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Old 10 Jan 2006, 11:18 (Ref:1582187)   #76
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Frank Jellinek entered a #58 New England Racing Enter. Chevron B29 at Elkhart Lake 18 July 1983 but did not start. He then drove a #58 Taylor Instrument/Lou Infante Chevron B29 at Mosport Park 11 September 1983.

However, there were other unidentified Chevrons in the 2-litre class (Ray Petry, John Graham, Thomas Bungay and Jerry Molnar) so he's only a narrow favourite. Molnar's car was also entered by Lou Infante, Bungay's was #40 Atherton Racing, Petry's was his own and Graham's was the #77 Midland Racing car. Any number of these could have been sports cars instead of modified Atlantics.

Bertil Roos also drove a B27 in a full season of Can-Am in 1979.

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Old 10 Jan 2006, 22:24 (Ref:1582188)   #77
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Thanks, that gives us some names to run past very uninterested previous owner in regard to history, and to try to ''jog'' Carls memory.

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Old 11 Jan 2006, 10:53 (Ref:1582189)   #78
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Here are some B29 users as single seater, who are likely candidates for this car:
Kenneth Valca
Lyle Heck
Ray Schuler
Doug Titus
David Klutsenbaker

Where was the car found?

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Old 11 Jan 2006, 11:12 (Ref:1582190)   #79
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Hi Chris

Have you uncovered anything in your research about the Roos 1979 Can-Am Chevron B27 or the Frank Jellinek 1983 Can-Am Chevron B29?

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Old 11 Jan 2006, 17:27 (Ref:1582191)   #80
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Other than it's dark blue with a yellow pinstripe and definitely not one of the cars he raced for Opert in 1974 - No.
The colour suggests ex Bobby Brown - last seen in a heap at Trois Rivieres in 1974.
He runs it in SCCA in early 79, even though he still owns a new RT1 from the previous year! One possibility for a future owner, check out a Frank Shober of New Jersey.
There's an issue with Chevron B27s. The build record ends with 18, the Brown car, but there have to be at least two others, possibly three, to accomodate all the users at particular times in 1974 for Opert and Shierson. A piece on Chevron in Sports Car which is right in respect of other builds, says 22 B27s constructed.

Where did Jelinek come from?

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Old 11 Jan 2006, 18:20 (Ref:1582192)   #81
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According to autocourse.ca, Jelinek came from North Hampton, NH. Dominic obviously has access to a lot more entry lists than me (so far!).

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Old 12 Jan 2006, 06:20 (Ref:1582193)   #82
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Car came from near Elkart Lake in Wisconsin , is in the archive section of www.race-cars.com , this advert is prior to Ted Voruz purchasing and apart from a yellow paint job on the old panels and a BDD of some description installed and a small clean up is exactly the same as arrived last week, which is why we wanted it , I would suggest even the old matt black painted catch tank bracket and bungey cord are ex factory.
The FT200 main case has I would think the correct serial number on it , however the bearing carrier and end cover have a number pretty close to my BT35 number , so at some time it has destroyed/ had destroyed the bearing carrier section and that has been replaced with a unit from an older car.

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Simon Hadfield told me last night that Jelinek is still active in vintage racing. So should be easy to find.

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Old 12 Jan 2006, 11:30 (Ref:1582195)   #84
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The yellow paint job would be Leibich's colour scheme, I think.
All his other cars were yellow, and Elkhart was his neck of the wood.
The only obvious candidate for a B29 up there, after that, is Schuler's car
which was also white or yellow.

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The yellow paint was applied by Voruz , if you look at the archive section , the old body appears to have been dark blue, with some signage that I am unable to read.

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Chris,

The last time B29-75-03 was used according to old info is as a ' C ' sports racing car in 1985.

To answer your question from about 2 years ago in regards to this car on the archive section are two photo's of the car from period in yellow with '' Cafe Mexicano '' livery .
Car is also the Chevron Racing car show car and is featured in Autosport report of the show with 2 photographs.

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The yellow paint was applied by Voruz , if you look at the archive section , the old body appears to have been dark blue, with some signage that I am unable to read.

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After some digging by Martin Krejci and myself, we've identified that the "Invader" owned by Lou Infante and driven by Jerry Molnar and Frank Jellinek in 1982 and 1983 was a Chevron B29. The engine is described differently aeach race but it might have had a BMW at first, followed by some sort of Hart/Cosworth/Ford.

