More Can Am footage.

[charleselan]

The 1965 Times GP at Riverside attracted a truly outstanding field of drivers and cars and the attached two part film on YouTube is sensational. Shown as part of the US TV broadcast "GloryDays" this is well worth a look.

Jim Hall wheels out his new Chaparral 2C which featured an aluminium chassis as opposed to the fibreglass used on the earlier 2's, a flipper rear spoiler and it looked very svelte, sadly it had inherent weaknesses in the rear suspension and was withdrawn before the start. Bruce McLaren was outstanding in his Oldsmobile powered red McLaren and always looked a different driver in Can Am to that in F1, where to this observer he looked quick but steady.

Jimmy Clark was teamed with Richie Ginther in the works Lotus 40's which looked fantastic but sadly were far from that in reality. So much more to take in, so I hope you enjoy it as much as did.







John Charles

[Carl]

John Charles,

You and I have recommended the same film. A great race, I know, because I was there!

[charleselan]

Carl,

I am the colour of a fresh spring meadow knowing that fact .

John Charles

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Uh, look at that:



Glen 1971.

[Carl]

Interesting! The panel discussion by those who were there*, which follows, is also worth a look:




                                                      *featuring Jim Hall, Peter Bryant, George Follmer, and Pete Lyons 

[René]

All fantastic clips, really enjoyed them. Carl, that photo of the Chaparrals is great, the wings so disproportionate it's unreal! 

[charleselan]

Dec 24, 2017 13:23:30 GMT René said:

All fantastic clips, really enjoyed them. Carl, that photo of the Chaparrals is great, the wings so disproportionate it's unreal! 

René,

I have the Slot-It "twin set" of the Chaparral 2E's, very nice indeed, apparently slightly over scale width wise but they look fine to me. Those wings do look rather big, as you mention.

JC

[Carl]

In the earlier photo, race winner Phil Hill follows his boss in 1966 at Laguna Seca, the only "pure" Can-Am victory for Chaparral, just where the track begins to climb toward the famous corkscrew  The wings do seem oversized in the full downforce position while the cars are somewhat diminished in frontal perspective.

The original course was slightly shorter but much faster than the current one, modified in 1988 to please the majordomos at the FIM.  

The photos below show Hill (#65) and Jim Hall (#66) in the corkscrew during the Can-Am.


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[René]

Dec 24, 2017 15:03:25 GMT charleselan said:

Dec 24, 2017 13:23:30 GMT René said:

All fantastic clips, really enjoyed them. Carl, that photo of the Chaparrals is great, the wings so disproportionate it's unreal! 

René,

I have the Slot-It "twin set" of the Chaparral 2E's, very nice indeed, apparently slightly over scale width wise but they look fine to me. Those wings do look rather big, as you mention.

JC

Yes those Slot.it Chaparrals do look great (as most Slot.it cars do). Fine runners also and they really stand out with that high wing, also in 1/32 scale!