4 British Friends Built an F1 Car in a Shed — Then Humiliated Ferrari

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• GL

  @glimmer289 · 3 months ago · pinned

  Would be nice to see you cover Chevron race cars, often called giant beaters. <br>I worked for Vin Malkie for a while before moving to numerous race teams/jobs in America. Vin was a works driver for Chevron and bought the original jigs and body molds. <br>Great work on the March story. <br><br>Regards: John Glimmerveen (Author of Hands on Racecar Engineer published by the SAE)

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• PA

  @paulocuento9949 · 3 months ago

  this was a fever dream. and its worth every damn tear. March guys are legends

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• IA

  @ianjackson9387 · 3 months ago

  4 Guys and a Telephone. At Murdoch Road, I was part of the tiny composites dept when the last March/Porsche (1990P) Indy car was designed &amp; built, then shipped off to Denver. COMTEC was revitalised soon after, to build the &apos;91 Ralt RT F3000; before closing 2 years later. Lot of history in that building

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• GA

  @gabriellourenco4334 · 3 months ago (edited)

  ...That time it was easy for privateers/independent teams to enter Formula 1; all that was needed was one or two drivers, a team of mechanics, build their own chassis or buy a surplus one from one of the major teams, &quot;strap&quot; a Ford Cosworth DFV engine in the back, and off we go...

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• DE

  @dereklawler8804 · 3 months ago

  Growing up in Jo&apos;burg in the 60&apos;s &amp; 70&apos;s I went to all the Grand Prix races at &nbsp;Kyalami and those March&apos;s were bloody fast.

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• TH

  @TheShrike616 · 1 month ago

  Really ... one should make a documentary on the influence of British Sheds on (engineering) history

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• 40

  @40beretta1 · 3 months ago

  The one issue I have with Grand Prix and Euro GT racing. &nbsp;Once as Rural Team shakes up the money teams. &nbsp;The board changes the rules mid game

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• FO

  @fooman2108 · 3 months ago

  March has been to Indianapolis and there have been several years when MOST of cars are March&apos;s, because are/were quickest!

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• NA

  @nateoliver7877 · 2 months ago

  After such a good start, they never quite got it together in F1, and yet were often &apos;in the mix&apos;. &nbsp;But they were making competitive chassis for so many other racing formulae. &nbsp;Later on, March Engineering were involved via John MacDonald&apos;s RAM team, and more successfully with Leyton House. &nbsp;But they were very successful in American racing, maybe because you could shove any decent US block in the back and have a competitive car. &nbsp;Adaptability made for commercial success, but it seemed to hinder their F1 efforts, rather than help.

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• L1

  @l1a146 · 3 months ago

  One of the Tyrrell run 701 March cars used to live in a Museum near me in West Australia before it was sold. <br>It was such a tiny thing compared &nbsp;to modern F1 cars. Like a big Go Kart on steroids. Lol.

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• LE

  @lestorhaslam · 2 months ago

  Really great video, thank you.😊.

• BA

  @BarryWinslow-w7s · 3 months ago

  Great video. I grew up in the 60&apos;s and sportscars at that time was a passion. This is an amazing story and I remember bits of it. Thanks for sharing.