I have no idea which B29 of course.

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Len Wimhurst built a FF1600 in 1976 for Kees van der Grint to drive called the Wimhurst LP1 (LP = Len And Paul Wimhurst). I raced this car throughout 1979 and entered it for Paul Sleeman a couple of times in 1980. Subsequently sold to my dentist who took it to Ireland.

Len then built a FF2000 for Damien Magee and Paul Wimhurst called the Wimhurst PLP4 (PLP = Pat [Capon], Len and Paul). I raced this car for the first time at Boxing Day Brands 1979 and surprisingly managed to win the Formula Libre race, the last race of the decade! I raced it in 1980 in the national Motorcraft championship, without much success, and at Lydden where it was more succesful with a couple of wins. Len, my father, brother and myself then converted the car to Formula Talbot spec (on the promise of plenty of sponsorship money which surprisingly failed to materialise!) and used it throughout 1981 and 1982 before converting it back to FF2000 and selling it to Steve Holland for the Lydden series in 1983. I beleive the car was subsequentlt raced by Mike Mackonachie (?spelling) and was also for sale by Matthew Mortlock. I do not know it's current whereabouts but would be pleased if anyone does know!
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It may be that I have PLP4. I bought it a couple of years ago as an engineless project (said to be a Wimhurst FF2000) from Ken Thoroughood at Universal Racing Services. Haven't started the restoration yet - obviously would love to nail the identity so any help would be really appreciated. Haven't seen any chassis numbers yet but then have not looked that hard. Possible identifier is the rear wheels - redrilled Minilite mags - doubtful these are what it started life with. Pictures to follow if it's allowed? - I'm a 10 Tenths virgin
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f/s AW 30.11.81 p. 37 "ASR Chevron B29, Waterford Hills class record holder, ASR champ, legal for u2L Can Am" Arnold Industriess, 31000 Rear West 8mile Rd, Farmington Hills Mich 48024 photo shows yellow #99 with Arnold lettering

Would this be 29.75.03? It's in the right area

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Major update on B29 histories
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29.75.01
Sold to Alo Lawler, destroyed in testing accident in February 1975 before it had raced.

29.75.02]
Described in MN report of John Player Atlantic round at Mallory Park, March 9, 1975 as “the Florida test car rebuilt” A/S, reporting the same meeting says it was “based on the original test car taken to the US for customer evaluation”. James Crawley, later in the season, appears in a car that A/S report of the British Grand Prix support race says is ‘built on one of the original prototype tubs’. Crawley only appears after Crawford has switched to the SDC team’s newer car, suggesting that this is the car used early in 1975 by Crawford. Given that the B29.75.01 was destroyed in testing, and that [29.75.03] was the Racing Car show exhibit, this car is speculatively identified as 02. Probably taken back to the USA by Crawley late 1975 and used at the ARRC. Photos of that meeting show Crawley in a B29 with a very similar paint scheme to that on his car at the 1975 British GP support race [photo MN 24.7.75 p.20], and to that carried on Crawford’s car in early 1975. One candidate for the car of Robert Nelkin in 1976.

29.75.03
Early press reports for this car, when in use by the Opert team, say that it was the one exhibited by Chevron at the London Racing Car show. Chassis number given in MN reports of Hockenheim and Nurburgring races of the 1975 European F2 championship for the car of Hector Rebaque, entered by Fred Opert. The MN report of the Pau round gives the chassis number for this car when it was used by Maxime Bochet.
The car was taken back to North America for the Formula Atlantic series there. Sold to Carl Leibich for 1976. A strong candidate for the car of Ray Schuler, raced in SCCA Cen Div 1978 – 80, and perhaps, subsequently the basis of the Arnold Industries ASR car in 1981.

