1985 Reynard Formula Ford

1985 Reynard Formula Ford *** SOLD ***



Believed to be an early (all pushrod) chassis, updated to late ’85 (rocker arm) rear suspension. pushrod rear suspension in a box included.

Car has 2 sets of bodywork. orange body is conventional 85f, silver (lightweight autocross) bodywork is (i believe) a one-off. some repairs needed to use silver bodywork. But orange bodywork is much better looking!

Kodiak wheels on car, one set of rains on revolutions, one set of good dries. Rears are mounted on revolutions, fronts currently loose. There are two loose wheels that need slight straightening for those tires.

Engine disassembled in feb. 2016 due to internal noise at idle. #3 piston came out in two pieces. Block overbored and .oo5” o/s pistons installed. all new main and rod bearings installed. Crank and rods magnafluxed. valves lapped and lift checked. Other than pistons, all components are oe ford (possible exception of valve springs.) Engine run in on dyno, and measured 93.6 hp at the wheels, which corrects to ~113 hp at the crank. AFR corrected to 12.8 by Huffaker Engineering and total advance set to 36 degrees on dyno.

Fixed layshaft first gear. Currently geared for 50/74/91/110. Spare gear sets come with the car.

Momo steering wheel


new since 3/15:
odyssey pc680 battery
electronic tach
fuel pump
rev limiter
pertronix ignition
clutch disc and pressure plate
.005” o/s cp pistons and main and rod bearings (see above)
6 point m&r pull up harness


spares:
carburetor
starter
Mechanical fuel pumps
Carb rebuild kit
various ignition parts
spark plugs

Price includes pit trailer and quick jack


Asking $9500 or best offer for car.


Carson single axle open trailer also available: $1500.00



I have really enjoyed some autocross moments in the car, though I don't drive it very well. It's way above my capabilities. I'm 5'9" 225 lbs, and I just don't fit very well. Car will accommodate much taller drivers, though being somewhat slimmer through the middle and shoulders than I am might be good. At 61 years old, I find that I'm just not in condition for this car and need to go back to Street or Street Touring.



Both are located in Northern California.



Charlie Davis
STXE36@gmail.com
(650)740-7898

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Sorry to see you selling Charlie, but at 62, I understand your reasoning. Hard to keep up with the young folks. For those interested, this is a beautiful CM car that is competition ready. It won't last long.

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Originally Posted by george schilling

Sorry to see you selling Charlie, but at 62, I understand your reasoning. Hard to keep up with the young folks. For those interested, this is a beautiful CM car that is competition ready. It won't last long.

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To add to that, Josh won the National championship last year in an '85 Reynard, and that's the second championship for that car. So, this is a great car for CM.

Barry

I'm dropping the price of the car to $7900 or best offer.

is this car still available?

It could be. I bought it from Charlie. It is currently sitting in my garage. I was hoping to turn it over to another west coast autocrosser after I did some R&D with the car, but I also don't need two FFs in my garage.

The car has a lot of potential. I've run two events in it and it isn't far off right now. I feel it needs some tweaking to make it a really fast autocrosser, but I think some of that perspective is me sitting in this car back to back with 7 years of R&D in my 82 Reynard. The 82 is really fast. This car is not slow, but it isn't currently as fast as the 82.

Since I bought it I have:

Added some radiator duct work
Added a muffler
Swapped gears
Contemplated a lot of little changes to better fit me and my driving style, but not implemented them yet

Andy

Is this car still available?
Thanks
Ron

Just to let you know because I don't think Charlie on Apex anymore but it's Sold

Ben

Andy Howe has it now and he may be willing to sell it. Ron, 85 Reynards are tight in the shoulder are, but they can be "stretched" a bit.