Description:

This Amercan designed and built Indycar has had a truly a perfect restoration. A father&son project
done on an unlimited time budget, it is totally correct and portrays the car exactly as it ran at Indy
in 1971, driven by Art Pollard. The owners bought the car less engine from a prior owner who had bought
it from the Brawner family less engine. When the current owners began the restoration they visited the
Brawner shop in Phoenix and purchased all the available spares for the car, including a second crashed tub
and even the construction templates and patterns. By chance when they were picking up the spares at
the Brawner's shop another collector who now had the original engine called. A deal was struck and car
and engine were reunited for the restoration.

History

The product of Clint Brawner and Jim McGee, the Scopion was constructed at the Brawner "works"
in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1970 Brawner was at perhaps the height of his carrer and mechanic and constructor.
He had just won his third USAC championship with Mario Andretti, who also had won the 1969 Indy 500 in
a Brawner car. Clint had three previous USAC championships with the immortal Jimmy Bryan in the 50s.
Going into the 1971 season he was tied with George Bignotti for most wins by a mechanic/constructor.
From 1965 through 1969 Mario had amassed an incredible 27 wins in Brawner's cars.

Competition History

The car has not been driven since being restored.

Engine

• 4-cam Ford
  
• Hilborn fuel injection
  
• turbocharged
  
• the original engine from the car
  
• 159 cubic inches
  
• completely rebuilt by original engine builder Joe Boghosian
  
• all major ferrous parts magnafluxed
  

Fuel System

• original bags without foam (original configuration)
  

Oil/Water System

• the engine is installed but not blumbed into the chassis oil system.
  
• all original specification oil and water lines are complete and installed
  

Electrical System

• as original, magneto
  

Body

• all wings and tub skins are aluminum
  
• a glassfibre nose is fitted although there are also aluminum noses among the spares
  
• painted and decaled exactly as the car appeared in the 1971 Indy 500
  

Chassis

• aluminum monocoque
  
• fabricated by Eddie Kuzma
  
• Monroe
  
• lower wishbone, top link and trailing rod, coil over
  
• top link, lower reversed wishbone, dual trailing rods
  
• rack and pinion
  
• 4 wheel disk, Hurst Airheart calipers
  
• original Halibrand, original new tires
  

Interior

• original unused spare interior fitted
  
• race interior included in spares
  
• all original guages and controls
  

Spares

• 4 rear a arms
  
• 4 front a arms
  
• 24 radius rods
  
• 7 control rods
  
• 8 links
  
• 2 front hub carriers
  
• 2 rear hub carriers
  
• 4 hubs (2 front, 2 rear)
  
• 4 Airheart calipers
  
• set Halibrand wheels
  
• set original tires
  
• oil tank (alloy)
  
• fuel catch tank (coated alloy)
  
• set side pods (fibreglass)
  
• alloy nose
  
• glassfibre nose
  
• box of misc small parts
  
• crashed tub
  
• motor to transaxle spacer (7")
  
• 2 rear wings
  
• 3 side wings
  
• 1 output shaft (Hewland)
  
• 2 oil coolers
  
• 3 sets front wings
  
• 1 interior upholstery
  
• 1 waste gate with additional springs
  
• 5 anti-roll bars
  
• 2 boxes Hurst/Airheart brake parts (rotors, calipers,pads, etc)
  
• many other small parts