Hunt's Hesketh for Sale

[siffert_fan]

According to pitpass, the car that carried Hunt to his first F1 victory will be sold in May.
To me, the Hesketh 308 represents what made that era great, IMHO: since the Cosworth/Hewland combination ensured that you could have a competitive power train, privateers could build their own chassis and still have a chance against the established teams.

That is how the Williams, McLaren and Tyrrell teams came to be!

How I miss those F1 days!!

 

[Plutus]

To me, the Hesketh 308 represents what made that era great, IMHO: since the Cosworth/Hewland combination ensured that you could have a competitive power train, privateers could build their own chassis and still have a chance against the established teams.

That is how the Williams, McLaren and Tyrrell teams came to be!

But Williams and Hesketh never started out with their own chassis though, did they.

 

[siffert_fan]

Neither did Tyrrell. He ran Matra-Cosworth cars for two years, then started 1970 with Stewart in a March 701.

McLaren went the other route--built his own chassis, then put a pig of a de-stroked Ford Indy engine in it, followed by a pig of a BRM. It wasn't until the general release of the Cosworth, in 1968, that the McLaren's became really competitive.

 

[Titch]

Anyone got a picture?

 

[Mephistopheles]

20 quid final offer...

 

[Bill Boddy]

Is that £20 that Titch will have to pay you for the picture Mephistopheles?

 

[Mephistopheles]

Nope that's for the car so lets stop messing about and do a deal, if needs be I'll throw in an extra deep sea diver, for delivery charges....

 

[Greenlantern101]

 

[Titch]

Thanks Greenlantern101 . I'll by it for £20 Mephistopheles, you can keep the deep sea diver.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Thats how big numbers on cars should be.

 

[ZakspeedYakspeed]

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