That lovely little B16 was at the Ruapuna round of SFOS today running with the CanAm cars. Beautiful wee car and very fast.
I was talking to Murray Sinclair (owner/driver) and was told the story that in 1975 the original owner wanted to buy a new B16 from Chevron. By 1975 a 1970 Chevron was an obsolete race car and the factory weren't interested but they offered to sell him a body. They also offered to sell him a set of plans for, get this, thirty five quid (or about $US70) on the understanding that he only built one car. The car is regarded as the last B16 to come from Chevron although in fact it was completely fabricated here in NZ at Darfield near Christchurch and has supporting FIA papers.
It is 100% nut and bolt period accurate and one of the reasons for the long gestation period was finding the dead accurate parts to finish it. e.g. the original carbs on the BMW as fitted to the Chevron were 48DCOE's, as scarce as rockinghorse shit, also the FT200 trans they used was a rare early model which had a different housing, also virtually unobtainable. It is correctly fitted with both these items.
Absolutely beautiful car and a credit to the local guys who built it.