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FS 1968 Chevron B10 F2.2 Formula B / Formula 2 for sale
History
This is one of only two Chevron B10s in existence. The F2.1 car was last known to be in Italy under restoration. The Chevron B10 is one of the classic formula car designs from the iconic 1960’s period of F1 and F2 racing, It was first raced by Derek Bennett, the founder of the Chevron company, and designer of the highly successful Chevron racing cars to come. This B10, chassis number F2.2, won 12 Formula Libre races in between 1969-70, running both the FVA and Ford twin cam. It can qualify to run historic F2, U.S. Formula B, and of course Formula Libre.
This car was completed in July 1968 and raced by Derek Bennett before being sold to Mike MacDowel and Bob Jennings in August 1968. They sold the Chevron to Graham Eden who returned the car to FVA specification. It was upgraded to B17 specification in 1970, and at the end of that season passed to Bill Creasey, and then on to Bob Ellice for the 1971 season. Ellice ran it in the new Formula Atlantic series with a twin-cam engine, entered by John Deuxberry. The car then made its way to the US and raced in FB by Mike Hickey (Portland, OR) from May 1972. To Richard Shepard (San Francisco, CA) January 1974 and converted to FC with an 1100cc Holbay-Cosworth engine. Later, it sold to Monte Shelton (Portland, OR), then from Shelton to Tom Black (Portland, OR) who acquired a new body and other parts from Ed Swart (all this around 1990). Black sold it all to Gerry Kingen (Seattle, WA) in 1991. F2.2 was restored for Kingen by Mike Gent and used for display purposes only. Sold by him to Ernie Spada Jr (Lake Oswego, OR) some time in the mid to late 1990s and restored again by Gent to running Formula B specification. Jim Catchot (Rancho Murieta, CA) acquired the car in January 2014. Jim raced at HMSA Laguna Seca March 2015. I bought the Chevron in December 2020. The car has granted Gold Medallion RestorationStatus with SVRA, and raced with SVRA at Sonoma (1st Place), Weathertech Laguna Seca (1st Place) and COTA (1st place). It ran with CVAR in Texas at the COTA River City Road (2nd Place). It has also been accepted to compete with the Masters Historics Association in both US and International events.
Driven by: Derek Bennett, Bob Jennings, Mike MacDowel, Graham Eden, Graham McRae, Bill Creasey, Bob Ellice, Jim Catchot and Glenn Bilawsky.
Description
Restoration by Tony Nicholson at Robin Automotive. Currently maintained by Crosslink/Kiwi Motorsports. The car has been extensively serviced, including crack-checking. All new: Hubs, bearings, brakes, clutch assembly, half-shafts, gear sets, springs, and Koni double-adjustable shocks set-up by PSI. Lowtime, 185 hp Ivey twin cam engine built for torque (dyno chart available). Hewland Mk.9 5 speed transaxle. The Chevron comes with 2 sets of Chevron wheels and a number of usable spares. The car is aligned and fully-prepped. It is currently set- up for a 6 foot, 165 lb. driver, but is very accommodating of both larger and smaller drivers.
If you are currently racing in Formula Ford, this car is the classic “next rung” on the formula car ladder. F2 was the breeding ground for the greats of this time, Hunt, Lauda, Stewart, Rindt, Rodriguez, Siffert, Courage, Cevert, Ickx, Clark, Regazzoni, Redman, and many more. F2 and FB grids were the places to be for young racers in the late 1960’s. This is one of those cars, and the one first raced by the man who built the Chevron company and the car. This is a collectible car that should continue to be raced, as Bennett intended.
Asking price: $55,000 USD. I will also pay the shipping cost by enclosed transport to any USA location for a full price offer.
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Thought it couldn't look any better?... Pics in full F2 trim
FB Continental Championship
This car is eligible to run in the FB Continental Championship series. In 2023, the series had 33 FB's run (total) at Road America, COTA, Sonoma, Laguna Seca and Indy. These FB cars are fun to run and they are getting bigger grids in the past few years.
Note to whoever buys this car: please message me so we can add you to our FB mailing list. We have ~80 car owners/drivers and shops on the list. We hope to see the car running in the FB series in 2024.
Darrell
