The following is an email I received from a guy
looking for the '66 Super Seven he used to wrench and
race.
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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