29.75.04
Chassis number noted on Brett Riley’s by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. Both AS and MN record that Riley had bought the car from Tom Wheatcroft, so the car entered by Wheatcroft for Richard Morgan in the early part of the 1975 season before the Wheatcroft R18 was ready. [Confirms Chevron build record.] Sold to Ken Bailey for 1976 season, used in Indyatlantic and G8, retained 1977. Chassis number noted by Chris Townsend at Brands Hatch, 29.8.1977. 1978 to Eddie Jordan for Irish Formula Atlantic championship, retained by Marlboro Team Ireland for Vivian Candy to use 1979. MN 27.9.79 p. 2 says P.J. Fallon’s car at Phoenix Park was Candy’s regular car on loan. Sold to David Ward in northern England, 1980. For sale by Ward November 1980 A/S ‘ex Candy, Irish Championship winner’, but probably retained and the car used by Ward in 1981. Used by Terry Cole in Monoposto racing in 1983, then according to Chevron was returned to works in poor condition and broken for spares with the tub being sold to HM Customs and Excise for a training exercise. Spares subsequently rebuilt around a new tub for Chris Sparks in 2004.

29.75.05
Chassis number given in an advertisement for a car described as ‘ex Albert Poon’ on www.race-cars.com, which confirms Chevron build record. Raced by Poon in South-East Asia through to 1976, and then sold to Chong Boon Seng, who kept the car to 1985, then to Leif Norberg [Sweden]. 1989 to Tony Armstrong [Australia]. 1998 to Geoff Weiland [Australia] then to Peter Addison [Australia]. This provenance was confirmed by Peter Addison, and then the current owner in 2005.

29.75.06
Chassis number noted on Alo Lawler’s car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. [Confirms Chevron build record, in which B29.75.01, which was originally consigned to Lawler, but written off in February test session, was replaced by this car.] MN 17.3.77 p. 8 says that the car of John Eastwood for the 1977 season is ex Lawler. AS 27.4.78 pp. 24 – 25 describes the car of Joey Greenan as ‘ex Lawler’. To Ken Fildes 1979, retained 1980. Used by Bob Howlings in 1981 British Atlantic series. Owned 1985/86 by hill-climber Stuart Harte.

29.75.0
Chassis number noted on Patsy McGarrity’s car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Silverstone, July 19, 1975. [Confirms Chevron build record.] MN 24.2.77 p. 15 says that McGarrity’s car has been sold to Derek Shortall. John Smith has for sale AS: 9.11.78 p. 67 a B29 described as ‘ex Patsy McGarrity’, so it is presumed that this was also his early 1979 car, having bought it from Shortall in 1978. However, in late May 1979 the car is sold to Dave Rackham to use in the British series, see [AS 12.7.79 p. 40]. Rackham damaged the car badly at Oulton Park 30th June, in its second race. It was replaced by an ex-Rosberg Chevron B42 and judging by appeals for parts by Rackham in adverts in A/S throughout the year seems to have remained un-repaired in his workshop for the rest of the season. A strong candidate for the car used by Will Arif in 1981.

29.75.08
Provenance partially worked out with the assistance of current owner Bill Murray. The earliest known owner was Andy Falbo, of Detroit, who used the car in SCCA in 1979/80. The tub carried a scrutineer’s label from Trois Rivieres, 1978. This suggests it was the car used there, but non-started, by the Canadian driver Pierre Gadoury, who also practiced, but did not race at Quebec City. [No other B29 than Gadoury’s appeared at either meeting.] Under a multitude of paint layers the original gel coat was found to be light blue, suggesting that this was an Opert team car in 1975 – which bears out the Chevron build record. If Rebaque regularly used [29.75.03] then this was the car either of Juan Cochesa or Bobby Dennett, but we don’t know which.
A very strong candidate, given its subsequent history in Montréal, for the 1976 car of Marcel Talbot. Now being restored by Bill Murray in UK.

29.75.09
Fred Opert Racing for either Bobby Dennett or Juan Cochesa.

29.75.10
Racing Organisation Corse for Xavier Lapeyre with Chrysler engine for European F2 championship. Retained 1976

29.75.12
Racing Organisation Corse for Christian Ethuin with Chrysler engine for European F2 championship.

29.75.14
Bruce Jensen for Canadian F. Atlantic championship. Retained 1976.
Last seen at Palm Beach at the beginning of 1977, and perhaps sold in Florida.

