[Russell Sheldon]

Beautiful!

I got a note from Chris Wright saying that the chassis will fit those beautiful slim 1960's F-1 cars, as well as the flat winged creations of the 70's.

The chassis and components are available seperately:

Spring steel chassis (chassis only - assembled) soldered $45
BWA/BEARDOG micro motor, with pinion & silicone wires $6
Sonic crown gear $7
Axles, hollow rear, carbon front $6
Bearings $2
BWA wheels $14
Tyres $12
Guide $6
Driver, seat and dash (available at Christmas) $9

You can e-mail Chris for ordering and advise on body applications:

[email protected]

Kind regards

Russell

 

[Russell Sheldon]

It's interesting that March hedged their bet when they introduced the March 711. Ronnie Peterson's car had a Cosworth DFV engine (pictured in Dennis' post), whilst team mate Andrea de Adamich's car had an Alfa Romeo engine.

That Scalextric body looks like a 711 with a 721X rear-end. Here are some profile drawings of the 711 / 721:

March 711

March 721

March 721X

A strange variant of the March 711 was the 1972 "Eifelland".

Gunther Henerici, a German businessman, wanted to go racing in the early 1970s and to that end he bought a March 721 and had aerodynamicist Lutz Colani play with the design. The result was the unusual looking Eifelland - named for Henerici's caravan company. Rolf Stommelen tried hard for the team and managed to finish in six out of eight attempts.

Kind regards

Russell