1990's Lola F3000 chassis numbering

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1990's Lola F3000 chassis numbering

Postby CMW » Sat Dec 05, 2009 6:06 pm

I have a 91/50 Formula 3000 chassis number 27, that's apparently ex Team Vortex, Heinz-Harald Frentzen. However, some hand written documentation with the car suggests it may have been a Japanese market chassis. Did Lola have separate chassis numbers for cars for overseas markets, ie, could there be two 91/50's with the same chassis number? I suspect not as it could be very confusing, but thought I'd double check. Thanks.
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Postby Gerald Swan » Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:54 pm

Hi Chris, as far as I know the earlier F3000s just used the one chassis type number for both European and Japanese cars so there would only be one HU9150-27.

However by the time of the T96/50 European spec chassis the Japanese cars had a different designation (as they were very different designs) and the 1996 Formula Nippon car was the T96/51 and later in the year a T96/52 was introduced. This continued for as long as Lola supplied Formula Nippon cars with the last one being the B06/51 that was used up until 2008.

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Postby driftwood » Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:16 pm

where is this frentzen Lola now
ive just had man asking me about a car same names involved different chassis number!
"is it in yet" said the mechanic to the apprentice
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Postby CMW » Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:21 pm

driftwood wrote:where is this frentzen Lola now
ive just had man asking me about a car same names involved different chassis number!


It's here in Shropshire, I have owned it for about 8 months or more.
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Postby driftwood » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:14 pm

just had mail about frentzen car in middle east man asking me for parts
chris yr car came from belgium in 2000 or 01
was mountain raced by Marc regal 95 ish?
i can ask his son where Marc got the car from sadly marc was killed racing lola 9050 on mountain race he wa f rench champion
in the 1990`s

his son now is french and FIA champion a few times

who had #17 and 27 new from factory?
"is it in yet" said the mechanic to the apprentice
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Postby CMW » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:30 pm

That's the car, I believe you had some input in the deal at some time :) ? Gerald says the records show it as the Vortex car. H-H says 27 was the car he used. In fact he sent me this photo of it in period as I am thinking of returning it to Camel colours.

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This is the car now when I took it testing at Donington in 2009:

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Postby driftwood » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:01 pm

yes was involved in the deal from belgium to uk but i was shafted in the end by belgian

i was asked today for parts for 9150 roller sold as ex H-H F vortex car #17 !!!!
"is it in yet" said the mechanic to the apprentice
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Postby CMW » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:11 pm

Dunno then, it's a mystery, similar to when Omega will make dome pistons for it :)
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Postby CMW » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:13 pm

Seems one can't edit posts here? That should have read *SOME* pistons for it, not dome....
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Postby driftwood » Tue Feb 23, 2010 1:04 am

Dome is another f3000 car dont confuse things here
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