29.75.15
Chassis number noted on Jim Crawford’s car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. [Confirms Chevron build record.] A/S report for that race says that this is a new car, suggesting that to this point Crawford had used the earlier works car [29.75.2A] which then reappears a week later with James Crawley. MN report of Southern Organs Atlantic round at Silverstone, August 3, 1975 says that Derek Cook 'had an outing in Jim Crawford's usual Chevron as his own car is not yet ready' [MN 7.8.75 p.11]. The car was probably run for the works by SDC rather than owned by them, because A/S and MN report that Richard Morgan runs the ex Crawford car, ‘hired from the works’ beginning with the Southern Organs Atlantic round at Oulton Park, October 4, 1975. Sold to Len Booysen in South Africa for the 1976 season there [A/S 15.2.76 says Booysen’s car is ‘ex Crawford works development chassis’] – however Ian Hebblewhite reports that this was chassis 15, rather than 2A, by then probably in the USA - then passed on to Dorino Trocani, who used the car in 1977 – 78 in South Africa. [Described as ‘ex Booysen’ A/S 16.2.78 p.6]. This local history confirmed by the current owner, Doug Clark.


29.75.16
Chassis number given in an advert for a car on www.race-cars.com in 2004, described as ‘ex Bill Brack’ – which confirms the Chevron build record. The subsequent provenance, confirmed by the car’s logbook, says that it went to Brad Abbott, used in SCCA. For sale by Abbott, Formula, March 1977 p.46 ‘ex Brack’, 2 races in 1976. Sold to John Galson who used the car in SCCA 1977 – 78.
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29.75.17
Chassis number given in MN for the car of Peter Williams at the 1975 European F2 championship round at Thruxton. [Confirms Chevron build record.] The car was badly damaged in that race when Williams, being lapped, spun at the chicane and was collected by several of the front runners. However, rebuilt in less than two weeks. Hardly used by Williams after that, however. The car loaned by Williams to Jim Crawford for early races in the 1976 Indyatlantic series – although it is sometimes then described as a B34. Advertised for sale AS 15.4.76 p. 62 as ‘only three races old’ which confirms Williams’s limited appearances with this car in 1975. The car is sold mid season 1976 to Martin Birrane who uses it in both Atlantic and the ShellSport G8 series. MN 20.1.77. p. 20 reports that Birrane 'took the ex-Crawford B29 to 6th place at Brands'. [As Crawford’s two 1975 cars are by this time in South Africa and the USA, this has to refer to chassis 17.] Birrane retains the car through 1977. In 1978 the car is sold to Laurence Jacobsen who runs it for Bryce Wilson in Formula Libre and Donington Triple Crown Atlantic races. AS 27.4.78 pp. 24 – 25 says Wilson’s car is ex Peter Williams/Martin Birrane 16.3.78 p. 29. Jacobsen has the car for sale AS 2.11.78 p. 56, but appears in a B29 himself in 1979, as does Wilson, suggesting that the car was retained. It seems as though this chassis subsequently became the basis for Eric Munnoch’s super-saloon in Scotland in the mid 1980s.

29.75.18
Sold to Rapid Movements for Matt Spitzley. Badly damaged early in season and replaced by chassis 25.

29.75.19
Chassis number noted on Stephen Choularton’s car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. [Confirms Chevron build record.] Car sold to Phil Dowsett for the 1976 Indyatlantic series [AS 1.4.76, p. 60]. Car sold to John Ledlie for Atlantic races in Ireland [AS]. Almost certainly the car run by Nelson Todd in 1979 – there are no other cars available in the UK which it could be, unless one of the ROC cars was brought back from France, which seems unlikely for a four year old car.

29.75.20
Sold to Fred Opert for Joe Sposato and used in SCCA and Canadian F. Atlantic. Retained 1976. Sold to John Higgins for 1977 season and used in SCCA races in NE USA. Retained by Higgins until late 1990s.

29.75.21
Sold to Bobby Brown. It is most likely this car that was run by Roger Chalk Racing for Dave Morgan in selected early British F. Atlantic races then shipped to USA. [Brown’s other car, 23, seems to have been delivered later.] The car used by Brown in Canadian F. Atlantic in 1975. Bobby Brown says that one car was returned to the works in early 1976 in p/x for a B34 [email correspondence with Allen Brown], and according to correspondence between Tony Carpanzano and Roger Andreasson of Chevron it seems to have been this car. Sold by Chevron to Lyle Heck who ran the car in SCCA NE region from mid ’76 to mid 1979. Then to Mike Rand, who ran the car once in 1979. Subsequently to Lanny Drevitch [1980 SCCA] and Nick Leonard. For sale by Leonard, OT 22.4.82 p.37 “Rebuilt, fresh BDD, car in New York”, Nick Leonard Racing, Pipe Creek TX 78063. Then sold to Chris Perotti for RCCA Formula American series. Owned by Tony Carpanzano since 1988 and restored to Atlantic spec.


