Worst looking race-car ever

Jack-the-lad · Feb 28, 2017

The CanAm was a great incubator of innovation. What a groundbreaking series, truly a golden age. I feel fortunate that I got to see a few races.

lorenzobandini · Mar 1, 2017

william said: ↑

The "photoshopped" Chaparral 2H is close to the original design, with the driver laying deep inside the bodywork. To improve the peripheral vision, Jim Hall had intended to have a small periscope too, in addition to the front windscreen and the lateral windows.

But John Surtees who was recruited to drive it ,insisted on an open cockpit; that brought the faired "headrest" and compromised the aero.

The 2H was also pioneering a clever suspension with long wishbones to reduce the roll. A completely different kinematic to conventional suspensions, and brought on by the narrow bodywork Hall has decided to reduce the frontal area.

It's a pity that Surtees and Hall didn't get on. The car was never developed and some of its solutions never truly tested. Surtees couldn't think "outside the box", and by then Jim Hall couldn't drive anymore after the horrible accident he had.
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A good 2H read (the entire site, actually)

The 2H mystery | The Chaparral Files (TCF)

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