Parnell F2
#1
Posted 13 March 2006 - 11:24
I've never heard before about this car
Can it be real?
Is it something related with Tim Parnell team?
#3
Posted 13 March 2006 - 12:13
#4
Posted 13 March 2006 - 12:18
-BARC 200, Silverstone 27/03/67: heat one 11th, heat two 10th, overall: 9th
-Barcelona GP 09/04/67: DNS
-Guards Trophy, Mallory Park 14/05/67: heat 1 5th, final retired
-London Trophy, Crystal Palace 29/05/67: heat 1 9th, not qualified for the vfinal.
#5
Posted 13 March 2006 - 12:38
While this car is wearing a Lotus 25 nose/cockpit, the front suspension is outboard and the chassis is narrower and more flat-sided than a 25.
It was reported in 'Motor Racing' magazine that Les Redmond was designing a Parnell F2 car in late 1966 - that's all I know.
Paul M
#6
Posted 13 March 2006 - 13:20
and after that, if we follow Doug, went to Campbell-Jones and fitted with a Godiva Coventry Climax engine (though I thought for that a BRP was used); then it returned to Parnell and received a FVA engine.
As far as I know the F1/F2 Parnell's project was never realized as such but became a sports car.
#7
Posted 13 March 2006 - 14:26
#8
Posted 13 March 2006 - 20:48
Of the Lotus 25s, R6, R8 and R9 also were used by MGM, R9 possibly only as a static prop after Baghetti crashed it in practise at Siracusa.
The two cars that were definitely fitted with the Godiva C-C owned by Emery were the Shannon and the BRP; R3 had a 4-cylinder 2.7 litre FPF fitted by Parnell for early races in 1966 but apparently reverted to a BRM V8 for Monza.
A friend is going to ask Tim Parnell about all this.........
Paul M
#9
Posted 13 March 2006 - 22:01
Originally posted by GIGLEUX
to Campbell-Jones and fitted with a Godiva Coventry Climax engine
IIRC when I was talking to J C-J some while ago he indicated that the Godiva rebuilds/re-engineering were funded by John Willment, who owned the engines etc at the time.
RL
#10
Posted 14 March 2006 - 08:39
Is this the car metioned by Ian Titchmarsh or is it a further derivative?
#11
Posted 15 March 2006 - 15:03
-n°15 Trevor Taylor (Reserve driver J.Markey) Lotus-Climax 2980cc entrant Paul Emery.
Apparently Emery had a Lotus. R7?
#12
Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:21
I recently bought from Ferret another photo of the Parnell-FVA at Crystal Palace. Note again how it has ouboard front suspension and that, other than the body section, the proportions look different to and smaller than a 25/33:
copyright Ferret Photographics/Ted Walker
Les Redmond was also mentioned in 'Motor Racing' as the designer of the Parnell 1.5-L F1 car which was approaching completion at the end of 1963, just before Reg's untimely death. Then there is the 3-L tub pictured in MR early in 1968..............
Paul M
#13
Posted 04 September 2008 - 10:58
But the car has outboard top front wishbones, and not inboard top rockers so it isnt 25,33 or35.
Is it infact a Lotus 41 with GP bodywork ??
Kevin Whittle
#14
Posted 08 September 2008 - 21:01
It's definitely a 25/33 body on the Parnell, the shape of the intake as well as the aeroscreen and the NACA ducts is distinctive.
(Graham Hill's 49 'R3' at Silverstone in 1967 after its overnight build used an early aluminium body buck that had been rejected, according to Mike Oliver's book; I don't think a 33 body was ever used.)
Paul M
#15
Posted 07 July 2013 - 15:00