Chassis No B42-78-06
This is Roger Jordan’s
immaculate Chevron B42 Racing Car with a Rover V8 Engine and Hewland FGA
Gear Box.
It is an ex-Fred Opert Racing F2 car, having been driven
in the 1978 Formula 2 Division of the Aurora AFX Championship by Boy Hayje
when the team was sponsored by F&S Properties. (Pictures below)
With well documented history from 1986 to the present
– the car was raced in South West hillclimbs and sprints by the multi-award
winning Roger Jordan, who, having taken several sabbaticals from 1994 completed
a total nut and bolt rebuild between 2016–2021 including the engine which
was taken out to 4 litre - before returning to competition in 2022.
The package comes complete with Twin Axle Covered Trailer
- fully electrified – with a solar panel and battery powered winch. Includes
‘Powrtouch Classic’ (remote controlled) self-propulsion system. This is
a Brian James built trailer – with a Max Gross weight of 1600Kg.
Numerous spares and associated competition extras including
two sets of wheels - currently with wet and dry tyres on them and a spare
original cockpit cover.
Complete package £65,000
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History
Chevron Cars are an English manufacturer of racing cars, founded
by Derek Bennett in 1965. Following Bennett's death in 1978, the firm
has remained active in various guises. The original company's designs and
name continue to be used to build replacement parts and continuation models
of earlier Chevrons.
This chassis was originally built for the 1978 season and was part
of the Fred Opert Racing stable amongst whose drivers were Keke Rosberg
and Boy Hayje.
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