john donohoe wrote:
>
> The following is an email I received from a guy
> looking for the '66 Super Seven he used to wrench and
> race.
> It was a 64, not a 66!
> Anyone know of this car? Let him know if you do!
>
> Grant Reynolds writes:
>
> Found your site via the vintage list. I worked on a
> Super 7 in 1966 and 1967. The kit was delivered to Lee
> Talbot in Hong Kong in 1964. It may have been
> consigned to a dealer there. It was asssembled by "a
> whole
> bunch of Chinese mechanics". Lee raced it in the
> Malaysian and Singapore GP's before shipping it to the
> United States in early 1966. I met him and his wife
> Marty at the Marboro, MD race track Memorial Day,
> 1966. I crewed for him in the 66 and 67 seasons,
> running SCCA Nationals and Regionals in the Northeast.
> We sold the car to someone from Michigan in November,
> 1967, having decided to shift to Formula Vee because
> maintainence on the Lotus was taking too much time: 40
> hours between
> races when nothing broke(itself a little uncommon).
> However, we did 26 races in those two seasons with
> only 1 DNF. Neither of us remembers the name of the
> buyer, and while I have a copy of a 7 page letter I
> wrote
> him about how to operate and maintain the car, it
> doesn't contain his name. By any chance would any of
> your net know the car's whereabouts? It was right hand
> drive but I don't remember any other distinctive
> features. When last seen it had a 1500 engine with a
> single 40 DCOE - the only SCCA legal setup at the time
> - but the second Weber and both manifolds went with
> it. Obviously we don't have a serial number, either.
>
> Any information anyone might have would be gratefully
> appreciated. I'd be glad to share the 1967 letter with
> anyone who might be interested.
>
> Grant Reynolds <grant62@starpower.net>
> Potomac, MD, 301-983-1375
> Lee Talbot
> McLean, VA
> 703-734-8576
>
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