29.75.22
A rarity in the Chevron build record in that a multiple of 11 was built. Sold via Fred Opert, and, based on appearance date, probably the car of Peter Ferguson, which appears at Westwood 1975. Ferguson retained the car until 1977.

29.75.23
Sold to Bobby Brown. Either this or, more probably, chassis 21 run by Roger Chalk Racing for Dave Morgan in selected early British F. Atlantic races then shipped to USA. The car used by Syd Demovsky in Canadian F. Atlantic in 1975, and again in 1976. For sale by Brown, Formula, August 1977, p. 61. Owned by Peter Gates in 1990.


29.75.24
Sold via Fred Opert, probably, on appearance date, the car of Isola Racing. Debuted by Seb Barone at Edmonton, then used later in season by Herman Gugliotta, both entered by Isola.


29.75.25
Chassis number noted on Matt Spitzley’s Rapid Movements car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. [Contradicts Chevron build record, which shows B29.75.18 as consigned to Rapid Movements, and 25 as blank.] This suggests that 25 may be a replacement chassis built up after a testing accident. Spitzley replaced by Gunnar Nilsson towards the end of the 1975 season. Sold to John Gibb in South Africa for the 1976 Atlantic series there. [A/S 22.1.76 p. 5]. In 1976 initially entered by Gibbs’s sponsors for Trevor van Rooyen, but does not appear. Since there are no other available B29s in South Africa later in 1977 [29.75.15 being owned by Trochanni] this was probably the car of Rhodesian driver Geoff Frizell. Still in South Africa.

29.75.26
Consigned via Fred Opert and described as ‘SCCA California’ on build sheet. Opert sold a car to San Francisco driver Gordon Strom, who retained the car into 1977. This car was involved in a violent accident at Laguna Seca in an SCCA race in which Strom was critically injured. It seems possible that 26 was Strom’s car, but it may, speculatively, have been used first by Jean-Pierre Jarier at Trois Rivieres in 1975, where Jarier is described as having a new car. [There is, seemingly, no other car available unless one was built hors series, and there is no record of Strom using a B29 before early 1976.] Owned by Peter Gates in 1990.

29.75.27
To Gustav Hoeker for Harald Ertl in European F2 championship. 1976 Helmut Bross in early F2 races, then run by Bross for Manfred Schurti.

29.75.28
To Opert: on the basis of appearance date most likely the car for Hugh Cree, who retained it to at least 1977. f/s Formula, 1977.

29.75.29
Chassis number given in advertisement for Chevron B29 by Jeremy Rossiter in A/S 24.6.76 p. 66, so presumably the chassis used by him throughout 1976. This car is described by A/S 1.4.76 p.7 as ‘ex Cook’ with a photo. MN report for Southern Organs Atlantic round at Snetterton August 10, 1975 says that Derek Cook’s B29 is being debuted, so presumably this car was Cook’s late season chassis in 1975. [Confirming the Chevron build record.] The car remained un-raced in early 1977, when Rossiter drove in FF2000 and was sold to John Pollock to use in the latter stages of the Irish Atlantic series. [A/S] A/S 12.1.78 p. 41 says that the Pollock car has been sold to Tom O’Leary, so O’Leary’s car throughout the 1978 Irish season, and presumably the car used occasionally by him in 1979.

29.75.30
Observed by Dave McKinney on Dave Oxton’s car at Bay Park, Jan 2, 1977 and published NZMA 28.1.77 p.5. Described by Motoring News as “the ex Redman Tasman car” 10.2.77 p.7. This indicates it is the car taken by Brian Redman to the 1975-6 Tasman series, with a 2.0 BMW engine, which was itself a works car from the European F2 series of 1975, raced by Hans Binder at Vallelunga. [Confirmed in Chevron’s build record, though MN reports describe this car as chassis number 31, which does not appear in the B29 build record.] The car stayed in New Zealand and was purchased by Oxton for the Peter Stuyvesant series. Oxton sold the car to Eric Morgan for the 1977-78 Union Travel Gold Star Series and subsequent races in New Zealand. Chassis number noted on Morgan’s car by McKinney at Bay Park, Jan 2, 1978, and published NZMA 20.1.78 p. 3. Retained by Morgan to end 1981, then sold to Chris Read. [NZMA]. Then via Brendan Jones [1985] to Peter Whelan.

