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[zakeriath]

The driver is Basil Van Rooyen, the photo taken in 1976, is this a Chevron B34 with a March 76 Nose?

[arttidesco]

Would that make it a Chevarch B34/762 ?

Certainly looks like the Chevron March combination you suggest. The upper cockpit bodywork looks more March 762 than Chevron too.

[Tim Murray]

According to the results on Old Racing Cars, van Rooyen raced Chevron B34 chassis 34.76.08 in the ZA Atlantic series in 1976 and 77:

http://www.oldracing...p?CategoryID=SA

[arttidesco]

According to the results on Old Racing Cars, van Rooyen raced Chevron B34 chassis 34.76.08 in the ZA Atlantic series in 1976 and 77:

http://www.oldracing...p?CategoryID=SA

Notice according to ORC Basil is sponsored throughout '76 by Wrangler Jeans is Uniewinkels a Wrangler brand ?

Edited by arttidesco, 30 August 2011 - 22:26.

[Jeff Weinbren]

Not sure about the car, but Uniewinkels is Afrikaans and basically means United Stores/Shops.
Jeff.

[barrykm]

Great driver...!

[cheapracer]

Great driver...!

Very underated driver, did very well in Australian Touring cars too.

He is full of himself though.

[arttidesco]

The question is, how did an apparent Chevron end up having it's front radiator jury rigged to the side and fitted with March bodywork ?

Is this linked photo Basil in the same car ?

[Chris Townsend]

The question is, how did an apparent Chevron end up having it's front radiator jury rigged to the side and fitted with March bodywork ?

Is this linked photo Basil in the same car ?

The B34 already carried an oil radiator in the right hand rear of the sidepods. If you look at the picture of Peter Haller's B34 on that motorpics.co.za site you'll see the arrangement in place with the front radiator set up retained. Both Haller and van Rooyen have taken off the fibreglass around it, presumably to get better cooling in South African temperatures. I guess that the water radiator from the B34 is round on the left side of van Rooyen's car.
Fitting March bodywork to other cars seems to be a fairly regular practice in Atlantic - I'd seen a bad newspaper photograph of a Kyalami race showing this adaptation by van Rooyen, but since the side of the car was invisible it could fool you into thinking it was a March. In Britain both Cyd Williams and Ray Mallock tried March bodywork on Brabham BT40s in 1975. I think that 76-77 March nose had a good reputation for straightline speed, so at places like Kyalami it might have been a worthwhile experiment.

[Speedy27]

He is full of himself though.

According to who, as you clearly don't know Basil or much about his racing history? If you did, you'd find that comment cringeworthy and pathetic - truly.

[Killarney]

According to who, as you clearly don't know Basil or much about his racing history? If you did, you'd find that comment cringeworthy and pathetic - truly.

Well I think the login "cheapracer" says it all, let alone a cheap shot

[David M. Kane]

March 76B nose on a Chevron B34 chassis.

Edited by David M. Kane, 05 September 2011 - 18:24.

[MCS]

...In Britain both Cyd Williams and Ray Mallock tried March bodywork on Brabham BT40s in 1975...

Unless I'm mistaken the Williams Brabham ran with Denis Falconer bodywork - which was also in use during the early 1976 Indylantic races before the Sana appeared.

In Mallock's case I would tend to concur, although I seem to recall that it was modified. At that time of course a number of the Mallock U2 Clubmans cars started to use March nosecones, as I am sure you remember.

Edit: Sorry, just checked Allen's site and the Graham Eden/Harrison's of Birmingham BT40 was raced in 1975, not 1976. David Winstanley raced it in 1976 in Indylantic of course - before he too got his hands on a Sana...

Edited by MCS, 11 September 2011 - 20:18.