An All American Racers Eagle Mk1, the one American automotive to win an F1 Grand Prix, is going up for public sale on the Amelia Island Concours in early March. Despite its latest rise in recognition, the United States has had a really lengthy, sporadic historical past with the Formula 1 World Championship. Dan Gurney’s time as a driver and crew proprietor in Formula 1 throughout the Nineteen Sixties was one of many excessive intervals in American F1 historical past.
The Eagle Mk1 chassis No. 101 is heading to the public sale block. This particular automotive was the primary of 4 Eagle F1 racers that had been constructed. The final automotive, chassis quantity 104, was the Eagle that Dan Gurney drove to victory within the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix. The Mk1 differed throughout every chassis constructed. The Eagle Mk1 chassis 104 was fitted with a 3-liter Westlake V12. Chassis 101 was outfitted with a 2.7-liter Coventry Climax V8 engine as a result of the V12 that Eagle designed round was unavailable.
Dan Gurney was a prolific racing and automotive builder. Gurney secured Porsche’s first, and to this point solely, F1 race victory. Chassis 101 solely managed two fifth-place ending throughout its F1 profession. Both fifth-place finishes had been achieved throughout the 1966 F1 season on the French and Mexican rounds of the world championship. Though, the automotive’s time on monitor resulted in growth that in the end led to the 1967 triumph in Belgium.
Gooding and Company is auctioning off the Eagle Mk1 on the Amelia Island Auctions on March 2nd and third. Chassis 101 has had solely 4 homeowners and underwent a six-year restoration. The Eagle was additionally fitted with a replica Coventry Climax V8. Though, the chassis’ authentic V8 will accompany the automotive at public sale. Gooding and Company estimate this piece of American historical past can be bought for between $3 million and $4 million.
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