Chevron B36 - 10-Tenths Motorsport Forum

Gilbert · 17 Apr 2007, 16:10

I think it would be a great idea to have some information on the Chevron B36 which is missing in this database! I know that 21 have been built.

**John Turner** · 18 Apr 2007, 09:05

OK, so let's see if we can develop this a bit on the main forum. If any real data/history is fothcoming, we can put it back into the Chassis Archive.

driftwood · 21 Apr 2007, 12:58

most famous result for B36 was class win for the Mogil Motors car at LM in 1979 driven by Robin Smith Tony Charnell Richard Jones

Raly Bellm/Roger Andreason James weaver/eddie arundel ( duke of Norfolk) raced B36 2 litre cars in Thundersports

ROC team in france raced 3 cars over many seasons with Chrysler Simca motors at Le Mans and WSC events
Japan had a few B36 cars racing in Grand Chamiopn long distance races

In usa the B36 raced in the Can Am championship
1 car was Mort Platt Chevron B36 [B36-76-06]
a few cars race din Italain sports car series and mountain races
some B31 cars had b36 bodies fitted to race as later models

1 car raced in IMSA GTP see here for a foto
www. alex62.typepad.com/imsablog/2006/06/index.

The first GTP car to appear at Sebring was the famous Chevron B36 Alfa Romeo driven by Del Taylor.

Now in Historics in usa there are around 5 cars racing
in EEC they are too new for the Orwell WSM events as they are 1977 cars but expect to see some in CER events soon as they have lifted the cut off date to 1980 cars

I believe B36#1 has just been sold from USA to Canada ex italian team car im told

AMICALEMANS · 23 Apr 2007, 12:02

And one of the Roc chassi was bodied with a sthemo body to run in Group C at Le Mans. The man who did that was also the one who modified a Lenham Chassis in Le Mans 76 : José Thibault

driftwood · 23 Apr 2007, 14:23

do u have a link to a foto?
what was the car called?

AMICALEMANS · 24 Apr 2007, 05:35

yes i do my friend :

in 1987
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-06-14-113.jpg
he ran the race
in 1988, he was not accepted at scruteenering
http://forums.motorlegend.com/vb/sho...ght=CHEVRON+TJ

It is believed that the body was made with some part of the first Sthemo, the chassis was Chevron B36 and the engine was a Roc.

If anyone know where is this car now, it body would be great, even if its with a B36 b

driftwood · 24 Apr 2007, 20:38

there is also a car in Italy with alfa engine looking similar
i will get more info tomorrow

driftwood · 25 Apr 2007, 18:32

B36 Fortina with lancia LC1 turbo engine

AMICALEMANS · 25 Apr 2007, 19:37

Any pics ?

fausto · 26 Apr 2007, 06:31

http://www.moreschi.info/auto/fortina_2.jpg
http://www.moreschi.info/auto/fortina_1.jpg

AMICALEMANS · 26 Apr 2007, 10:32

thanks for the pics Fausto.
This car is a B36 wit a roof
The car from Le Mans is a rebodied B36 (with a sthemo ? body which was a rebodied TOJ !)

fausto · 26 Apr 2007, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMICALEMANS

thanks for the pics Fausto.
This car is a B36 wit a roof
The car from Le Mans is a rebodied B36 (with a sthemo ? body which was a rebodied TOJ !)

I don't think that the Sthemo was exaclty a rebodied Toj, although Toj designer/engineer Mossinger performed the same task for Sthemo.

Another Chevron based C2 car was French built Isolia, and it used a Sthemo bodywork too...
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-01-107.jpg

AMICALEMANS · 26 Apr 2007, 18:32

What a great picture! it show that this car IS the Chevron seen at Le Mans in 86 and 87. And José Thibault put a Roc in it (it was easy with a B36 chassis) So he did not made the body, he just puchase the car from ....Jean-Claude Ferrarin (F). Lucien Rossiaud (F) is a well known man in the Rondeau adventure.

i dont remember exactly about Sthemo, but i rea somewhere it was a Toj Chassis (just because Striebieg was racing a toj in some event); i will dig for that...

AMICALEMANS · 26 Apr 2007, 18:48

Just look at this one !

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-02-085.jpg

It is he 2nd Sthemo.

I know that the first one in 83 at Le Mans made some Hillclimb racing during the end of the eigthies. And most people was saying that this car was based on a Toj chassis.

So the 2nd one was maybe a Chevron B36, then th Arolia and then the car seen at Le Mans with José Thibault under the name Chevron roc.

AMICALEMANS · 26 Apr 2007, 18:59

So look at this one it is the 84 sthemo seen at le Mans

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-02-085.jpg

The 83 was known to be based on a TOJ chassis and ran french hillclimb in the middle of the eighties.

So the first could be a Toj basis
and the second a Chevron basis which became Arolia and the the Chevron seen at Le Mans in 85 (and in 86 at scruteenering