F5000

[Charles Warner]

Need another project. Anyone have a line on a complete F5000 needing restoration?

[john f]

Want to buy my 1968 LeGrand Mk7a ? All finished and being screwed together now. Was on EBay about 3 or 4 years ago.

John f

[Charles Warner]

Send me some pictures and data/history with price, please.

fattogatto@msn.com

[mikey]

Even better, post some pictures on here!! I won't try to jump the line, but if Charles isn't interested in what you have to offer, I might be!

[john f]

Will try to post some thing next week. Down at Sebring this weekend for the SVRA event.

[Charles Warner]

Thanks.

Good luck.

[john f]

Attached are a few pictures of the car. The original mag LeGrand wheels were not safe to use so I built 2 new sets

email kabover at hotmail dot com for more pictures including fabrication of new frame, front and rear uprights, plug and body mold, plus little stuff.

john f boxhorn

[Kazis31]

Very nice job on those wheels..

[Swift17]

Want to buy my 1968 LeGrand Mk7a ? All finished and being screwed together now. Was on EBay about 3 or 4 years ago.

Madam Clerk, one please and #s ..........

9 13 17 26 52 54

Thank You

[john f]

Madam Clerk, one please and #s ..........

9 13 17 26 52 54

Thank You

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[racerdad2]

Lottery #'s

[provamo]

YOU MADE NEW WHEELS!!!

uprights? frame?

[old 59]

That's nuts!! A hulking great engine bolted to a set of wheels....love it!

That, right there, is a sweet ride.

[Mike Allison]

Speaking of numbers, any special reason why you chose #89 for your LeGrand?

[provamo]

interesting because David Wolin chose number 88 for his long wheelbase LeGrand F5000

[Gokart Mozart]

Mike,

I believe #89 may have been one of the numbers it ran in its former life, when it was run regionally in California. The notable identifier on this chassis is the rectangular-shaped rollbar that it has had for the past 40-some years.

Photo courtesy of Michael Paden Hewitt

Cheers,

Jacques

[John Barthelmass]

Beautiful restoration!

[john f]

Truthfully, that's the # on my S2 and I just put it on that car also.

[john f]

Mike,

I believe #89 may have been one of the numbers it ran in its former life, when it was run regionally in California. The notable identifier on this chassis is the rectangular-shaped rollbar that it has had for the past 40-some years.

Photo courtesy of Michael Paden Hewitt

Cheers,

Jacques

As Jacques says, the car spent its life on the left coast. If anyone has old pictures from the S.F. area of that car, please let us know.

John f

[Mike Allison]

Jacques,
So this one is not the #89 that you and I presented with Sam Posey at Watkins Glen? This is another #89 LeGrand?

I don't recognize the LeGrand in the photo you supplied. Forgive me if I seem confused. I just keep getting older.

Mike

Mike,

I believe #89 may have been one of the numbers it ran in its former life, when it was run regionally in California. The notable identifier on this chassis is the rectangular-shaped rollbar that it has had for the past 40-some years.

Photo courtesy of Michael Paden Hewitt

Cheers,

Jacques

[Ranald]

So, after the mighty bank of intakes and filters, followed by the oil cooler, is there actually any air left to flow over that wing? Bet a wind tunnel would just show a sink vortex swirling down those hungry mouths...

[Charles Warner]

So, after the mighty bank of intakes and filters, followed by the oil cooler, is there actually any air left to flow over that wing? Bet a wind tunnel would just show a sink vortex swirling down those hungry mouths...

It is Oh-so-easy to criticize 1960's equipment with 21st century technology.

[Ranald]

It is Oh-so-easy to criticize 1960's equipment with 21st century technology.

More a comment on the intake stack!! That beast must consume prodigious air. As the previous commenter noted, merely a motor with wheels.

Quite the beast

[provamo]

[QUOTE=Ranald;464893]So, after the mighty bank of intakes and filters, followed by the oil cooler, is there actually any air left to flow over that wing? Bet a wind tunnel would just show a sink vortex swirling down those hungry mouths...[/QUOTE

that WAS the way things were done back then LOL

[racerdad2]

A proper formula car