[PTA SC] March 711

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While attending the Formula 1 Grand Prix meeting in Montreal I was pleasantly surprised to find this car in the Historic Can-Am paddock. I readily knew it was a 1971 March 711, but what more of its' history is known? Well, after chatting to one of the mechanics there I found a bit more out about it.

This car is chassis number 6, as raced by Ronnie Peterson during the 1971 season. This apparently, is one of just three cars left in original form, the rest having been converted by the March factory to 721X specs for and during the 1972 season. Quite a rarity then. I was even more surprised to find that this is the actual chassis that Ronnie used at the 1971 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Yes, the race that is classed as 'The Fastest GP of All Time', when won by Peter Gethin. This is the car that came second that hot September afternoon! Former March driver Howden Ganley owned the car for some thirty years and was only persuaded to part with it earlier this year!

The restoration has taken some four months (some sort of record!!) and has been raced just the once since. The car looked absolutely spectacular in the paddock at Montreal with all the correct livery too.

Here's a few more photographs.





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mooie sjops in het vorieg deel

En leuk dat er eindelijk wer eens een echte Op auto is

tip: er bestaan ook een March 712 en 713

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Op woensdag 28 december 2005 22:01 schreef ThaFreak het volgende:
kuttopic

mn beste in tijden waarom is het een kuttopic?

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Op woensdag 28 december 2005 22:02 schreef Sjoewe het volgende:
Wie is toch die man die op zondag de topics komt sluiten?

Tjabbo zn laatste slotje was zondag geloof ik

edit: Maandagnacht

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Op dinsdag 27 december 2005 01:03 schreef Tjabbo het volgende:
goed topic, als je de bagger meerekent 14.gif

Oh, ik zie al wie op zondag de topics komt sluiten!

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Op zondag 25 december 2005 19:28 schreef ThaFreak het volgende:
wat alexxxxx zegt, topic gaat dicht!

Sūkerbole

TF ik vroeg iets