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 Ford "Boss"Capri MkI V8
Engine: Gurney-Westlake
4700cc V8
Configuration:
front engine, rear-wheel drive
Driver:
Tony Strawson
Class:
Special Saloons
Date
taken: May 1974 at Silverstone
Image Copyright: Gordon
Ackling
information: Geoff and Gordon
Ackling
This picture shows Tony Strawson at Silverstone,
he was leading the Esso Uniflow Championship at the time and maintained this
lead to win the championship outright. The car was one of Mick Hill's
originally, having Lola T70 suspension and 12inch (30cms) ventilated disc
brakes all round. Firestone tyres were used on the 10 inch (25,4cms) front and
15 inch (38cms) rear wheels. A Gurney-Westlake, 4.7 V8, producing 415bhp fed
its power through a Jaguar gearbox to a Jaguar differential. Hand painted
strawberries, one for each win, decorated the roof. A later version of this car
can be seen below.
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 Ford "Boss" Capri MkI V8
Engine:
Chevrolet 8100cc
Configuration:
front engine, rear-wheel drive
Driver:
Tony Strawson
Class:
Special Saloons over 2500cc and Super Saloons
 Date
taken: May 1977, paddock, Croft (top)
Date
taken: October 1977, paddock, Silverstone (lower)
Image Copyright:
Mike
Donley (top)
Image Copyright: Robert Brown (lower)
Both of these images were taken on the same day during a Super Saloon meeting at Croft, 15th May 1977. The differences in colour is down to the age and the medium used- slide and print. This car was a marriage of two successful cars from a few years earlier; the
body and suspension were ex-Mick Hill (above), and the engine was from Tony's Ford
Falcon. By the time this photo was taken, the car had so many lightening hole,
it flexed visibly with the torque of the engine. Two CanAm engines were
available for this car, so I've been informed, a 7000cc for short circuits and
the 8100cc for longer ones. A strawberry can be seen just in front of Tony's
name; one of these appeared on the car after every win, so by the end of the
season the car was covered in stawberries. Tony won his class in the 1976 Esso Uniflow
Championship in this car.
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