718 RSK RS60 RS61

[Rickie]

We always used Castrol R, and the smell was part of the whole experience! By turn 6 , I assume you mean the little esses before the last 180 onto the main straight. I was always careful the after my friend Olivier Chandon of the champagne family, lost it and went into the creek on the left, turned over, and drowned in a shallow amount of water. such a stupid thing...It was a modern car he was driving and at practice.

Syd was a gent, and his Lister collection was the best around. John Harden drove his cars too, and he was quick I can tell you. I was fortunate enough to beat him for 3rd place after a great scrap the following week at SVRA's Sebring event with over 60 cars entered. I am sure no one but me remembers, and why should they!
The great thing about those events was the quality of cars that just don't see a track anymore...
RR

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Having a good time at Moroso West Palm Beach 1983
718-009

Wasn't it Turn 6 that was near where the alligator lived? Moroso was odd in that they cleared the Vintage group out promptly (or early) to accommodate the drag racers. Only track I've gone to where that 'blend' was found....at least on the same day.
Syd Silverman also had a nice spread at Moroso.
I liked the bean oil smells from Groups 4 or 5 and I'd stay near Higgins and his (#44?) center-seat K to maximize the concentration.

-Bruce

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George Frey was pretty quick, was it in E Production with a pushrod Speedster??.........

George was amazingly fast in that old Speedster. He did his own work and if another gear ratio would make him faster after his practice on Saturday, he'd tow the car home and change the gearset and be back in the morning to get Fastest Time of Day. Those were the days of many cars of different origins running in EP, so the PHA had EP-I and EP-II. Many Speedsters, maybe 20 356s, mostly Speedsters...so it was the Germans against primarily the Brits with a slew of TR's, MG's and an occasional Morgan. Fun times!

-Bruce

[Steve Heinrichs]

So very cool!!!

Steve Heinrichs

[Rickie]

Having a good time at Moroso West Palm Beach 1983
718-009

[Rickie]

George Frey was pretty quick, was it in E Production with a pushrod Speedster?? Sandy Sadtler had the Ex-Behra FII RSK based single seater, not an F1 car..It was owned by Vic Mienhardt of Long Island, and after Sandy had it, it was owned and raced my good friend Murray Smith, quite successfully I might add. Tony Dutton looked after it and my RSK at races all over the US. Murray won the Sebring Vintage curtain raiser at Sebring in it 3 years running in the early 80's...

Richard Roth
Amagansett, NY

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Here is a picture I took in '67 of my favorite RS of the day....at the Hershey Hillclimb. I do not remember if it was Jim Haas, Tom Biel or another, but I think I remember Sandy Sadtler running his F II Porsche that year and getting his K later. (I was in a lowly Speedster and finished 10th behind George Frey...who posted FTD over all the fancy hardware.... in a Speedster.)

[Rickie]

How the Anteater came to be. Walt Hansgen drove over it in a Lister Jaguar at Morlboro!

[Rickie]

How the Anteater came to be. Walt Hansen drove over it in a Lister Jaguar at Morlboro!


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[Rickie]

Steve, I just might have to break down and add one to my library!
And I agree that it would be wonderful to see more people getting interested enough to share all that information stored in heads and attics. BTW, the dumbest thing I ever did in my car career was to part with the RSK, as my wife reminds be regularly!
Best, Richard

[Steve Heinrichs]

Hi,

I agree as to the transmission records. I think I have all for the 718s---although some are hard to specifically associate with cars. Yes, not quite RS 60s but still RS 60 prototypes. Fascinating stuff. I'm hopeful that the book will spark more interest in these cars.

Steve Heinrichs

[Rickie]

While the 3 chassis numbers you referred to still had the RSK wheelbase and not the RS60/61's additional 4 inches. What they did have was the later wishbone rear suspension, which considerably improved the tendency to swap ends, and I can tell you that from personal experience. The car I raced was the first to be so equipped and was the test mule for its effectiveness. The best surviving period information apparently are the records of the transmission department, noting every test and race, changes in setup, drivers and other interesting details. I have them for 009 and 005, the last being the car Mickey Graham sold to Murray Smith, and through several hands to make its way to the UK.

Richard Roth
New York and Amagansett

[Steve Heinrichs]

Guys,

SomeT-Day thoughts---

Welcome, Rickie!

Yep...no 718-010. The factory already had 10 protos given 718-1 and 718-001.

718-007, 718-008 and 718-009 were actually RS 60 prototypes. See book as to build dates.

And, sadly, there are not so many 718 records. A very sad story but most of the stuff was tossed years ago.

Steve Heinrichs
www.biglakemedia.com

(books and more...)

[Rickie]

See Post 16358 for the post restoration photo. Only the 58 works cars had the auxiliary oil cooler required by the surface oil cooler on the back side of the hood, which was alongside the driver, and therefore had the air scoop arrangement left side only.

[Rickie]

Re # Post 17551
I think it was subsequently restored for Miles Collier by Joe Cavaglieri in Sherman Oaks.