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Old 18 Aug 2010, 21:02 (Ref:2746807)   #676
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Chris confirmed in the Dossier that he did for John Gale's 722-5 that late season Lauda had an alloy block in his car , perhaps you can check wih Chris.

BDA term is actually for the road Escort engine , any race engine was a BDD if Atlantic or BDE / F/G etc in F2 / sports cars.
Thanks for that clarification. Dad referred to his motor as BDA/BDD and that has always confused me a little. SCCA FB isn't the same of course so IDK what his 722 ran for sure (regional/national SCCA rules) but the 74B Atlantic car was described as above and the motor was significantly different.
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Old 18 Aug 2010, 22:51 (Ref:2746861)   #677
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SCCA FB didn't allow the BDA/BDD so a 722 in FB would have run a Ford twin-cam. I'm still not sure whether Divisional and Regional SCCA FB in 1974 - the year the Canadian 'Pro' series moved to F/Atlantic - allowed BDAs.
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Old 19 Aug 2010, 04:55 (Ref:2746929)   #678
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SCCA FB didn't allow the BDA/BDD so a 722 in FB would have run a Ford twin-cam. I'm still not sure whether Divisional and Regional SCCA FB in 1974 - the year the Canadian 'Pro' series moved to F/Atlantic - allowed BDAs.
The 722 definitely had a Ford based DOHC, it was a pretty simple motor in many ways, based on a Pinto block before extensive rework of its internals (1600 cc I think, cast iron block). The 74B he bought 1-2 years old, 1975-1976 so yes he was running the same BDA/BDD motor in that car for local races (was IMSA or maybe even Cascade Sports Car Club, not sure. However the lack of prep time and ability to follow the series (doing lots of FA events was out of the question) really made it hard to compete in the FA series overall, needed to be further South in SoCal or up in Canada for so many of the Western USA events. His comparable local competition were guys like Steve J. or Ron H., Steve did better in some of the SoCal events that I expected, and came up to Portland to run - they tangled once or twice and one memorable event left the 722 busted up on 3/4 corners and Steve's then Lola also out of commission - they were running 1-2 and somehow took each other out, interlocked wheels and launched both cars for the DNF. I had a front row seat for that, the 722 was remarkably free of damage considering it went airborne and ended up slammed into tires and armco.

If only he had given his 722 to his honorable best second son, life would be good!

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Old 13 Sep 2010, 05:15 (Ref:2758491)   #679
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March 732 #10 sighted at Watkins Glen GP Festival VR this weekend - Entry list shows Howard Katz, NY, NY. Also several 79B's, 782's, and an 832 CanAm car




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Old 6 Dec 2010, 16:09 (Ref:2800419)   #680
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Hallo, I am looking for two koni dampers 8212 for my March 752. I would like to know if anyone can help me. Many thanks
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Old 20 Jun 2011, 00:08 (Ref:2902155)   #681
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March 722-43



Mach 722-43 spied at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth West Australia on the 18th June.
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Old 20 Jun 2011, 00:58 (Ref:2902166)   #682
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Mach 722-43 spied at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth West Australia on the 18th June.
Very nice, thanks for sharing the photo!
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Old 26 Feb 2013, 12:08 (Ref:3211119)   #683
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I know a bit about 752-16 but it has two different histories, one taking it to Switzerland and a different one taking it to France. What did you learn about it?

I have very little on 752-11. It was sold to Obermoser but I don't know what happened to it next.
presumably the French one is the one just put on Race Cars Direct. Effectively a chassis plate and a bit of the tub....
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Old 29 Aug 2013, 15:44 (Ref:3295767)   #684
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Funny you should mention this as I was talking to a someone yesterday who has extensive experience of these cars on this very subject.

He told me that there is no downward slope at all on the 712M/713M/71BM tubs (see "712M/18" on race-cars) then it starts at the dampers on the 722 tub (see "722/8") and then slopes from the rear pickup for the front suspension on the 1973 tubs (see "732/10"). That seems to match the race-cars.com photos.

I'd phoned him to see if he could identify a tub that was under a mid-1980s Can-Am car. He identified it as a 1971 March chassis which matched what Chris already suspected.

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I believe we're going to acquire above mentioned Can-Am car very soon. When we do I'll fwd. more information.
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Old 30 Aug 2013, 19:22 (Ref:3296297)   #685
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Can-Am chassis

...It is a 722 that was written off at a race in 1982 and stored in a gage since then. We're going to take a look at the remains and purchase later this month.
It also includes a spare March chassis, number and type unknown.
We're looking to get this chassis back on the track within a few years.
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Old 9 Sep 2013, 17:08 (Ref:3301073)   #686
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...stored in a 'garage'...
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Old 18 Sep 2013, 22:39 (Ref:3305928)   #687
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March 722


March 722-8 ex Hiroshi Kazato F2 car at Barbagallo Raceway, Perth, W.A. in Aug 2013
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Old 2 Oct 2013, 22:53 (Ref:3312021)   #688
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722-38

We've taken a look at the 722-38 chassis mentioned above and have made a deal on it. Now it's just a matter of time until it comes home. Along with it another march chassis was included, a 75B serial no. 3.
I'll have a lot of questions regarding these chassis soon after they make the trip home and we get everything sorted through. This guy has another formula chassis but we're keeping it under wraps for the time being
The 722 is a write-off as it's been absolutely bend in the middle and the front is smashed up to the bulkhead. Although I'm sure it could be rebuilt...I guess Marc Bahner has everything to do it.

