Chevron B16 vintage race car, 1969 specification with a BMW M10 engine and FT-200 gearbox. One of Chevron’s most beautiful cars ever made. In 2005 Vin Malkie, one of the original Chevron employees and owner of the first Chevron produced along with his wife and successful racing driver Helen Bashford-Malkie acquired the Chevron trade mark. They continued their existing business as Chevron restorers and Race preparers. They have since produced technically correct continuation models using largely original jigs and drawings, Vin and Helen still consulted with many of the original Chevron employees on a regular basis, not least Paul Owens, as part of their restoration process. This car is one of the continuation cars that Vin Malkie built during his ownership of Chevron. The chassis number of this car is CH-DBE-43 and was completed in September 2006 and delivered to the car’s first owner, Roberto Farneti in Italy. The car was inspected and granted FIA HTP in February 2007, which is required for competing in race events in Europe. Mr. Farneti raced the car 4-6 times per year continually from 2007-2012 at legendary tracks including Oulton Park, Spa, Nurburgring, Brands Hatch, Donnington, Magione, Barcellona and Imola. Extensive track testing was performed to optimize the shock valving and spring rates resulting in a car that is truly very easy to drive and quick at the same time. Driven very successfully by Mr. Farneti, it finished 1st in class in half of the events it entered and on the podium is almost every other event. An engine failure at the end of the 2012 season sidelined the car for the rest of the season. At that time the engine was sent out to Europe’s legendary BMW engine expert Lester Owen for rebuild. A full refresh was completed January 2013 including dyno testing resulting in 227hp. The car was reassembled and by then Mr. Farneti’s racing plans had changed so the car was offered for sale. We bought the car and imported it from Italy in 2015. New seat belts, a little paint touch-up and new race numbers were all that was needed. It has been raced here in the US 7 race weekends with the approximate engine hours now at 11-12hrs. since the last freshening. The compression and leak down numbers are still perfect and the car runs great.
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Location: Woodinville, Washington, United States
