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March 723
The constant search for more information about cars running in Atlantic keeps leading me to ex F3s that had a BDA put in the back, or even just kept the t/c.
There are a couple of March 723s that are important in Atlantic from 1972 through to 1975 and I wonder if anyone has any record of who might have had which chassis. The cars I am particularly interested in are those of Robin Smythe and Stan Matthews. The full record of cars appearing, with first dates, looks something like this: Prototype: Williamson [27.12.71] March: James Hunt [early season 1972] Robin Smythe [2nd March 723 made its debut' AS 20.1.72 p. 4] So is it chassis 02? appears Brands FL 6.2 David Powers appears early March McKechnie for Bob Evans; Roger Keele 1973 appears early March Stan Matthews ordered mid February, appears mid March Ford Germany for Jochen Mass appears mid March Wheatcroft: Roger Williamson appears mid March March: Brendan McInerney, perhaps the Cramer hillclimb car in 73 ordered January, appears 19/3 Patrice Compain appears 19/3 Eifelland: Hannelore Werner appears 19/3 Eifelland: Willi Deutsch ordered mid February, appears 1/4 Russell Wood Smythe runs his car in Atlantic late 72 and sometimes in 1973, even though he'd also got a GRD by then. Matthews kits his car as a 73B [almost anything, it seems could be described as a 73B, from a 712M to a Routemaster bus] then sells it to Chris Oates; Oates then passes it on to Val Musetti, and it becomes the basis of one of his two bitsa cars and appears in a great number of races. Any observations or records gratefully received. Chris |
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