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1982 Williams Ford FW08B 6-wheeler


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#1 mono-posto

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Posted 10 May 2000 - 00:35

What can anyone tell me about the history of this unique car? What were the circumstances surrounding it? Did it race and what were it's results, etc.?

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#2 mono-posto

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Posted 10 May 2000 - 00:41

A couple of pics to help refresh the memoryPosted Image.

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#3 Eric McLoughlin

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Posted 11 May 2000 - 00:29

I'm pretty sure it never raced. It was not banned as such at the time but the abolition of downforce generating sidepods for the 1983 season rendered the six wheel arrangement redundant.

These pictures are from the 1995 Goodwood Festival of Speed, are they not?

#4 Roger Clark

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Posted 11 May 2000 - 01:15

I can't be sure, but I thought they effectively banned it, either by banning 4WD, or by limiting the number of tyres each competitor could use at a meeting

#5 Marcel Schot

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Posted 11 May 2000 - 16:14

The Williams 6 wheeler was previously discussed in this thread: http://www.atlasf1.c...TML/000258.html

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