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1 May 2003, 11:45 (Ref:1856791) | #1 | ||
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March 772
My brother has a March 772 ex N.Z. that is giving us a lot of problems sorting out history and Ken Smith can't seem to assist. Can you, if I give you details??
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1 May 2003, 21:24 (Ref:1856792) | #2 | ||
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If Ken Smith cant id it for you it must be a hard one then.I'm sure less than a handful of 77's ever came here.A 772 would be unusual because most of them were 77Bs or 773s with the narrow sidepods that were used here.Does your 772 have the wide F2 sidepods?.The Marches weren't overly sucessfull here against the Chevrons and Ralts.It wasn't until Fabi came here with the 78B in 1979 they won some races.
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1 May 2003, 21:42 (Ref:1856793) | #3 | ||
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I have pretty good histories of 772s in period for the first couple of years of their lives and might be able to throw some light.
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4 May 2003, 08:00 (Ref:1856804) | #4 | ||
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My brother will contact soon re. his March which is 772-5, but in N.Z. was always known as 77B; talk about a can of worms.
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7 May 2003, 05:41 (Ref:1856815) | #5 | ||
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David McKINNEY, is it poss. for you to have a look at another thread March 772-05 please, and see if you can make anything out of it.
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19 Jul 2004, 00:41 (Ref:1856864) | #6 | ||
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My brother Kevin owns what turned out to be the ex. Brett Riley 772/77B .
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19 Jul 2004, 23:24 (Ref:1856865) | #7 | ||
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But didn't Brett run that car in UK. Did he then take it back to NZ after the 77 British Atlantic season?
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This is one for Steve.
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I've tried to pinpoint where he first drives the 772 and Autosport kindly obliges (22 June 1978 p57) with a "first time out in his F2 March" remark. So that would imply that he had been in the 752/772 at Curborough 4 June, not the 772 as it says on BritishSprint.org. I can't find any reference to it having 782 mods in 1978 so I'm going to change the specification on ORC to 772-Hart 420R for that season. Edit: Also flicked through 1979 and Autosport keeps calling his mount a 772. I'm be fairly confident then that the 772P that you have for him at Talbenny 16 Sep 1979 would be that same 772-6. Allen |
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Finally on my version of the database I have Williams in the 772/782 for the 1979 Talbenny event so I have instigated a cross check between my version and the on-line version. Thanks. |
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25 Aug 2006, 18:24 (Ref:1856967) | #10 | |
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Why not ask Ted directly? No I do not have a contact for him but he will be in the book, under motorhomes!
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Are you implying that Ted Williams runs a Motorhome Mechanics business? Last edited by John Turner; 3 Mar 2007 at 10:25. |
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25 Aug 2006, 18:30 (Ref:1856969) | #12 | ||
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It was a very minor club event - not a RAC round or a BARC.
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25 Aug 2006, 18:34 (Ref:1856972) | #13 | |||
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In the meantime when I have some time to check I will go back to my records and see what I can turn up. |
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25 Aug 2006, 18:32 (Ref:1856970) | #14 | ||
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Steve
Have you ever got anywhere with the Rodney Eyles 772 in 1985? He suddenly appears out of nowhere with a highly competitive car and Autosport says nothing. Allen |
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25 Aug 2006, 18:32 (Ref:1856971) | #15 | |
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As I tell her, INDOORS- get over it (Well Steve might, but I won't, so be prepared to get beaten by my editing stick - JT)
Yes, motorhomes; he is in the Bristol area. I had a tel # for him years ago, but that was then, and this is now! |
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28 Aug 2006, 19:42 (Ref:1856973) | #16 | |||||
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Ted Williams' March 772
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28 Aug 2006, 20:21 (Ref:1856974) | #17 | |
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1. 772 Hart; I assume 420R motor - early cars I do not think ran with 420R
2. Far easier to ask Ted directly as Steve didn't want Rod Eyles tel. no. etc. I will source Ted's# myself |
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28 Aug 2006, 20:36 (Ref:1856975) | #18 | |
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Tel # sorted now, Allen; please get a list of questions that I can put to him
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29 Aug 2006, 14:01 (Ref:1856976) | #19 | ||
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...... just to confuse the thread... one for Steve W. Any information on the 722 run on thie hills by Rob Oldaker and Andy Smith,in the late 70s equipped with an Allegro Turbo engine. I'm surprised they needed the turbo, mildly breathed on the engine should have done the job.
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30 Aug 2006, 13:04 (Ref:1856977) | #20 | ||
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A quick March 772 summary as I've been looking at 1977 and I don't think we've done this before. Lawrence's book says eight were built.
