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Author Topic: 67 Honda F1  (Read 2894 times)

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67 Honda F1
« on: February 06, 2020, 08:47:58 PM »
When race cars looked and sounded like race cars



Mark Twain once opined, "it's easier to con someone than to convince them they've been conned."

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Re: 67 Honda F1
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2020, 10:35:56 PM »
Great video Dare,

All is not lost... ;)



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Re: 67 Honda F1
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2020, 12:26:42 PM »
Hey Dare, good find.  :good:  - My ears will be ringing for the rest of the day now.  :P

About the only similarity to todays F1 cars is the feather weight seat.

Hey Wizzo nice vid.  :good:

Just who did you persuade to make your 7 look good round Goodwood?  ;) :D :DD
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Re: 67 Honda F1
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2020, 06:39:47 PM »
The only thing that resembled me was the fat Michelin man at the end!

When I bought my Caterham 620 it was described as a 1960's F1 car for the road. It's the closest I'll ever get to driving the real thing...and I love it!

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Re: 67 Honda F1
« Reply #4 on: February 09, 2020, 02:05:35 PM »
Good stuff, Dare & Wizzo!  :good:  Those were the days when fans could recognize a car by it's sound long before it cam into view.

The Honda RA300 was a Lola T-120 with a Honda engine. Honda's original car for the 1967 season, the RA273, was grossly overweight. Honda driver John Surtees worked with his friend Eric Braodley of Lola to modify the Lola T-90 Indy car for F1. The RA300 quickly picked up the nickname "Hondola."

It debuted at Monza in 1967 & won it's first race. Jim Clark's Lotus ran out of gas on the last lap & Surtees passed on by for the victory. Oddly, that winning last lap in it's first race was the only lap the car ever led in it's entire F1 career.
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Re: 67 Honda F1
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2020, 07:23:47 PM »
I went to the Long Beach races in the early 80's. Three teams had V12s; Ligier had the Talbot, Alfa and Ferrari had their own. What I found interesting was they all had their own distinctive sound. You could identify each long before they actually appeared.
Lonny

 


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