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Sunoco Eagle 1968
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, Nov 28 2013 04:53 AM
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 04:53 AM
Body Lancer, chassis Testor, motor 26D.
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 05:46 AM
Very nice!
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 08:46 AM
Looks great.
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 08:59 AM
Real nice. How does she drive?
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"Drive it like you're in it!!!"
"If everything feels under control... you are not going fast enough!"
Some people are like Slinkies... they're really good for nothing... but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 09:32 AM
Sweet lookin' ride, Frederic!
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 10:27 AM
Fred, don't forget to paint the front air aperture (the "mouth") in flat black...
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 11:30 AM
JM, nice job for this "fantasy" car...
The Lancer body was patterned after a drawing in MC&S by the late Jonathan Thompson, of what the new 1966 Eagle Formula One car was to look like. However the real car was never built that way, so the entire rear end of the slot car body is incorrect.
Mark Donohue had a Penske 1967 Indy chassis with curved sides for greater fuel capacity, then a '68 car.
It matters little and only some anal old guys like me would even know the diff anyway!
The Lancer body was patterned after a drawing in MC&S by the late Jonathan Thompson, of what the new 1966 Eagle Formula One car was to look like. However the real car was never built that way, so the entire rear end of the slot car body is incorrect.
Mark Donohue had a Penske 1967 Indy chassis with curved sides for greater fuel capacity, then a '68 car.
It matters little and only some anal old guys like me would even know the diff anyway!
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 11:41 AM
Nice looking car!
In the real world... would the exhaust headers support the rear downforce pressure generated by the wing?
In the real world... would the exhaust headers support the rear downforce pressure generated by the wing?
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 11:50 AM
Beautiful car Frédéric!
Philippe,
Thanks for the info on this model. I've got the silver and yellow factory-painted Lancer bodies. It's a "big" body and will fit many early motors. When I tried to find pictures of this version of the real car I came up empty.
Now I know why!
I think it still makes a might fine slot car and I've plans for mine.
Philippe,
Thanks for the info on this model. I've got the silver and yellow factory-painted Lancer bodies. It's a "big" body and will fit many early motors. When I tried to find pictures of this version of the real car I came up empty.
Now I know why! I think it still makes a might fine slot car and I've plans for mine.
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Posted 28 November 2013 - 12:05 PM
Rick,
I will make a scan of the Thompson's drawing and you will immediately recognize the Lancer body!
The car was first fitted with a 2.75-liter four-cylinder Coventry-Climax engine because the V12 was far from ready at Harry Weslake's shop in the land of 5 o'clock tea...
This is how the actual car looked like once finished:
The car handled great but lacked power, and was sold to Al Pease in Canada, then was put up for sale in Autosport 25 years ago for $20,000 without engine. I tried to buy it but the Donington museum had bought it minutes before my inquiry...
it is now owned by Griot's Garage.
I will make a scan of the Thompson's drawing and you will immediately recognize the Lancer body!
The car was first fitted with a 2.75-liter four-cylinder Coventry-Climax engine because the V12 was far from ready at Harry Weslake's shop in the land of 5 o'clock tea...
This is how the actual car looked like once finished:
The car handled great but lacked power, and was sold to Al Pease in Canada, then was put up for sale in Autosport 25 years ago for $20,000 without engine. I tried to buy it but the Donington museum had bought it minutes before my inquiry...
it is now owned by Griot's Garage.
Philippe de Lespinay
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Posted 29 November 2013 - 09:21 AM
When I saw the headline for this string this is the car I thought of. See below. I seem to remember it ran only at Mosport and Riverside(?). Penske was testing the waters before making fulltime commitment to the USAC schedule in '69. It appears to be a '68 Eagle with a stock block in the back. I also seem to remember they did fairly well considering it was a "rookie" and running a "stock block" successfully was almost unheard of at the time.
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Posted 29 November 2013 - 10:05 AM
Steve,
Penske had a '67 before the '68.
Not so sure that it was ever in Sunoco colors; I will have to look.
Penske had a '67 before the '68.
Not so sure that it was ever in Sunoco colors; I will have to look.
Philippe de Lespinay
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Posted 30 November 2013 - 02:13 PM
Great looking ride...
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Posted 30 November 2013 - 02:38 PM
Not meaning to be critical but would it be possible to throw on a roll-bar for your driver's safety?
That's thirty minutes away. I'll be there in ten.
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Posted 30 November 2013 - 04:03 PM
Yeah it's beautiful--but the rollbar is significantly absent!
She's real fine, my 409!!!
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Posted 14 December 2013 - 08:26 PM
JM, nice job for this "fantasy" car...
The Lancer body was patterned after a drawing in MC&S by the late Jonathan Thompson, of what the new 1966 Eagle Formula One car was to look like. However the real car was never built that way, so the entire rear end of the slot car body is incorrect.......
I just watched the 1966 movie "Grand Prix" and saw the MC&T - Jonathan Thompson Eagle in the Monza racing scene! I'd imagine it was one of the built up "movie cars" but there it was. The exhaust "trumpets" are so unique they really jumped out at me. They looked just like the drawing in Model Car & Track. Maybe they used that drawing to mockup the car for the movie?
I've been Googling for some still pictures of it so I can build the slot car version but so far, no luck. I'd like to use the same number as the movie car but????
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Posted 14 December 2013 - 09:58 PM
Incredible detailing and fantastic car; Frederic! Thank you for the excellent pictures and sharing your craftsmanship! 
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Posted 15 December 2013 - 04:58 PM
I just watched the 1966 movie "Grand Prix" and saw the MC&T - Jonathan Thompson Eagle in the Monza racing scene! I'd imagine it was one of the built up "movie cars" but there it was. The exhaust "trumpets" are so unique they really jumped out at me. They looked just like the drawing in Model Car & Track. Maybe they used that drawing to mockup the car for the movie?
Incredibly enough, they did! Jonathan Thompson was famous for his books on Ferrari racing cars and had quite a following. Before the drawing was published in MC&T, it was in the British Autosport racing publication from where the look of the car was taken from for the movie.
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Posted 15 December 2013 - 05:24 PM
Not a great picture, but underway by the guy from the land of the 5 O-clock tea.
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