Description:

Car has just been restored to original condition plus all parts are either new or refurbished. Fuel cells have been refurbnished, leak checked and new foam added. Fresh paint on body and spare nose, in Duckham blue, fresh 1600 Cosworth/Hart BDA by Quicksilver Race Engines; fresh FT200 Hewland redone by J&J Racing; new fire system; new tub & wing by Prince Race Cars; updated water system with silicone hoses; new front air ducting system; 4 new spare BBS wheels; new Lucas electronic ignition system; new MOMO steering wheel; new rear side panels; new Varley Gell battery. Car was Opert Racing team car, Ran in 77 Canadian Atlantic series under the sponsorship of Excita. Driven by Francoise Romero and Didier Paroni. Car was purchased from an Estate Sale in disassembled condition. All missing parts were either as original or manufactured from original drawings by Vin Mulkey the Chevron dealer in England. The car was then reassembled in our shop to original specs. There are zero hours on the engine. The only time the engine is run, is to get oil Pressure.


History

Car was originaly sold by Fred Opert Racing. It was raced in the Tasman Series driven by Bobby Rahal as the sister car to Keke Rosberg and,later in the U.S.and Canadian Formula/Atlantic series sponsored by Excita and driven by Francois Romero and Didier Peroni, and in Europe by Eve Eigh. Car was purchased at an estate sale in disassembled condition. All missing parts were either purchased or manufactured from original drawings by Vin Mulkey, the Chevron dealer in England. It was then reassembled in our shop to original specs.

Competition History

Unknown
Performance Data

• F/Atlantic
  
• 1200 lbs
  

Engine

• Hart/ Quicksilver
  
• Chevron Cars
  
• F-Atlantic/F2
  
• 1600cc
  
• 202
  
• Carbs 48 mm webers
  
• Hart/ Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• std
  
• Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• Cosworth
  
• Single Plate
  
• Diaphram
  
• Steel
  
• Stainless Steel
  
• dyno time
  
• none
  
• Engine Completley redone by Quicksilver ,new pistons, rods,valves etc.
  

Fuel System

• 
  
• Goodyear Refurbished 2008 by Hartwig
  
• 1977
  
• 11 us gal.
  
• Electric
  
• VP 101
  

Oil/Water System

• Chevron
  
• Front
  
• Cosworth
  
• Chevron
  
• Rt side rear
  

Electrical System

• Lucas electronic
  
• none req.
  
• Varley
  
• none req.
  
• none req.
  

Transmission

• Hewland
  
• FT-200
  
• All new
  
• Manual rt side frt
  
• None
  
• n/a
  
• New Differential, Gears,Remachined and updated case all done by J&J Racing
  

Rear End

• Hewland FT200
  
• none
  
• Re machined
  
• new
  
• New /Taylor Eng.
  
• Ft-200 is a gearbox /differential combo
  

Body

• New tub by Prince Race Cars
  
• Blue
  
• House Of Colors
  
• Excellent
  
• Body was stripped and repainted by Hi Tech Auto
  

Chassis

• Prince Race Cars-New
  
• Alum
  
• polished
  
• New
  
• A-arms Chrome Excellent
  
• A-arm Chrome Excellent
  
• Bilsteins 1977 rebuilt by Bilstein in 2008
  
• Lockheed
  
• Rack& pinion
  
• BBS for slicks new/ Speedline for wets
  
• Good Year
  

Interior

• Polished Alum
  
• Alum Tub
  
• Onboard/Haylon
  
• Willans 6 point
  
• Smith
  
• Momo
  
• Just Repainted
  

Spares

• one Spare nose painted
  
• Front unplated suspension parts
  
• 5 sets of gears
  
• various suspention parts
  
• one Front splitter,black
  
• 8 wheels 4 Speedline, 2 BBS, 2 Chevron BBS