Un raced Race cars

[vinnie01]

We need a thread for those Mythical race cars that never ran in anger cars like Hondas 1998 F1 car or ferraris F50GT and others. Yes or no?

[37chevy]

Lola f1

[DanielSan]

Toyota Corolla Supertourer

[vinnie01]

37chevy said:

Lola f1

I take it you dont mean the 1997 Lola Mastercard that failed to qualify in 1997?

[vinnie01]

DanielSan said:

Toyota Corolla Supertourer

Whats the current status of this does Rouse still have it?

[37chevy]

vinnie01 said:

I take it you dont mean the 1997 Lola Mastercard that failed to qualify in 1997?

Yeh sorry I misread your post...indeed it did run, just not race...

Quite amazing how many there are here http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/neverraced.html

[37chevy]

There's quite a good thread here http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1...

[DanielSan]

vinnie01 said:

Whats the current status of this does Rouse still have it?

No idea to be honest, think.it was on here I last read he did still have it but don't know if that's changed.

[cupofbeans]

DanielSan said:

No idea to be honest, think.it was on here I last read he did still have it but don't know if that's changed.

It's been in New Zealand for quite a few years now and does get used.
http://www.supertouringregister.com/register/vehic...

[Fantuzzi]

37chevy said:

vinnie01 said:

I take it you dont mean the 1997 Lola Mastercard that failed to qualify in 1997?

Yeh sorry I misread your post...indeed it did run, just not race...

Quite amazing how many there are here http://8w.forix.com/6thgear/neverraced.html

Ah an f1 Abarth that would have be ace, all their engines sound ace, would have been one to see!

[Crafty_]

Forget the model name, but the last Toyota F1, they pulled out, car never raced, a few years later pirelli bought it to use as a test car.

[F1GTRUeno]

cupofbeans said:

It's been in New Zealand for quite a few years now and does get used.
http://www.supertouringregister.com/register/vehic...

Would've been nice to see it in a full works Castrol livery.

[ChemicalChaos]

Williams FW08B - completed just in time for the FIA ban on 6-wheeled cars in the wake of the Tyrrell P34:




Honda RC101 (1992)




Jaguar XJ13:




Jaguar XJ15:




Zakspeed-prepared Opel Calibra ITC car




Alpine A220 V8

[Hybrids]

Supertouringregister_ said:

Built by Roger Dowson Engineering and originally entered in the 1995 British Touring Car Championship under the Team Magic banner to be driven by Slim Borgudd, however the car was never raced in the championship and spent several years in storage.

More details here
http://www.supertouringregister.com/register/vehic...

Now campaigned by NW racer Kinglsey Ingram

[delays]

The aforementioned Toyota/Stefan GP car:



A C70 DTM entry developed by Zakspeed:



And the Ferrari Indy project spring to mind:

[Eric Mc]

The ban on the Williams six wheel car had nothing to do with the Tyrell six wheeler. The Tyrell cars ran in 1976 and 1977 and were withdrawn when Goodyear refused to supply the team with the special small tyres they needed.

The Williams car (and a similar March six wheeler) appeared 5 years later and worked on an entirely different principle i.e. the extra wheels were at the rear in order to make the downforce generating side pods work more efficiently. These six wheelers WERE banned by FISA.

[andy97]

The XJ-15 was raced in a very expensive 3 round one make series supporting 3 Grand Prix that year. I think the repair bill helped the TWR cash flow for quite a while after that.

Another unraced race car - the Alfa Procar

And MG were developing a DTM "Rover 75" car at the time they finally went under.

Edited by andy97 on Monday 12th May 12:39

[FourWheelDrift]

Porsche LMP2000 - http://www.mulsannescorner.com/porschelmp1.html




TOMs Toyota LMP - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOM%27s_Toyota_LMP

[cupofbeans]

andy97 said:

And MG were developing a DTM "Rover 75" car at the time they finally went under.

Edited by andy97 on Monday 12th May 12:39

Indeed. With Chilton family backing and a Zytek engine.

[andy97]

I didn't know about the Chilton link. Last I heard it was under a dust sheet at Ricardo, but that is a few years ago.