Description:

This uniqe car is completly restored 1997. New bodywork, new engine (109.6
bhp), restored Hewland,
aluminium radiator, chromed suspension parts, new tank etc. The engine is
probuilt and has only 2 races.

History

This car raced in UK until 1982. The car was storage until 1996 when the current owner
bought it. This car is very unique. In the end of 75 Van Diemen invested
heavily in the bankrupt GRD. In 76 the bottom fell out from Van Diemen. The
RF76 tested well, but very little else went right. When works driver Derek
Daly left for Hawke RF76 sales plummeted. Just a few RF76s were made. The car is,
in fact, a very competent chassis, being the last year of production of the innaugural
1973 Van Diemen design which was heavily based on the Lotus Type 69. It has been
rumored that the RF73-76 was, in fact, already on the drawing boards at Lotus as the
successor to the Type 69 and that the design was appropriated by Van Diemen along with
former Lotus Components and GRD designer Dave Baldwin. It has even been said that the
RF73-76 chassis were built by Arch Motors on the Type 69 jig.



Competition History

Numerous sucessful Historic Formula Fords outings in Sweden. 2nd place car in
1997 in Category H.


Engine

• Ford "Kent" 1600cc
  
• Scholar/TTR prepared 109.6 bhp
  
• 2 races since rebuild
  
• dry sumped
  
• Pace oil pump
  

Fuel System

• Tank baffled
  
• capacity 22 litre
  

Oil/Water System

• Aluminium radiator, sidemounted
  
• Aluminium oilcooler
  

Electrical System

• Aldon FF distributor
  
• New sealed Hawker Red Top 14A, 5kg
  
• STACK tachometer
  

Body

• New bodywork
  
• Paint VW Riffblau
  

Chassis

• multitubular spaceframe of square and round tube
  
• Spax (New)
  
• dual wishbone, coilover
  
• toplink, lower wishbone, dual trailing rods
  
• Jack Knight, rack & pinion
  
• Girling 14 LF calipers all around
  
• Dunlop steels fitted with Dunlop Formula Ford spec tires
  

Interior

• Smiths Water temp
  
• Smiths Oil temp
  
• STACK tachometer
  
• Fire system triple F or Halon
  
• Willans 6 point harness
  

Spares

• New nose
  
• 4 Dunlop steel wheels
  
• Distributor
  
• Tank
  
• 2 Rear dampers
  
• Springs
  
• Some Hewland parts
  
• Clutch slave cylinder
  
• Slave cylinder bracket