True to form (1935) the S.E.F.A.C. did not made its 2003 deadline ;) but all the parts to make a engine are ready (May 2003 ) and it should be very close to completion now. I he gets the engine done in January he may have her finished and running before the end of 2004.
Richard also make the following interesting notes:
"I met Jean Le Page De Dommartin before he died and he relayed as much as he could remember of the car when it was his and he called it the Dommartin, he was also a long time friend of Petit and discussed the car with Petit during the build (back in the 30s). A friend of mine tried to talk to Petit about the SEFAC a few years before he died but he was reluctant to discuss it. I expect it was still a disappointment to him. Today we can look at what he did and know what the mistakes were, and it is easy to correct them without changing anything fundamentally. Mostly the problems were oil delivery, simple to correct today without the pressure to be at a race by a certain date. In those days a years delay in having the engine ready would make you a year behind the well funded opposition. Petit stood no chance in 34. It's amazing that it made 39 laps in 1939 running an engine that was five years out of date with no real budget. Jean said of his old friend that he was stubborn and would not listen to any ones advice where the SEFAC was concerned. He must have been convinced the design could be made to work, why would he still be prepared to work with it from 33 to 48 ?"
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