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Chevrolet Camaro Z8
Engine: Chevrolet 5000cc (top) Chevrolet 6100cc (bottom)
Configuration: front engined, rear-wheel drive
Driver: Doug Emms
Class: Special Saloons over 2500cc and Super Saloons
Date taken: April 1976 at Chicane, Croft (top)
Date taken: 1978 at Mountain, Cadwell Park (lower)
Image Copyright: Colin Stubbs (lower)
Chevrolet Camaros were raced a lot in production saloon series, Special Saloon races also had their fair share of these brutal machines. As this particular car was developed by Doug, the engine size increased by 1100cc and the straight-line speed became very high. Of all the styles of Camaros produced, this 'coke bottle' design, as it was known, is still considered a classic of American automobile design. One of the joys of 1970s racing was the use of open, unsilenced exhausts; large V8s such as the one in this car could vibrate the ground beneath your feet and your chest cavity, just like the heavy metal bands of the time.
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Chevrolet Corvair
Engine: Chevrolet 7600cc
Configuration: mid-engine
Driver: Ian Richardson
Class: Special Saloons over 2500cc and Super Saloons
Date Built: 1973-4
Date taken: C circa 1974 at Siverstone
Image Copyright: Aaron Walsh
Bodyshell mostly original steel with the addition of a tubular spaceframe and fabricated bulkheads. All of the suspension came from Ian's McLanren M8 CanAm car, and was independent with rising rate springs and shock absorbers. Brakes were ventilated disks, inboard at rear. Wheel were 11x15ins (28X38cms) at the front and 17x15ins (43x38cms) at the rear; tyres used were Firestone. The engine also also came from Ian's CanAm car and was a 7600cc Chevrolet V8 with 4 IDA 40 Webers and a Weaver Brother dry-sump. The 600bhp+ power was fed through a Hewland LG6000 transaxle with a triple-plate clutch. This picture was take by Aaron when he was about 11, he remembers the race vividly as Ian Richardson won the race from the back of the grid after missing qualifying.
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