0854 Back to Original Coupe

Thank you Napolis for the fantastic Brands-Hatch video. 0854 on the Maranello Concessionaires trailer is amazing! If somebody has photos like this, it would be nice to post them...
I bought this shot of 0854 at a photo store in Le Mans, 1980. Nice colors on the rear just before the Le Mans start in 1967.
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slightly off topic but the driver lineup for that race was simply fantastic
what an era that must have been for both driver and spectator alike.


BOAC 500 Brands Hatch 30.7.1967
500 mil Brands Hatch 5.round

Race: * 211 laps AVG: 148,765 km/h

FL: Denny Hulme 4 Lola T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet 1:37,200

Pos. NO Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/Retired Group Practice

Classified:

1. 1 Phil Hill / USA Chaparral 2F Chevrole 2F001 Chaparral Cars Inc. 211 6:00:26,000 3. 1:37,400
Mike Spence / GB
2. 6 Chris Amon / NZ Ferrari 330 P4 0860 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 210 6:01:24,600 6. 1:38,200
Jackie Stewart / GB
3. 11 Jo Siffert / CH Porsche 910 2.2 028 Porsche System Engineering 209 8. 1:38,200
Bruce McLaren / NZ
4. 12 Jochen Neerspasch / D Porsche 907 LH 2.2 007 Porsche System Engineering 206 12. 1:41,000
Hans Herrmann / D
5. 7 Ludovico Scarfiotti / I Ferrari 330 P4 Spyder 0856 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 206 4. 1:37,800
Peter Sutcliffe / GB
6. 8 Jonathan Williams / GB Ferrari 330 P4 Spyder 0858 SpA Ferrari SEFAC 204 5. 1:37,800
Paul Hawkins / AUS
7. 9 David Piper / GB Ferrari 330 P3/4 0854 Maranello Concessionaires 202 10. 1:40,000
Richard Attwood / GB
8. 72 Tony Dean / GB Porsche 906 A. G. Dean (Racing) Ltd. 200 16. 1:41,600
Ben Pon / NL
9. 29 John Miles / GB Lotus 47 13 Lotus Components 197 24. 1:44,200
Jackie Oliver / GB
10. 55 Hugh Dibley / GB Ferrari 250 LM 8165 David Piper 195 26. 1:45,200
Roy Pierpoint / GB
11. 25 Udo Schütz / D Porsche 910 013 Porsche System Engineering 195 11. 1:40,600
Jochen Rindt / A - DNP
DNS - Gerhard Koch / D
12. 53 Eric Liddell / GB Ford GT40 1022 J. N. Cuthbert 193 18. 1:43,000
Peter Gethin / GB
13. 71 Dieter Spoerry / CH Porsche 906 Mike de Udy 192 31. 1:46,400
Rico Steinemann / CH
14. 59 Terry J. Drury / GB Ford GT40 1005 T. J. Drury 190 28. 1:46,200
Keith Holland
15. 27 Digby Martland / GB Chevron B6 BMW Robert Ashcroft Racing 189 23. 1:44,000
Brian Muir / AUS
16. 52 Julian Sutton Ford GT40 GT/112 Peter Sutcliffe 188 27. 1:46,000
Richard Bond / GB
17. 73 Mike Costin / GB Porsche 906 Midland Racing Partnership 181 17. 1:42,000
Bill Bradley / GB
18. 57 David Prophet / GB Ferrari 250 LM 6051 David Prophet 178 30. 1:46,400
Peter de Klerk / ZA
19. 30 Trevor Taylor / GB Lotus 47 Team Elite 178 21. 1:43,400
David Preston / GB

Not classified:

20. 75 Ray Jackson-Moore Lotus Elan Robert Gordon Running, not c 33. 1:53,200
Mike Crabtree / GB
21. 74 Roger Enever / GB MGB Roger Enever Running, not c 35. 1:58,000
Alec Poole / GB
22. 58 Ted Worswick / GB Austin-Healey 3000 Ted Worswick Running, not c 36. 2:04,000
Peter Clark / GB
23. 76 Keith Burnand Lotus Elan Keith Burnand Running, not c 32. 1:53,200
Peter Taggart / GB

Did not finish:

