racermark still has that wing, I'd be interested. |
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No, there is no chassis tag with the car. Info from this forum a few years back was that Ribiero's car was chassis no. 088, and I believe that to be the case.
The wing with the car is a sideboard style wing with gearbox mount--would love to find a proper setup. |
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6 Nov 2017, 01:59 (Ref:3778921) | #19 | |
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Hey guys, just found this thread on GRD's. As Chris mentioned, yes my dads GRD was lost in a fire in 1982, and suppose to ex Mike Lain"s Imado
Watch sponsored car. As I have no info on #'s for the car, I do know my dad bought it through Mike Gue also, so question is, is Mike still around and if he might have any info on the sale to my dad. Would have been in 1977 I believe. Also noting in race results, Lains car was a GRD 375 but also mentioned it as 373 057-F3. So not sure if it was updated to a 375 or what. So, just curios if might be able to get some history on it if possible... If not no big deal.. Thanks Mark Wrightson Last edited by markwrightson; 6 Nov 2017 at 02:06. |
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