Chevron B36

[fausto]

Originally Posted by s griswold

I suspose it might be a question of which history is most interesting. Chassis no 1 was the Targa Florio winner ,but later was used in hillclimbs of little consequence in Italy. As a Fortina modified B36 i think it may have only done a race or 2 but probably a great many more as a B36. I will however try to find out. I certainly would rather have a B36 than a Fortina!!!

in the end it's up to the choice of the actual owner, as long as he has the right paperwork

the Fortina was raced very little, practiced for '86 Monza WSPC "sprint" race, driven by "Gimax" and Fortina himself, did some races of Italian Sportscars Championship (usually contested by the "Sport Nazionale", powered by Alfa Romeo 2.5 V6) and, if my memory doesn't fail, did also some races as an open top version, the bodywork recalling that of the Lancia LC1...

[driftwood]

toss up is u can race gp 6 with much conversion of body motor etc or gp c as it is now

[Chris Townsend]

Originally Posted by s griswold

I suspose it might be a question of which history is most interesting. Chassis no 1 was the Targa Florio winner ,but later was used in hillclimbs of little consequence in Italy. As a Fortina modified B36 i think it may have only done a race or 2 but probably a great many more as a B36. I will however try to find out. I certainly would rather have a B36 than a Fortina!!!

Stephen, have sent you private message on another topic

Chris

[Dan Rear]

RJ (Bob) Nelkin has posted elsewhere on here, saying he raced a B36 at one point, 2-litre CanAm I guess. Was this car exported direct to the US, or imported from Europe does anyone know?

[AMICALEMANS]

Now we know the the winning B36 at Le Mans in 1980 wa B36/76/04 and this car became the Isolia...

http://www.autodiva.fr/forum/viewtop...t=227&start=40

[AMICALEMANS]

Who know about the history of this chassis ?

[RJ Nelkin]

Originally Posted by Dan Rear

RJ (Bob) Nelkin has posted elsewhere on here, saying he raced a B36 at one point, 2-litre CanAm I guess. Was this car exported direct to the US, or imported from Europe does anyone know?

This car was the Tom Bagley Kent Oil car....I bought it from Opert.....RJ

[driftwood]

what is the chassis number and what engine was used
did Opert import to use for his team or sell it as Chevron agent to Tom?

[Writer]

Just looked at this thread.

Something strange about B36-76-01. Steven Griswold says he bought this car out of Italy and sold it to Los Angeles. Well, in about 1990, I bought B36-76-01, fitted with a Ford 1600cc engine on carbs out of Italy, together with my friend Mauro Borella, and I trailered it back to England, and later on sold it to a customer in Arizona. It was silver. Does this mean there are two -01s in America now?

[allenbrown]

It wouldn't be the first time that two Chevron sports cars had appeared out of Italy with the same chassis number but there is another possible explanation. B36-76-01 was a B36 but so was B36-77-01 and B36-78-01. You referred to your car before as "Chevron B36, chassis number 1". Could it have been 77-01 or 78-01?