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3 Feb 2005, 13:08 (Ref:1216460) | #1 | ||
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Chevron B23 DFV
Iam looking for any info on a Chevron B23 Sportscar
Iam told Its the only car that was built and run with a DFV in ? |
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3 Feb 2005, 14:08 (Ref:1216536) | #2 | ||
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I don't think any B23 from new was built with a DFV, do you mean one was modified later to accept one ? From memory the only Chevron sportsracer made from new to accept a 'big' engine was the John Woolfe B12 Repco.
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3 Feb 2005, 16:39 (Ref:1216677) | #3 | ||
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The odd B26, B31 & B36 got DFVs put in them later in their lives, for Thundersports etc., but the only Chevron built to take a DFV (actually a DFL but near enough) was the B62 Group C2 car in 1985.
The earliest DFV-engined "upgrade" was probably the B31 used by Martin Raymond / John Blanckley in the 1976 Sportscar champ. |
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3 Feb 2005, 16:56 (Ref:1216688) | #4 | |
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Mauro Nesti had a DFV powered B?? (sorry, don't remember the type), 1975-76, and Manrico Zanuso raced, together with a Briton (Blankey?), a DFV powered Chevron sportscar (Monza 1976)
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3 Feb 2005, 16:58 (Ref:1216690) | #5 | |
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Sorry about repeating, and miswriting Blanckley name.....
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3 Feb 2005, 17:01 (Ref:1216694) | #6 | ||
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Zanuso's car was the one I was thinking of. That was Blanckley's car, which Raymond shared at Monza.
My data has Nesti in a B31 - DFV at Monza in 1977, but he & Tondelli shared a FVC powered B31 in 1975, I believe |
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9 Feb 2005, 09:47 (Ref:1220804) | #7 | |||
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"Eris Tondelli, the Italian Chevron agent, again didn't get his new Chevron-DFV to the race, reporting that a front end lift problem has had to be overcome, but he hopes to run it in the Targe Florio this coming weekend." In the results of the 1974 Targa, Tondelli is listed as driving a Chevron B26-Ford but I don't know whether it was a DFV or not...perhaps someone else can add to this? The website I've found the results on (wsrp) says that Tondelli's car was in the S1.3 category, which implies a small engine. Last edited by Michael Oliver; 9 Feb 2005 at 09:51. |
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25 Mar 2005, 22:27 (Ref:1261945) | #8 | |
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the dfv b23 is the car raced in south africa now about to be rebuilt for chevron festival
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14 Aug 2009, 07:41 (Ref:2521181) | #9 | |||
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Chevron B23
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I Have some photos, if you send me your email I will foward them.as have no idea how to attach them to this mail. microetc@global.co.za Bernard. |
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14 Aug 2009, 08:37 (Ref:2521207) | #10 | |
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yes i will send u a foto of it and tomorrow i can go sit in it if i really wanted to !
as for only b23 fitted with dfv that is now not true eris tondelli ordred a chevron to have dfv fitted i think that was with b23 or a 26 i nee dto check my notes also a b31 was fitted with dfv 2 years after ot had 2 litre motor fitted and we had b36 iin uk that had 2 litre out and dfv fitted for thundersports in 83 ish |
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