I've now got period photos of virtually all cars in Canada and South Africa.
I don't have a single photo of a British B29 to accompany these records!

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Thanks , could be , but nobody in the USA that we have contacted has replied as yet , why am I not surprised .
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Major update on B29 histories
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29.75.06
Chassis number noted on Alo Lawler’s car by Adam Ferrington at John Player Atlantic round at Oulton Park, May 26, 1975. [Confirms Chevron build record, in which B29.75.01, which was originally consigned to Lawler, but written off in February test session, was replaced by this car.] MN 17.3.77 p. 8 says that the car of John Eastwood for the 1977 season is ex Lawler. AS 27.4.78 pp. 24 – 25 describes the car of Joey Greenan as ‘ex Lawler’. To Ken Fildes 1979, retained 1980. Used by Bob Howlings in 1981 British Atlantic series. Owned 1985/86 by hill-climber Stuart Harte.
Stuart Harte was still running the car in 1987.

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B29-75-03 was definately the Speedshow car of Hector Rebaque , refer Autosport Jan. 9th 1975 , two photo's , one with Rebaque's sponsor '' Cafe Mexicano'' across nose , second with caption describes car as '' the all new Chevron B29 F2 / Atlantic to be used by Hector Rebaque for Fred Opert ''.
Car was sold after advert in the 1990's via race-cars.com to Mr. Ted Voruz , and after viewing by prior owner Carl Liebich , and identified as his car , sold late 2005 to Mr. Howard Blight of Sydney Australia.
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Old 15 Apr 2006, 00:07 (Ref:1582635)   #96
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Howard Blight , owner of 29-75-03 has just recieved info. from prior owner Ted Voruz indicating that he purchased car from David Klutsenbaker .
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Excellent, another mystery car eliminated.

David Klutsenbaker selling B29 On Track 13.2.84 p.78 285 Ocala Dr., Nashville, TN37211

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An important update and correction on 20-75-04
The current owner is Chris Sharples, NOT Chris Sparks
and the car was rebuilt around a reskinned tub, not a modern one.
This seems to have been the original tub reclaimed from C&E by an enterprising special builder in the 1980s. Hope to have more provenance and restoration details soon.

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Chassis number given in MN for the car of Peter Williams at the 1975 European F2 championship round at Thruxton. [Confirms Chevron build record.] The car was badly damaged in that race when Williams, being lapped, spun at the chicane and was collected by several of the front runners. However, rebuilt in less than two weeks. Hardly used by Williams after that, however. The car loaned by Williams to Jim Crawford for early races in the 1976 Indyatlantic series – although it is sometimes then described as a B34. Advertised for sale AS 15.4.76 p. 62 as ‘only three races old’ which confirms Williams’s limited appearances with this car in 1975. The car is sold mid season 1976 to Martin Birrane who uses it in both Atlantic and the ShellSport G8 series. MN 20.1.77. p. 20 reports that Birrane 'took the ex-Crawford B29 to 6th place at Brands'. [As Crawford’s two 1975 cars are by this time in South Africa and the USA, this has to refer to chassis 17.] Birrane retains the car through 1977. In 1978 the car is sold to Laurence Jacobsen who runs it for Bryce Wilson in Formula Libre and Donington Triple Crown Atlantic races. AS 27.4.78 pp. 24 – 25 says Wilson’s car is ex Peter Williams/Martin Birrane 16.3.78 p. 29. Jacobsen has the car for sale AS 2.11.78 p. 56, but appears in a B29 himself in 1979, as does Wilson, suggesting that the car was retained. It seems as though this chassis subsequently became the basis for Eric Munnoch’s super-saloon in Scotland in the mid 1980s.
A Sports Extra story in Autosport 29 Mar 1979 p44 says Graha hamilton will be runnign the ex-Wilson B29 in a Cuthbertson Foods-backed team with Jacobson and Wilson in 1979 - so def the same car.

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Allen, I don't think the car did much Atlantic that year, and no Aurora, so exclusively Scottish/Northern Libre I reckon. Possibly the non-champ. Donington Atlantic race too. Phoenix Park maybe ??
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