Dulon Formula B

Our club has a 1970 Dulon Formula B coming through eligibility. The Model is believed to be an LD 9-B, although that designation is also thought to be used for a Formula Ford. Does anyone have the real story on Dulon FB cars??

i used to work for a team called d.g.r.p ltd we were rebuilding a dulon sportscar just before i left, so might be worth getting in touch with them, they do have a website not sure what its address is though. from what i remember the cars originate from bradford, it was a very small operation with few cars actually built. the car we had in raced a few times then they stopped racing to develop it into a road car. they never finished it and it lay redundant in a barn for years before its current owner bought it and wanted to restore it. incidently my last job on it before i left was to make a rollhoop for it as in those days race cars did not have them fitted.

Dulon did build a reasonable number of FFords. There was a single F5000, the LD8, raced by Bob Miller in the UK in 1970. It was a big car, with the aerodynamic properties of a cement block, and was mainly in the field to create interest for Peter Gethin every few laps.
Be interested to know about an FB/F.Atlantic variety

This from the British Racing Car Directory published in the December 18, 1969 issue of Motoring News.

Dulon is only listed in the Formula Ford section.

DULON LD4C.
Maxperenco Products Ltd, which produces the Dulon, had a good 1969 season with Ian Taylor scoring a lot of success with his car. In total 29 FFs have been built this year and the firm has moved into larger premises. There are projects for F5000 and GT cars in advanced stages. For 1970 there will be a new Dulon single-seater called the LD9; it is a multiple-purpose chassis accepting FF, F3 or FB engines. It is prettier than the previous model and has a rear mounted oil cooler. The firm also produces its own FF engine and prices, particularly for spares, are very reasonable. Complete cars with Maxperenco engine reatil at 1375 pounds and less engine at 1100 pounds.

Milan:

Thanks for your information, which sort of ties together other information I've heard. The car under consideration appears to be designed as a B or F2 car, since it was extremely "stout", much more so than a typical Formula Ford.
Does anyone have a clue as to how many were built (as non-FF)??

Bobdar

I've come across a Dulon LD-9 racing in the UK in 1971.
The car was driven by Tony Broster, and raced in both F3 and F.Atlantic (in its first year) before being fitted with an MAE engine and used in Monoposto. I only noticed this in passing as I was looking at the earliest Atlantic races in Britain. Will try and find out more.

Broster was a well known club racer in the '70s and I guess that someone on this site might know if he's still around.

Thanks for the info Chris. The car we are dealing with was also used for hill climbing before coming to the U.S. It is a very strongly-built car, large tubing, heavy half shafts, etc., and I'm having a hard time believing that the same components went into the FF version.