March 772P - 778 - Page 10

driftwood · 2 Oct 2008, 16:21 (Ref:2302882)

i will bet john does not follow it wheni asked if he had email there was a silence before he knew what i was on about
when yr at the car get plate foto and the hand stamped gearbox number off flat machined part on top off diff it will say FT200 then a number like 879 1053? got a camera?
IF yr feeling brave ask the spanner man to remove roll hoop for the AM number underneath normally on left side

jerseyboy · 3 Oct 2008, 16:16 (Ref:2303522)

This might be of some help to you guys with reference to the 772P thread - the 772P car that was used by Terry Gorvel in Jersey & Guernsey to hillclimb & sprint was in fact the ex Godfrey Compton car fitted with a Hart 420R engine. I believe that the car was sold to Rodney Eyles from Wellington in Somerset in 1983/84 & I think that he shared it with his brother Tony. I can't help with any technical stuff about this car but I do remember being told that it was an ex- Giacomelli car but that it was never actually raced by him. I also remember that the car was damaged at a hillclimb in Guernsey and the tub was repaired by a guy called Martin (not sure of last name) at his company which I am sure was/is called Lyncar Engineering. Hope this is of some use to you!

driftwood · 3 Oct 2008, 16:25 (Ref:2303529)

Martin Slater is Lyncar
off top of head does this link back to roger orgee car he shunts has lyncar rebuild a march etc

Steve Wilkinson · 3 Oct 2008, 16:39 (Ref:2303536)

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Originally Posted by jerseyboy

This might be of some help to you guys with reference to the 772P thread - the 772P car that was used by Terry Gorvel in Jersey & Guernsey to hillclimb & sprint was in fact the ex Godfrey Compton car fitted with a Hart 420R engine. I believe that the car was sold to Rodney Eyles from Wellington in Somerset in 1983/84 & I think that he shared it with his brother Tony. I can't help with any technical stuff about this car but I do remember being told that it was an ex- Giacomelli car but that it was never actually raced by him. I also remember that the car was damaged at a hillclimb in Guernsey and the tub was repaired by a guy called Martin (not sure of last name) at his company which I am sure was/is called Lyncar Engineering. Hope this is of some use to you!

The Rodney Eyles car was 772-10 which I have as being run by David Franklin who then sold it to Alan Richards. Richards then sold it to John Meredith who ran it in 1982. Eyles used the car on the hills and in sprints in 1985 so it could well have been with Gorvel in 1983/84. During Franklins time the car acquired 782 bodywork.

jerseyboy · 3 Oct 2008, 17:03 (Ref:2303552)

I can defintley remember Terry Gorvel having his car during 1982 & 1983 - he may have even had it in 1981 - also something is telling me that maybe Rodney Eyles did'nt keep this car very long. I used to help Terry look after this car in my youth but I can't remember too many details but I'm certain it was refered to as a 772P !

allenbrown · 3 Oct 2008, 18:54 (Ref:2303605)

Steve

Any danger we got it wrong about Eyles' car? By the time he had it it looked a lot like a 782 didn't it?

driftwood · 4 Oct 2008, 09:37 (Ref:2303879)

i can ask rodney if u have dates and more info
772 is a wide tub car i would think by fitting 782 nose rear wing it would look 782
any fotos anyone?

Steve Wilkinson · 4 Oct 2008, 14:35 (Ref:2304029)

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Originally Posted by allenbrown

Steve

Any danger we got it wrong about Eyles' car? By the time he had it it looked a lot like a 782 didn't it?

The "Eyles car" did look like a 782 but there again it did when Frankers had it as he fitted the 782 bodywork.

The above photo is Alan Richards in the car at Shelsley Walsh in 1981.

Steve Wilkinson · 4 Oct 2008, 14:36 (Ref:2304030)

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Originally Posted by driftwood

i can ask rodney if u have dates and more info
772 is a wide tub car i would think by fitting 782 nose rear wing it would look 782
any fotos anyone?

Consult the Sprint Championship website for the results/dates:

www.britishsprint.org

driftwood · 4 Oct 2008, 15:27 (Ref:2304060)

1 thanks for foto do u have 1 from the side so i can see side pods better?
i cannot see how u can fit 782 pods onto 75 76 772 WIDE coke bottle tub but u could fit any pod onto 712 -74 & 772P narrow tub
the car in foto does have 782 cockpit section and nose rear wing

2 i am a lazy toad so no time to look at websites for results

nb the more i look at foto the pods look 792 ish im sure they will slope forward to the front cant be 772 wide tub underneath unless of course u have some paddock shots with body off in your library?

Chris Townsend · 5 Oct 2008, 09:59 (Ref:2304567)

I agree to some extent with Drifty about the pods on Richards' car.
They aren't 782; if anything they are original design 79B [they aren't 792 as there the 'wing' ran down quite sharply inside the fender. By mid 79 most Atlantics had switched to the 793 sidepod, which was a smaller, lighter version of the 792, so you dont see these flat top, chisel fronted pods very often. 782 pod was curved back into the tub, not a straight edge.

Chris

allenbrown · 5 Oct 2008, 10:20 (Ref:2304577)

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Originally Posted by allenbrown

Steve

Any danger we got it wrong about Eyles' car? By the time he had it it looked a lot like a 782 didn't it?

No, we (I) didn't:

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Originally Posted by allenbrown 21 Apr 2007 on the March 772 thread

Another update:

772-10 Built using several second hand components. To David Franklin Jan 1978 - Alan Richards 1979-80 ... John Meredith 1982 [AS 8 Apr 1982 p46] ... Rodney Eyles [advertised AS 9 Feb 1984 p58] ...

Advertised as "March 772 rolling chassis inc FGA gearbox Pilbeam modified David Franklin 1978 championship car ... Rodney Eyles Wellington".

