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Pre Chaparral 2D

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Supposedly this is a Chaparral 2 they were butchering when figuring out what eventually would become the chaparral 2D.

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chappyman66
Interesting. That's not a picture I had seen before but it doesn't surprise me. The surround is slightly reminiscent of the 1963 Sebring car.
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All these years later we remain captivated by everything Jim Hall and Hap Sharp did. And rightly.
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A few pics for fun.
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viejoronnie
I believe that coupe was mocked up from the 2A-001 car.
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mattbslotracer
No doubt there was a lot of playing around with aero down there on Rattlesnake race track. Probably a lot of tin was screwed/riveted on in different places to see how it effected handling.
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RichD
The 2D was not a new car, they used a 2A fiberglass chassis. Probably the 2Ds looked somewhat different at each race, all sorts of scoops and flaps were tried. The 2E and F used an aluminum chassis.
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Great innovative designed on the Chapps, looking forward to Maurizio's 2F, got a couple of 1/43 Minichamps in a box somewhere, 2H and I think 2J.
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Kit Spackman
Trisha said:
A few pics for fun.

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Magic, I'm in that pic somewhere! Standing against the fence right at the top of Druids during the 1967 BOAC 500, the only race the 2F won.
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Don't think Surtees liked the 2H much, a very interesting car.
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HiFi
Interesting but fundamentally flawed.
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Flawed, yep, but extraordinarily beautiful in my view. Truly avant-garde and could have been sorted in time.
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Weltmeister1969
Not the 2D, but I’m very pleased to finally have a model the 1963 Sebring car from Jose at Anonimuskit. Alas, out of production and very kind of him to run down for me. I find all the Chaparrals, and the constant experimental process, fascinating. This version of the 1 has the higher nose and air dam, which was carried over to the earliest version of the mid engined 2, but abandoned for the iconic aerodynamic nose of the 2 series to improve high speed handling. My understanding is that the side curtains for the ‘63 Sebring race were an FIA rules requirement and served no aerodynamic advantage.
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Kit Spackman
Kit Spackman said:
Magic, I'm in that pic somewhere! Standing against the fence right at the top of Druids during the 1967 BOAC 500, the only race the 2F won.
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On which subject :-

I just found this on YouTube. It has a dreadfully '60s' commentary and some truly awful 'music', but some of it is well worth watching.

1967 BOAC 500 Sports Car Race Brands Hatch made using BOAC staff for U$5K budget - YouTube
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That's a great BOAC 500 film, it's worth reading up on the career of Hugh in aviation, VC 10 s long since gone, a glorious sales failure as they were designed to the exact specifications of BOAC, who then didn't really want them.
At the time BOAC were reputed to be nicknamed the, Boeing only aircraft corporation.
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chappyman66
The 2D had a flipper wing at Daytona and an open rear deck. At Sebring they ran with the ducktail and closed up the roof except for a couple cut-outs so the velocity stacks could breathe.
So yes, a couple versions before the tall scoop ultimate version appeared.
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Phil Hill and Jim Hall in conversation.
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Kit Spackman
I got Phil Hill's autograph at Goodwood while he was sitting in the 2F in almost the same position as Jim Hall is there.

And a few years before I got Jim Hall's autograph there too, as he was leaning on the wing of the 2E, or maybe the 2G, I can't remember now. :)
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HiFi
2E - the 2G was destroyed at Stardust International Raceway in November 1968

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Kit Spackman
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2E - the 2G was destroyed at Stardust International Raceway in February 1968
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Oh my life! Yes, that certainly was destroyed! :oops: Thanks for the correction.
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