Hello
I have been looking at results from the 1979 Formula Atlantic season and have seen that a Mallock Mk20B with a 1600 BDA engine competed several times with drivers Webb and Mallock, though mainly with Webb.
I was wondering if any of you have a picture from '79 of this car.
Best regards
Carl
1979 Formula Atlantic
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jackal
, Jul 17 2012 11:29
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Mallory Dan
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 14:46
From memory there was an MN pic of the car from late June/early July '79. Wasn't it converted back to a Clubmans car for the '80 season?
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jackal
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 07:56
Mallory Dan
Yes the car was returned to clubmans spec after the '79 season and exists as such to this day. There are pics f the car around pre '79 and as it is now but I haven't chanced upon one from the Atlantic days.
Carl
Yes the car was returned to clubmans spec after the '79 season and exists as such to this day. There are pics f the car around pre '79 and as it is now but I haven't chanced upon one from the Atlantic days.
Carl
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Posted 19 July 2012 - 19:27
I had a quick look in the book _The Lone Furrow_ by Paul Lawrence and there is no photo. Remarkably, for such an interesting Mallock experiment, the car only earns two pages of discussion.
My view in 1979 was that Formula Atlantic in the UK was not terribly important because most eyes were on F2 and F3 for the next generation of top drivers. In retrospect, I think I was short sighted. As the Mallock team discovered, the competition had bloody good cars and it would take more than a hobby design* to challenge them.
BTW, this is a rare occasion where I wish for a rebuild of the car to its "original form" (if the car still exists) or for a similar model to be converted.
* Pre-emptive clarification: Mallocks sold to customers were much more than hobby designs, but the Atlantic one-off could never receive the development that was necessary.
My view in 1979 was that Formula Atlantic in the UK was not terribly important because most eyes were on F2 and F3 for the next generation of top drivers. In retrospect, I think I was short sighted. As the Mallock team discovered, the competition had bloody good cars and it would take more than a hobby design* to challenge them.
BTW, this is a rare occasion where I wish for a rebuild of the car to its "original form" (if the car still exists) or for a similar model to be converted.
* Pre-emptive clarification: Mallocks sold to customers were much more than hobby designs, but the Atlantic one-off could never receive the development that was necessary.