This is why I write it all into the threads - my memory isn't what it once was

. So it looks like Eyles had a March 772 and a March 772P at around the same time.

Has anyone been in touch with Eyles? Didn't someone offer his phone number at one point?

allenbrown · 5 Oct 2008, 10:29 (Ref:2304581)

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Originally Posted by allenbrown

Has anyone been in touch with Eyles? Didn't someone offer his phone number at one point?

Found it here: http://213.123.49.41/wheeltalk/issues/200701.pdf. I only semi-understand the issues here - am I the best person to phone him? I will if nobody else volunteers.

driftwood · 5 Oct 2008, 11:03 (Ref:2304595)

i know him having had $ from him need a list of info u have/want asked clarified list here or mail direct to me
as for yr memory you still owe me £35!

allenbrown · 5 Oct 2008, 12:15 (Ref:2304629)

We need to know if he had two Marches.

Can he confirm that he bought an "ex-Giacomelli" March 772P from Terry Gorvel in the Channel Islands?

If so, who did he sell it to? (Alternatively, roughly how long did he own it?)

Can he confirm that he owned the ex-Franklin March 772?

Is the 772 the car he used in sprints in 1985?

Who did he buy the 772 from?

Who did he sell the 772 to?

Dan Rear · 11 Mar 2009, 14:54 (Ref:2413687)

Good pic of the Holmes 772P (??) on TNF today. Also one of an Italian 75S. They're on the 'British Club Racing' and 'Photos of Cars in the Paddock' threads respectively.

Dan Rear · 6 Apr 2010, 15:30 (Ref:2667694)

August '82 A/Spurt has an "ex-Giacomelli 772P" being advertised from an 0620- no. Would this be George McMillan, or the Gorvel/Eyles car?

MGDavid · 6 Apr 2010, 17:10 (Ref:2667760)

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Originally Posted by Dan Rear

August '82 A/Spurt has an "ex-Giacomelli 772P" being advertised from an 0620- no. Would this be George McMillan, or the Gorvel/Eyles car?

do you have access to an STD decoder? 0620 was North Berwick, East Lothian; I can pin it down further with the first 2 digit of the number...

Graham Brunton · 6 Apr 2010, 19:20 (Ref:2667846)

Think you are on the right track here,George Mcmillan ran Bass Rock Renault which was in North Berwick in East Lothian.This car and his next one Rt2? were painted in Renault colours

irneh · 19 Jan 2016, 11:17 (Ref:3606155)

MARCH 772P/U1 had been advertise on autosport dec 8, 1983.
Geo Mc Millan sold the car in excellent conditions, spare parts, FT200...the ex "Jack O'Malley's car" is now for sale by auction in France the january 28, 2016. The autioneer is "ROIS enchères" : www.interencheres.com
After Patrick Neve, Alex Dias Ribeiro, Jochen Mass, Bruno Giacommelli, Norman Dickson, Georges Mc Millan, 772P/U1 had race in the hands of JF Pelletier during any french hill-climb with a BDA engine with 2 carburators.

long life for this car !

allenbrown · 19 Jan 2016, 12:47 (Ref:3606178)

George McMillan told me that he sold the car to a bloke "down south" who was going to convert it into a Super Saloon/GT car. So how did it get to France?

irneh · 22 Jan 2016, 17:13 (Ref:3607154)

I think G. Mc Millan did not want to say exactly who was the new owner to avoid customs's complication...

allenbrown · 22 Jan 2016, 17:33 (Ref:3607156)

I don't think that was it. I asked him very recently and he was doing his best to remember where the car went. Maybe he got it wrong, but he wouldn't be worrying about paperwork issues 30 years after the event.

I'd still like to know who Pelletier bought it from. Have you spoken to Pelletier?

bidochon · 23 Jan 2016, 19:00 (Ref:3607395)

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Originally Posted by allenbrown

I don't think that was it. I asked him very recently and he was doing his best to remember where the car went. Maybe he got it wrong, but he wouldn't be worrying about paperwork issues 30 years after the event.

I'd still like to know who Pelletier bought it from. Have you spoken to Pelletier?

Hi Allen , I have had 772P/U1 at home , this car was bought in UK by Frenchman called Jean-Jacques Lecorre , JJ bought several cars in UK to make a little business to pay his hillclimb races and make a little pocket money ! he raced in hillclimb with a 772 # 2 ex MRS / Bardinon I bought to JJ this 772 .
when he bought 77P/U1 he give me the car to put in my garage because he had only a little garage , I keep the car few weeks because he sold it quickly to Jean François Pelletier the car was powered with a Cosworth BDD , Pelletier later sold the car to another Frenchman called Jean-Pierre ( I'm not sure ) Delaunay , Pelletier and Delaunay raced in hillclimb in West France during years 83/90 , I think you can find some results on Echappement

allenbrown · 25 Jan 2016, 17:52 (Ref:3607900)

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Originally Posted by bidochon

Hi Allen , I have had 772P/U1 at home , this car was bought in UK by Frenchman called Jean-Jacques Lecorre , JJ bought several cars in UK to make a little business to pay his hillclimb races and make a little pocket money ! he raced in hillclimb with a 772 # 2 ex MRS / Bardinon I bought to JJ this 772 .
when he bought 77P/U1 he give me the car to put in my garage because he had only a little garage , I keep the car few weeks because he sold it quickly to Jean François Pelletier the car was powered with a Cosworth BDD , Pelletier later sold the car to another Frenchman called Jean-Pierre ( I'm not sure ) Delaunay , Pelletier and Delaunay raced in hillclimb in West France during years 83/90 , I think you can find some results on Echappement

Thanks Alain. You've sent me many interesting pictures over the years. Do you have any pictures of the 772P in your garage?

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