772-1 Pierre Maublanc Swiss & European hillclimbs and F2 1977 [F1R] 772-2 Maublanc for Pierre Bardinon F2 (2 races only) 1977 [F1R] 772-3 Norman Dickson G8 and F2 1977 [MN] - then into Scottish libre racing ... 772-4 772-5 Euroracing/March for Giacomelli & Ribeiro F2 1977 [MN] - Sergio Minotti F2 1978 [F1R] ... this plate now on a ex-Riley 77B 772-6 Euroracing/March for Riccardo Zunino F2 1977 [MN] - Ted Williams ["ex-Zunino"] hills and sprints 1978-79 ... 772-7 Euroracing for Pesenti-Rossi & Ghinzani F2 1977 [F1R] 772-8 Euroracing for Alberto Colombo F2 1977 [MN] Also: 772-10 Gaudenzia Mantova F2 from May 1977 [F1R] although MN call this a 762 in some results. This number also associated with David Franklin's 1978 hillclimb car but I can't track down why we know that. The missing 772-4 could be the Euroracing customer car that was written off by Flammini at Vallelunga during the winter. However, that is likely to have been rebuilt so maybe it was Max Mamers' highly successful French hillclimb car. Another question for Adam: do you records add anything to this? Allen |
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14 Sep 2006, 16:21 (Ref:1857005) | #21 | |||
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A fresh March 772 summary. Lawrence's book says eight were built but Adam has revealed another two built from parts.
772-1 Pierre Maublanc French & European hillclimbs and F2 1977 [F1R] ... 772-2 Maublanc for Pierre Bardinon F2 (2 races only) 1977 [F1R] ... 772-3 Norman Dickson G8 and F2 1977 [MN] - Jimmy Jack 1978 [AF] ... 772-4 Angeliri (Euroracing) for Gaudenzia Mantova F2 1977 (retubbed on monocoque 772-14 after Hockenheim and wore plate '762-6') [AF] ... 772-5 Euroracing/March for Giacomelli & Ribeiro F2 1977 [MN] - Sergio Minotti F2 1978 [F1R] ... this plate now on a ex-Riley 77B 772-6 Euroracing/March for Riccardo Zunino F2 1977 [MN] - Ted Williams hills and sprints 1978-79 [AF] ... 772-7 Euroracing for Pesenti-Rossi & Ghinzani F2 1977 [F1R] ... 772-8 Euroracing for Alberto Colombo F2 1977 [MN] ... 772-9 Built from 762-U1 - Markus Hotz for customer May 1977 ... 772-10 Built using several second hand components. To David Franklin Jan 1978 - Alan Richards 1979-80 ... John Meredith 1982 [AS 8 Apr 1982 p46] ... 1977 - 772s in French hillclimbs I was somewhat confused by the number of 772s that appear on the French hills before Hotz' car is delivered in May but my vast Eschappement collection explains some of this. The season starts: Valflaunes 20 Mar 1977 - no 772s (Lapierre in a 762 + 1 742) Ampus 27 Mar 1977 - Maublanc 1st (Pozet in a 762 + 2 752s and a 742) Baglos-Sabran 27 Mar 1977 - no 772s (+ 1 742) Cagnotte 3 Apr 1977 - no 772s (Mamers and Lateste in 762s + 1 742) Hebecrevon 3 Apr 1977 - Maublanc 2nd (+ 2 742s and one other March) Chanas 11 Apr 1977 - no 772s (Pozet in a 762) Tonnerre 17 Apr 1977 - Mamers 2nd, Maublanc 4th, Lapierre 6th (Pozet in a 762 + 3 752s and a 742) However, Escappement (May 1977 p132) says of the Tonnerre event: Quote:
Marc Pozet is in the ex-Mieusset 762 by the way. 1978 - 772s in F2 Apart from Minotti's '772-5' [F1R], OASC Racing Team had a '772' for Jerich, Mantova had one at Vallelunga and even at Donington, and a guy called Henning Hagenbauer had one at Hockenheim. A reference in F1R to Dickson in 772-3 is wrong of course - that was his 772P. Other '772's Ted Dzierzek in 1981 and Rodney Eyles in 1985. Anyone got anything to add? Allen |
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Lawson bought it back from this man some time around May 1981 (my estimate) part-exchanging his recently-purchased ex-Hunter March 80A. The 772 now had a Hart engine and Lawson then shared it with Ted Dzierzek through the rest of 1981. Steve, Ted - remember anyone in Gloucestershire matching that description? Wasn't you was it Ted |
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Very useful. Fortunately, it largely confirms what we had except for the '772-10' on Mantova's car. Presumably the journo improvised whne he realised he was looking at a 762 plate on a 772.
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