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Oh no, another anorak!
Yes, it's 772/6 and will always be 772/6. I wasn't suggesting that it wasn't. 782 updates don't change its identity, they just change the way it's described. Eyles car, as an example, is photographed in Autosport in early 1985 and looks just like a 782. It has 782 sidepods and a 782 nosecone. Yes, I totally understand that the underlying tub of a 782 is very different to the earlier tubs and no, I don't understand what changes had been made under the skin to the Eyles car. If I use a designation of 772/782, all I'm aiming to record is that the 772 had been upgraded in some way with 782 bits.
Mather's 772P was, according to Autosport, rebuilt on/around a "newly-acquired" 782 tub after its accident and was further updated with 79-spec sidepods. It appears to have kept its 772P plate but is it now a 772P or is it a 782? It would be interesting to find out the tub number on that car today.
Allen
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