1969 Caldwell D-9 Formula Ford
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Serial Number: 69 11 0040 Logbooks: SCCA Condition: Excellent Price: Location: Michigan, USA |
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DescriptionThis car has just been restored and has only one race on the restoration. It has the original SCCA logbook which shows a total of only 19 races, including the most recent. It carries a period but non-original two-piece nose fitted prior to 1973. The car was restored to conform to pre-1998 SCCA safety standards.The car was very competitive at Waterford Hills the only time it has been on the track since the restoration. The engine ran strong. There is even compression accross the cylinders. Gears were changed for Waterford and the gearbox looks fine. It shifted fine at the track. As indicated by the rollbar supports, external coolant lines, and aluminum side panels, the car was restored to SCCA safety specs. As of 1/1/98 it would need a forward roll hoop to be legal as a Formula Ford (Club Ford) The nose is cracked around the air opening and a chunk is gone from one side if the flaring (as you can see in the pictures). The underside of the nose is scraped from going over curbing. The engine cover is cracked around the rear roll-bar support and some paint has peeled off the cover near the header. Yellow racer tape covers the cracks now and it is virtually unnoticable. Having said all of this, it really does look as good in person as the pictures. The paint is 1996 Corvette Yellow and is nicely done.
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This unmolested and little used car has spent it's entire life in the Midwest. A recent conversation with John Horgas (of SCCA fame) revealed that it had been owned by his father Edward, whose name appears in the logbook. It was Edward's first race car and John's first exposure to racing. John confirmed that the current nose was on the car when his father purchased it in 1973. Prior to it's recent resoration it had sat in storage since 1977, by which time it had amassed only 18 races since 1972.
