Jackie Stewart's 1973
World Championship winning car' with the man himself aboard - you can
tell by the stripe of tartan round his helmet
From the back of the box: "In 1973
Jackie Stewart won the World Championship driving a Tyrrell-Ford and
brought his personal total of Grand Prix wins to an all-time record of
27. Fifteen of those GP victories were scored driving a Tyrrell-Ford
designed by Derek Gardner and built by the Tyrrell Racing Organization
in their workshops at Ockham in Surrey. The modern Grand Prix Tyrrell
reflects the ultimate in performance engineering. Every part of the car
is designed for speed within regulations governing minimum weight and
safety. It is essentially half a car. The 460 horsepower Ford-Cosworth
V8 engine is stressed and is actually the back half of the Tyrrell with
the rear suspension and the 5-speed Hewland gearbox mounted to it. The
driver reclines in a leather-lined cockpit tailored more. carefully than
a Saville Row suit to guarantee a minimum of fatigue through discomfort
in a 200-mile (322 km) race. The chassis of the car is an aluminium
monocoque tub built around the driver and containing special safety fuel
cells that hold a total of 38½ gallons (175 litres). The disc brakes are
mounted inboard front and rear to gain the advantage of reduced unsprung
weight. The Tyrrell-Ford was a record-breaker from its first appearance
late in 1970 and during its first full season as a ‘front-line’ car for
Elf Team Tyrrell in 1971, Jackie Stewart won 6 GP’s to take the World
Championship. An impressive debut for Ken Tyrrell’s brand new racing
car! In fact, Stewart went on to win a staggering total of 8 GP’s
driving the same Tyrrell-Ford, a record in Formula 1 racing. In 1972 he
won 4 GP’s to finish second in the World Championship, and in 1973 he
won 3 GP’s to win the World Championship for the third time before
announcing his retirement from racing. Designs of modern racing cars
change continuously, to varying degrees, in fact cars are seldom
identical in consecutive Grand Prix. Our Tyrrell is that raced by Jackie
Stewart at the end of his astonishing career."
Corgi made this car from 1974 to 1978, it is
always blue with ELF sponsorship and RN1. No variations are listed. |
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