5 Mike De Udy / GB Lola T70 Mk.3 Chev SL73/105 Mike de Udy 179 Crown wheel & 14. 1:41,000
Peter Westbury / GB
56 John Fitzpatrick / GB Ferrari 250 LM 5897 Jeff Edmonds 175 Accident 25. 1:44,400
Jeff Edmonds / GB
26 John Cardwell / GB Chevron B6 BMW Chevron Cars 172 Accident 19. 1:43,200
Derek Bennett / GB
2 John Surtees / GB Lola T70 Mk.3 Asto SL73/121 Team Surtees 171 Pistons 2. 1:36,600
David Hobbs / GB
24 Vic Elford / GB Porsche 910 017 Porsche System Engineering 144 Valve gear 13. 1:41,000
Lucien Bianchi / B
4 Denny Hulme / NZ Lola T70 Mk.3 Chev SL73/102 Sid Taylor Racing 60 Clutch 1. 1:36,600
Jack Brabham / AUS
32 Keith Greene / GB Lotus 47 Chris Barber 56 Piston 29. 1:46,400
John Hine / GB
10 Graham Hill / GB Porsche 910 2.2 027 Porsche System Engineering 27 Valve 7. 1:38,200
Jochen Rindt / A
31 Peter Mould Abarth 2000 Team Abarth 18 Drive shaft 34. 1:57,200
Chris Ashmore / GB
51 Charles Lucas Ford GT40 1001 Charles Lucas (Engineering) 10 Accident 20. 1:43,200
Roy Pike / USA
28 Brian Redman / GB Chevron B5 BRM David Bridges 1 Differential 15. 1:41,400
Cyd Williams
3 Pedro Rodriguez / MEX Mirage M1 Ford 10003 John Wyer Automotive Engine Accident (Thom 9. 1:39,800
Richard Thompson / USA
54 Colin Crabbe / GB Ford GT40 1021 Colin Crabbe Accident 22. 1:43,800
Dave Charlton / ZA

 

You are absolutely correct. It was an extraordinary time with an amazing cast of characters. Looking at the list you've posted, it is interesting to see how many great personalities were present that day.

 

Hi Jim,

Nice pictures! Question: is there a piece of gauze behind the big opening in the nose sections of 0846 and 0854, like you can see in the nose section of 0848?

Will there be gauze in the big opening at the rear end of 0854?

Will the tail of 0854 be painted baby blue between the rear light units and along the luggage boxes?

Wouter
Holland

 

Thank you for the update Jim.

Pete

 

Another shot of 0854 at Le mans 1967. Photo is from Beroul photoshop.
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Hi Jim,

What will be the color of the panel underneath the rear window in the tail? Black like 0848 or red like 0844?

Thank you,
Wouter Bekker
Holland

 

Cool, I'll try to get my 1:18 model exactly like it!

kind regards,
Wouter

 

BTW

Is that the BOAC 500 tail without the 'professor Kamm' lip at the rear?

grtz

 

Life is so beautiful!!!

 

I was lucky enough to be there (aged 14) - brings back a lot of memories.

Notice the amount of people standing all over the exit to the pitlane when the cars were pitstopping!

 

How are things going with the Firestone replicas for 0854 and 0846?

 

Good luck! These tyres will do the job!

 

Hi Jim,

As far as I understood you said that the tail from 0858 was on 0854 and the original 0854 tail came with it. I have a small question on the 0858 tail. One could clearly see that this tail had no lower pair of tail lights. Was that factory specification for 0858 or were they removed later?

On the photograph is 0854 with 0858 tail back in 1990. Picture courtesy of M.Sheehan.
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Hi Jim,

The following takes place:

You wake up in the morning, it's a very nice and sunny day. You bump into the owner of 0858 who wants to sell his car. You like the thought of owning three P4 cars so you buy it. What are you going to do? Leave it as it is: a 350 CanAm racer and you're going to restore it. You like berlinettas and you'll bring it back to original factory specification and maybe even in LeMans 1967 outfit (#21). You want the perfect Brands Hatch car. You convert the CanAm racer into a beautiful Spyder with BOAC signs and #8 racing plates and celebrate the second place it earned back then. I'm just wondering...

Kind regards,
Wouter Bekker