Titanium Ti 22 Chevrolet V8 [Mk II]

Titanium Ti 22 [Mk II] in Stacey, Movie, 1973

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s13a ◊ 2020-04-29 19:14	#65 Titanium Ti 22, chassis #Mk II, driven by Nick Dioguardi (no photo) https://www.racingsportscars.com/suffix/archive/Titanium/Ti%2022/Mk%20II.html Not much info about Titanium racing cars, but the link about Titanium on Nick Dioguardi's wiki page redirects to Shadow Racing Cars. I presume it's essentially a Shadow racing car which was modified by one of the teams to race at Can-Am, but for some reason it's listed as Titanium, not as Shadow.
dsl ◊ 2020-04-29 20:36	Dragging up very dusty memories from when I was a young nipper and my dad worked for an offshoot of Rootes as a metallurgical die-casting engineer, there was a lot of effort to investigate "new" metals and their usefulness (or otherwise) in car production. I think there was the Titanium Corporation (TiCo??) (or similar name) in US, who may have wanted a showpiece project to demonstrate titanium's attractions (strength and lightness) by going racing. So - jumping a few stepping-stones because I'm guessing rather than stating known fact - they sponsored Shadow's Can Am team for this season (or even commissioned Shadow to build their intended racer??). And part of the deal was complete renaming?? Completely different example, but showing the same philosophy by US metal flagship organisations - the solitary Lamborghini Miura Roadster - a 1968 Bertone showcar in a gorgeous delicate pale blue was bought by the US-based International Lead Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO) who commissioned Bertone to transform it into a showpiece demonstrator with almost every bit of suitable trim inside and out remade in zinc alloy. It was repainted in a deep olive green metallic and renamed the ZN-75 Roadster. Was later restored to original 1968 blue spec, as it survives today. http://www.lambomiura.com/info/Roadster/roadster.htm , http://www.lambocars.com/miura/miura_roadster_or_zn75.html (cheap Italian partwork model)
s13a ◊ 2020-04-30 15:19	^ I think you might be right about Titanium Corporation and its idea to show the advantages of their product through car racing Quote Convinced that you could not win with a customer car and without any prospects with another Can-Am team Bryant began to think of building his own car but where would he find the required funding? Through driver Skip Scott Bryant was introduced to Ernie Kanzler who owned a marine firm called Autocoast, Kanzler was, says Bryant, “a man on the move. I liked him instantly”. At the same time the Titanium Corporation was anxious to showcase its product, and Bryant who had never designed a whole car wanted to used thier lightweight metal for his car's body. From here (although the race car shown in the link below looks slightly different from the subject race car in the main picture and it's referred to as Autocoast Ti22, which did race at Can-Am between 1969-70 - possibly they were called like that before they changed their name to 'Titanium' ?): http://www.grandprixhistory.org/ti22.htm -- Last edit: 2020-04-30 15:21:32

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s13a

◊ 2020-04-29 19:14

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#65 Titanium Ti 22, chassis #Mk II, driven by Nick Dioguardi (no photo)
https://www.racingsportscars.com/suffix/archive/Titanium/Ti%2022/Mk%20II.html

Not much info about Titanium racing cars, but the link about Titanium on Nick Dioguardi's wiki page redirects to Shadow Racing Cars. I presume it's essentially a Shadow racing car which was modified by one of the teams to race at Can-Am, but for some reason it's listed as Titanium, not as Shadow.

dsl

◊ 2020-04-29 20:36

Dragging up very dusty memories from when I was a young nipper and my dad worked for an offshoot of Rootes as a metallurgical die-casting engineer, there was a lot of effort to investigate "new" metals and their usefulness (or otherwise) in car production. I think there was the Titanium Corporation (TiCo??) (or similar name) in US, who may have wanted a showpiece project to demonstrate titanium's attractions (strength and lightness) by going racing. So - jumping a few stepping-stones because I'm guessing rather than stating known fact - they sponsored Shadow's Can Am team for this season (or even commissioned Shadow to build their intended racer??). And part of the deal was complete renaming??

Completely different example, but showing the same philosophy by US metal flagship organisations - the solitary Lamborghini Miura Roadster - a 1968 Bertone showcar in a gorgeous delicate pale blue was bought by the US-based International Lead Zinc Research Organization (ILZRO) who commissioned Bertone to transform it into a showpiece demonstrator with almost every bit of suitable trim inside and out remade in zinc alloy. It was repainted in a deep olive green metallic and renamed the ZN-75 Roadster. Was later restored to original 1968 blue spec, as it survives today. http://www.lambomiura.com/info/Roadster/roadster.htm , http://www.lambocars.com/miura/miura_roadster_or_zn75.html

(cheap Italian partwork model)

s13a

◊ 2020-04-30 15:19

^ I think you might be right about Titanium Corporation and its idea to show the advantages of their product through car racing

Quote Convinced that you could not win with a customer car and without any prospects with another Can-Am team Bryant began to think of building his own car but where would he find the required funding? Through driver Skip Scott Bryant was introduced to Ernie Kanzler who owned a marine firm called Autocoast, Kanzler was, says Bryant, “a man on the move. I liked him instantly”. At the same time the Titanium Corporation was anxious to showcase its product, and Bryant who had never designed a whole car wanted to used thier lightweight metal for his car's body.

From here (although the race car shown in the link below looks slightly different from the subject race car in the main picture and it's referred to as Autocoast Ti22, which did race at Can-Am between 1969-70 - possibly they were called like that before they changed their name to 'Titanium' ?):
http://www.grandprixhistory.org/ti22.htm

-- Last edit: 2020-04-30 15:21:32

Titanium Ti 22 Chevrolet V8 [Mk II]

Titanium Ti 22 [Mk II] in Stacey, Movie, 1973

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