More from Jack:
"The engine is a 750cc
Renault. I am driving in the photos which were taken during practice
sesssions in 1967. The car was a one off built by Pierre Ferry. It had
a tube frame, full envelope aluminum body including belly pan, 40 gallon
fuel tank with filler under the headrest, a five speed "crash" box with
selecter on the driver's left, extremely comfortable cushioned leather
seats on aluminum frames, removable aluminum tonneau with Dzus fasteners,
leather hood straps, rear panels to cover the wheels and a remarkably roomy
cockpit. (I am 6'4" and drove the car comfortably without modifications)
A roll bar was installed under the headrest. It's competition in Europe
included OSCA, Stanguellini and Moretti."
From Website Visitor "JP":
"Pierre Ferry built many
special Renault Powered cars. a Ferry repared Dauphine won its class in
the Mille. I think 1955? I want to tell a little about the Ferry
Renault Jack Reynolds owned. It was never cut up into a dune buggy, the
car is very much alive. It was found it in a junk yard about 6-7 years
ago, in Riverside county. The car sitting on a pallet. It was also featured
in a 1958 issue of Road & Track, next to a Ferrari. Last
I heard the car is being restored somewhere in California.
Car was so fast in its
day, the SCCA officials demanded a engine teardown, when it was outrunning
D-types and Ferrari's in the late 1950s. It won at Paramount Ranch,
and its class at the "L.A. Times Grand Prix" at Riverside in 1959
(?)." |