The International Manufacturers Championship '67

[IMC '67]

Note the missing chrome bar in the grille...

Targa Florio

Brands Hatch

I usually don't strive for this kind of detail but it was such an easy and fun task, I couldn't resist!

 

[IMC '67]

I thought it could be fun to post a pic of one car from each of the 56 different car models for the next 56 days.

Note that my improvements and modifications to the cars are more or less WIP.

Continuing with the Frogeye which most likely will be the slowest car in the game...

Smith/Turner • Austin-Healey Sprite Mk I • Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance

Imagine racing this car in the game together with Major Billy Turner for 12 actual hours at Sebring and looking more in the rear view mirrors than forward.

 

[IMC '67]

Baird/Enever/Poole • Austin-Healey Sprite Mk IV • Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance

This was a works entry and "Built as a prototype while retaining the standard-shape bodywork, LNX 629E was raced with a special XSP 1293cc dry-sump competition engine, five speed-gearbox and wire wheels".

The sad state of the car some 10 years ago but I managed to snatch the registration plate for the game car...

 

[Davide Nativo]

The sad state of the car some 10 years ago but I managed to snatch the registration plate for the game car...

where is it? what happened to it?

 

[IMC '67]

It sold for £32,200.

Bonhams Cars : The ex-works; Sebring 12 Hours; Targa Florio; Nürburgring 1,000 Kilometres,1967 Austin-Healey Sprite Mark IV Competition Coupé Chassis no. HAN9-R-157 Engine no. TBA

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The car at Sebring in 1967

 

[IMC '67]

Metternich/Einsiedel • Austin Mini Cooper S • 51° Targa Florio

Entered in the prototype 2.0 class.

 

[Emery]

Did you give it a 13.2 gal right-side fuel tank? Though the dates of the sale don't necessarily line up with the dates of the Targa. Near the end of the thread there's also a good pic of a Sebring Mini with a large fuel tank.

Mini Cooper at the 1967 Targa Florio? - TNF's Archive

Mini Cooper at the 1967 Targa Florio? - posted in TNFs Archive: Hello there: I have a problem with the historie of my 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S. The Cooper was bought from Prince Paul Metternich in Feb. 1967. It were special prepared by Downton Engineering. The intersting item is a very large...

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Your skin is missing competition numbers?

 

[IMC '67]

I actually read that thread yesterday and think it's a typo by the topic starter regarding the date of the sale; "was bought from Prince Paul Metternich in Feb. 1967" should be "was bought by ...".

Will add the larger fuel tank when I start working on modifying the P&G car physics.

As for missing competition numbers: "Note that my improvements and modifications to the cars are more or less WIP".

The Prince leaning on the car in the Targa pits

 

[IMC '67]

Added some local 1967 advertisments to an empty house wall in Cerda for the right atmosphere when entering the town...

 

[IMC '67]

Now on to the letter B and the brutal Bizzarrini...

Berney/de Mortemart • Bizzarrini GT Strada 5300 • 1000 km di Monza

 

[IMC '67]

Forgot to post a pic of the M64 after the A210...

Therier/Chevalier • Alpine Renault M64 • 24 Heures du Mans

 

[Davide Nativo]

A prancing horse on a Renault is new, guess the lore behind it is quite interesting

 

[IMC '67]

The car was entered by N.A.R.T. (North American Racing Team) which was a big private team that usually raced Ferraris, hence the prancing horse in their logo. For the 1967 Le Mans race, they also had the "White Elephant" (Ferrari 365 P2) and a Ferrari 412 P, with the latter being driven by top drivers Pedro Rodriguez and Giancarlo Baghetti that was only half a second slower than the best placed works Ferrari 330 P4 in qualy. In fact, when I did the performance physics for the 412 P, I had to swap in the more powerful Tipo 237 engine used by the P4s as there is no way Rodriguez could have set that time using the regular 412 P Tipo 241 engine on a track like Le Mans. So, my guess is that the car was actually equipped with the more powerful engine for Le Mans although it was never officially announced.

 

[Davide Nativo]

Yes I know about NART, didn't know they raced also non Ferrari cars Ferrari did appreciate french cars, also had a private one which he was really fond of, so I guess he let that slip

 

[IMC '67]

Guilhaudin/Bertaut • CD SP66C Peugeot • 24 Heures du Mans

 

[IMC '67]

Johnson/Jennings • Chaparral 2D Chevrolet • Daytona Continental 24 Hours

 

[IMC '67]

Spence/Hill • Chaparral 2F Chevrolet • Grand Prix de Spa

I would say that the Chaparral 2F was overall the fastest car over a lap during the 1967 championship with the following qualifying results for the eight races: 2-2-1-1-x-1-2-3 (x = Targa Florio, which didn't have any qualifying). However, the car's reliability was really poor and it only finished one race; the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch with a win. The great handling and speed as well as the poor reliability will of course also be present in the game. And again, a fairly good player will be able to match the Chaparral AI drivers' authentic 1967 lap times for all eight races if trying hard enough.

 

[Davide Nativo]

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Spence/Hill • Chaparral 2F Chevrolet • Grand Prix de Spa

I would say that the Chaparral 2F was overall the fastest car over a lap during the 1967 championship with the following qualifying results for the eight races: 2-2-1-1-x-1-2-3 (x = Targa Florio, which didn't have any qualifying). However, the car's reliability was really poor and it only finished one race; the BOAC 500 at Brands Hatch with a win. The great handling and speed as well as the poor reliability will of course also be present in the game. And again, a fairly good player will be able to match the Chaparral AI drivers' authentic 1967 lap times for all eight races if trying hard enough.

Fun fact: during the Monza 1000 Kilometres, before the start of the race the orders were that Amon had to start the #3 Ferrari. Bandini refused because, he said, "we need to prove that we are faster than the Chaparral. It's going to break down, but if it does while they are in the lead, everyone will say that only reliability are holding them back and that they are faster than us. We need to prove they are not."
So he started, pushed and overtook the Chaparral... before it did break down

 

[IMC '67]

Yeah, Bandini set the fastest lap in the race while Spence in the Chap was fastest in qualy.

This is an older video where I'm driving the #4 Ferrari and you can see Bandini overtaking Spence going into Parabolica at the end of the first lap...

 

[IMC '67]

Costanzo/Guy/McClain • Chevrolet Corvette • Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance