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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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rare bird: Hawke DL11 race car
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 09, 2010 01:34AM

New to the British Race Car website... I think this Hawke DL11 (Formula Ford, circa 1973) is especially interesting because it includes so many custom steel fabrications in places where other car constructors would have used purchased components. For example, check out the home-made Heim joint (sort of) that supports the steering column at the dashboard and also the hub carriers (both front and rear).

Read all about it here: Gord Leach's 1974 Hawke DL11 Formula Ford Racecar

http://www.britishracecar.com/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11-A.jpg http://www.britishracecar.com/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11-B.jpg

http://www.britishracecar.com/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11-C.jpg http://www.britishracecar.com/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11/GordLeach-Hawke-DL11-D.jpg


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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10/23/2007 09:23AM

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'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: rare bird: Hawke DL11 race car
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: November 09, 2010 01:57PM

Curtis, you've outdone yourself with this one. A great photo article. Really well detailed photos and captions. Great job.


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Phillip Leonard
Kansas City
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Re: rare bird: Hawke DL11 race car
Posted by: Phillip G
Date: November 09, 2010 08:24PM

Curtis,

So very nostalgic

These cars were the cream of SCCA racing in the '70's.

Every Production racer looked up to these guys !

keep them on the track,

phillip g
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Art Gertz
Winchester, CA.
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74' Jensen Healy, 79 Huff. GT 1, 74 MGB Lotus 907,2L

Re: rare bird: Hawke DL11 race car
Posted by: roverman
Date: November 10, 2010 06:49PM

Oh yes, Formula Ford, RIR., CA., circa 1983, I was in my first few minutes(ever), of track time, SCCA driver school,(Huff GT 1 Triumph). This FF car was on my butt, like a bad smell ! Being the barefoot pilgrim of the bunch, I managed to get in, way over my head. I somehow managed 5 laps before disaster struck. Don't talk to me about Formula Fords ! Cheers, roverman.


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: rare bird: Hawke DL11 race car
Posted by: Moderator
Date: November 12, 2010 06:57PM

You gentlemen are too kind. (Thank you!)

Gord's Hawke was an especially fun car to photograph and to write about, plus Gord (and his buddies Gary and Mike) were plying me with some wonderful microbrew from Regina Saskatchewan.

I especially like Formula Ford because I imagine that I could possibly build one myself one day. New racecar companies seem to come along every couple years, and typically they bring a new idea or two with them and the rest of the class has to scramble a bit. In that sense, the formula has been very successful. As an inexpensive class for drivers to start in... it used to be that, but not so much anymore.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/13/2010 10:25AM by Moderator.


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