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To celebrate the new thread, I've done some digging on the Bernard De Dryver March 778.
Whenever MN or Autosport show an entry list, this car is listed as a 778 so it would appear that that's the way it was entered. Autosport, as usual, follow what's written down and refer to it as a 778 in their reports. "M.T." at Motoring News is more detailed in his reports and lists it as a 77B on his grids. He also refers to it as a 77B in the text of his reports. At Thruxton, MN shows chassis numbers for the cars but list De Dryver's as "77B/-". MN also mentions that the car is now to full works 772P spec.
F1R consistently use the number 778-15 for this car, implying that it was actually chassis 77B-15. However, as we don't know where they got this number from, it's impossible to be conclusive. Normally, we could trust F1R to have noted a number in person at the track but if "M.T." couldn't find a number for his report, maybe F1R got it from somewhere else.
Adam - if you're reading this - do your March records show anything about 77B-15, the '778' or the Bloore-built 772P of Crompton?
Allen
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