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Old 28 Jan 2014, 01:06 (Ref:3360846)   #689
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Just got a little more history on this chassis from the current owner:

"....Chuck Willis said that Ron Dykes wrecked the original monocoque to come into the States. Now where they got the replacement chassis that I crumpled, I don't know. It may have come from Hawaii. I think it was Pete Halsmer who lined me up with Willis when I bought the BT29. Chuck of CRW was one of the top Formula Atlantic mechanics in his day, being a mechanic or manager or whatever in the FA championship series that was popular then....Keke Rosberg and Gilles Villeneuve were two of the participants along with Marty Loft from the NW plus Householder, Storr and Munro from the NW ran a few of the races west coast races. Pierre Phillips ran cars in that series. However, I think my car may have never ran in that series as most of the conversation I had with Chuck about it was California racing....or it was bought to run that series and didn't However, after I bought it, started racing it, only with the rotary, in 1981 until the embankment in Sept of 86. Raced it in CanAm starting July of '84 and the last race I finished was the CanAm race in St Louis in August of 86. So I am the only driver that drove the car in CanAm.


There was a reporter from Speed Sport News that had a big duffle bag with 4 or 5 three ring note books with every detail of every Can Am race ever run. He was the ultimate Can Am fan. Every time a former driver would show up, he'd corner them and review each notebook for details of each race he ran. He spent over a half hour with Lou Sell who I recall only ran the St Louis races during my years. He was in that fiery crash at Riverside years before. He walked around in shorts and his legs were badly scared except the back of his thighs where he was sitting on the seat during the fire. Not only did he question Lou, but also Lou's competitors in the races he ran. Lou was the only winner in CanAm in a two litre car.


From the notebooks, he told me I was the only March 722 driver. He applied the original points system to all the races and on that basis, I was 200th in overall points tied with Joakim Bonnier.


Take a look: http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/St_Louis-1985-10-13.html


It rained hard 3/4ths of the race and the V8's against instruction blocked me in every corner. When the cars came up to lap, would tuck in behind and passed a bunch of cars that way. Then it stopped raining and and about a half dozen cars passed me back. I had some really old Firestone rain tires that showed remarkable traction in the wet. Had a wild pass on Mike Engstrand coming through a large puddle at near top speed.


I've been pulling up all the history I can on my career with this car."

He has told me that the serial number stamped on the roll bar is 46-200. SCCA region 46 is Hawaii. I'm thinking that he's looked the number funny and it's maybe a 96 which would be Oregon. Any thoughts anyone?

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Old 14 Feb 2014, 15:47 (Ref:3368473)   #690
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It's all in the numbers

After a few minutes on the inter-webs I found another March 722, chassis number...38.
The guy is in Colorado. He bought his chassis in 1999 from a man in California and was asked which serial number he'd like on it. The man opened a desk drawer and pulled out several tags apparently.
The chassis has been damaged and is sitting in storage.
Still working to get this other 722-38 home but with the issue of no log book we're unsure of how long this will take.
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Old 13 Oct 2014, 13:46 (Ref:3464494)   #691
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It's been several months since our last post and we're sorry to report that Bill Hill was killed in an apparent fireworks explosion.
We've contacted his widow regarding his chassis but have heard nothing.
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Reost #690.
I too own a 722 which has a doppelgänger being sold now. When I alerted the public to this fact, I was slammed. No one seems to care about multiple chassis plates.
While I had a shop at Sears Point Raceway, the man with a desk drawer story was well know by many.
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Old 11 Dec 2018, 22:14 (Ref:3869545)   #693
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The awful Multiglide March doesn't have Clarkson in its history.

Clarkson starts with 722-29 then sells that to MAthers. Goes on to what was probably 732-1.

The Multiglide car was originally a 712M. Colin Andrews had it before Mike Sullivan Racing ran it in 74 for a variety of bewildered souls and then it ended up with Norman Dickson. In Andrews' hands it's described as ex Jaussaud. However, if we look at race reports and the March sales records there was a deal of plate switching between certain cars at certain times.
I own 722-29 now -was driven by john calvert ,
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Old 11 Dec 2018, 22:34 (Ref:3869554)   #694
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If it is it subsequently went onto Ken Ayers who used it mainly in the British Sprint Championship as well as a few hillclimbs.

I have this car now -which was 781-3 which was never used and sold to roy lane,
car is being converted to 782 spec running a bmw m12 engine ,

car will re appear during 2019 historic f2 series (hopefully hockenheim)

all f1 bits and roy lane bits will be retained with car.

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Old 19 Dec 2019, 17:22 (Ref:3947581)   #695
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I'm a March FF owner and wondering about a 722 first owned by Canadian Ric Forest. In my conversations with him, he said that starting in the winter of 69-70, he stayed in the UK waiting for his car to be built and worked at their factory. He did this for his 709 chassis 1, his 719 chassis 2 and his 722 but didn't know the chassis number.

He said that about 20 years later, Allan Lader offered it back to him but he declined due to space or some other reason. Allan would probably have purchased the car late 1972 or early 1073. Any idea on this car? It's the orange #56 pictured on the Canadian FB page for 1972 on OldRacingCars.com!
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