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[CSGPR]

Hi every body


I’ve had a question regarding the whereabouts of the remaining, (if any) Chassis of the Shadow DN 5 later 5B. The DN5 last race in Formula 1 was at the South Africa circuit Kyalami in 1977, the same race that claimed the life of Tom Pryce, who was killed in a freak accident while racing the DN8.

The DN5 had its first race in Argentina back in 1975, or at least it should have had, Jean-Pierre Jarier put the new car on Pole Position, but a broken crown wheel, which accrued on the warm-up lap, prevented the car from taken part in the race. I Brazil some weeks later Jarier hold the lead for a long time, but was once more let down by a mechanical problem. Tom Pryce later won Race of Champion at Brands Hatch in the DN5-2A

The question is now, where are these remaining DN5 chassis today, Jarier crashed the DN5-1A in Monaco and in 1976 he wrote off the DN5-6A

But chassis DN5-4A and 5A the latest raced by Renzo Zorzi in 1977

And what about Shadow’s french connection the ill-fated Shadow Matra DN7-1A. By my best judgements this car was probably taken apart by the end of 1975 and the parts used on the remaining DN5’s in 1976 due to a cut in the budget after UOP withdrew their support. But that’s a gees I don’t know for sure. On the other hand should the car still be around somewhere would someone kindly tell me it present location.

Kind regards

[borsari]

There are a couple shadows racing in the Vintage F/1 series. I saw them last August at the Monterey Historic. Contact Tom Claridge, he drives one of them
Vals

[Gary C]

I always thought that Don Nichols himself still owned them all.
Saying that, there's been one up for sale at www.race-cars.com for a while........

[David M. Kane]

Mr. Nichols still owns the majority of his cars. Two of the DN-5s
are being restored by Marc Bahner in Ojaj, California. He is an
ace tub frabricator with over 30 years experience. One of the chassis is his own and the other is for my teammate, Mel Spillman. Marc is also restoring a March 741 for me.

Mr. Nichols lives somewhere in the Salinas area and apparently
has all of his cars very well organized in a very pristine storage facility. Anything you can come up further would be of
great interest to me.

[David McKinney]

See my post under CSGPR's earlier DN5/DN7 thread

[CSGPR]

Hi again every body

Thank you very very much. To bosari, Gary C and not least David M Kane and David McKinney


To bosari: I will try to locate Tom Claridge, if you have anything closer as country, state or so. I’ve appreciated it very much

To Gary C. Yes I found it my self by coincident, it was the DN3-4A, which has been sold in Canada recently. The car, has actually not race a Grand Prix. instead it serve as spare car in quit some Grand Prix in 1974. As you pointed out it have been sold recently and I will contact www.race-cars.com for details, so thank you Gary C.


To David M Kane

Bullseye: It was just such information I’ve hope for, very nice indeed. I hope you will fax me all your details on phone and Fax No e-mail add and so on to my fax +45 65 94 43 63 and I will return to you as soon as possible, because I really think we can help each other a lot. Could you please inform me which DN5 chassis # your teammate owns. That lucky guy.

Your own project sounds very interesting too, which 741 are we talking about and in which colours do you intend to race.

I’m looking forward to your replay.

My e-mail: c.s.gpr@dadlnet.dk

To David McKinney

I’m very glad that you know something the whereabouts of the DN7 I was close to 100% that the car was taken apart. But lucky it was not, I will Contact the Donning collection Tuesday and I hope they still got it.

Regarding Juan Gonzalez’s DN1, do you have any other informations such as Phone / Fax No. if so please let me know

My e-mail: c.s.gpr@dadlnet.dk


Once more Thank you very much to all of you

Kind regards

[Allen Brown]

See my post on the other DN5/DN7 thread.