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Paul Zimmerman at Motorsportcollector.com is always a delight to work with.:thumbsup:

Doesn't the Barber museum have Big John's car? If so, might be worth asking the curator.

Cutaway drawing: https://images.alphacoders.com/268/thumb-1920-268911.jpg

Not much help, but it...

Paul,

If you go into SCCA archives and look at runoffs results from the 1980s you'll see quite a few different motors represented. My Lola 340 was converted in 1980 and was at the runoffs 5 or 6...

The lump in the middle of the nose might have been clearance for the steering box on an FV? Maybe?

Also: The cutout for the trailing arm perhaps indicates a single trailing arm; again an FV...

that was the first race, professional or otherwise, that I ever attended. Even at age 13, Surtees struck me as the most precise driver on the track. Rindt, fastest, but Surtees was almost machine...

TL: Yep, I already went down the 44mm highway! Brembo/PFC/AP all have 44mm pistons but none of them are shallow enough depth. I found some 43mm stainless steel pistons the correct depth on an...

Gary,

Richard is a good thought. I'll be in Indy a few times over the next month and will bring some pieces to him for him to see if he thinks it is a viable strategy to bore them out a few...

correct seals are NLA as well. Wilwood has some seals that fit the caliper bores and the wilwood pistons, the pistons are just a wee bit too tight...

I have 4 old (likely early 1980s) JFZ 4 piston calipers on my Lola 340 D S/R. The pistons are pitted and corroded and no longer usable. Unfortunately, replacements are unobtainium.

The closest I...

NO BT 40was F2, BT41 was F3, which would have been easy to convert to either AC or WC FSV. My brother Jim converted his BT38 FB to Water Cooled FSV specs back in the day, swapped the FT200 for a...

As is. Get your license, some track time, and then when you have explored the outer limits of it, sell it and buy what you really want.

I haven't driven one, but it seems to me to be a great car...

The Dino V6 sounds absolutely glorious! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Out of curiosity, does the car have drum brakes in the rear? (I can't tell from the photos.) If so, that would narrow it down to the first few years of the air-cooled formula, circa 69, 70, 71, and...

Anyone here need help in manning a booth this year? I have some vacation days I have to burn off by the end of the year or I lose them and I'd like to make constructive use of them. I can...

Ralph,

If you're going to refill with AF anyway, pulling the bottom rad hose with the rear end of the car jacked up slightly should do it.

FWIW, years ago the bloke that bought my brother's...

I'm getting close to firing up my Lola/Datsun D S/R which has twin 45 DCOEs. I have an old style Uni-Syn (clear tube with little red ball in it) synchronize tool but since I haven't fiddled with...

Hawke DL9?

Parallel links in bottom of rear suspension was my clue but this is still just a guess.

No, not Gordon Sumner. Really interesting mid-70s FV on Bring a Trailer right now. I spent about 45 minutes looking at the 150+ pictures. Very cool design! It took me a while just looking to...

Plastic or brass floats for original Italian Weber 45 DCOEs? (The brass floats appear to be just fine, but I have seen references on line to the plastic ones being superior. Can't figure out why?)...

And I mean Everywhere! So the motor was rebuilt several times, checking end gaps on the rings, valve guides, and so forth. It was really frustrating. I bought a new Titan cast pan (that wasn't...

had the same problem on my RP24 (a.k.a. "The Valdez") years ago. After multiple rebuilds, new pan, new rocker cover, etc. someone tipped me off to check the scavenge side of the oil pump for...

[QUOTE=stonebridge20;608985]This is prior to the blow over. Not sure which part of the track this is but I'm thinking that the steering was VERY light at this point judging by the air under the LF...

I looks splendid! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

you give Lola too much credit.;)

Is this a 440 you are restoring?

Kip

Ethan Shippert wrote this referencing Lola frames:



While brief and sarcastic, it well describes the 340/440 series. (please note my signature line; I have a 340)

Also, years ago I was in...

Jay,

Could you clarify what cc Alfa twincam you are using?

What Hewland transaxle (mk5/8/9 or FT200)?

The reason I am asking is I have a Kennedy Engineering Products adapter that I am told...

Eric, they would bolt right on this: https://www.apexspeed.com/forums/showthread.php?82339-Brabham-BT40-roller-for-sale-11-000

Rick,

Thanks for the warning. The initial build quality that would cause a late Saturday night crisis like that is far more disconcerting to me than the relative lack of service and support.
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I'm real tempted. I've always thought the D13 was the coolest Vee of them all. It would draw $$$ and time away from the Lola though.

Really need a motorcycle right now to keep my sanity, hence...

I was perusing the motorcycles on Indy CL when I stumbled across this:

https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/mcy/d/race-car-formula-vee/6492632882.html

Hopefully it does not end up a Shrine...

Are there any decent forums out there that cater to vintage formula and sports racers?

Thanks,

Kip

True, but won't this eliminate the ability to run SCCA one weekend, and Vintage the next with the same car? Perhaps not an issue for most, but there were a lot of cars at Indy Vintage the last few...

Bits and pieces to be reassembled at a later time and place?

The front edge of that tub looks vaguely familiar to what I once saw on the chassis jig at John Mills's shop in Detroit. Wild guess, perhaps Lynx Formula Super Vee? John Kalagian used to run one...

John,

Thanks for your help. I've got it figured out now.

Kip

After multiple shop moves and family interruptions over the past few years, I finally got the Datsun 1300 motor assembled, mated to the transaxle, and back into the Lola 340 DS/R chassis. I did not...

I have to wonder if one magically happened across a new Armstong manufactured to the original specification if it would test out ok on a modern shock dyno. They really weren't a very good shock by...

Bobsy, back in the day (early 1960s) did. http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/other/1423617906/1423617906ss.htm

Not sure I'd want to pump a couple of hundred horsepower through it though...

Wow, that was fast. I accept both Bill's and Beer Budget Racing's answers!

Any guesses? Better yet, would anyone actually know?
...

Bongo,

I have some useful info and a contact that might help. It will be great to see these cars all assembled and back on the track!

Kip Hollowerll

I would love to see this on the track again.:thumbsup::thumbsup: This is probably as cool an FV as Harvey Templeton's HR7260 was in Formula Ford.

Real innovation of the trial and error type that...

Cool, but does it have sliding skirts?;)

Koopsy

Put a resume together with an accurate portrait of what experience you have that you believe would apply directly or indirectly to crewing, and post it here. I'm certain someone would be...

Dave,

I could be wrong on this, but I thought Rory Byrne's first design for Royale was the RP24, which did indeed have solid engine mounts.

The frame on my RP24 cracked several times and had to...