1963 MG B '7 DBL' Hardtop streamliner [ADO23]
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2011-12-08 21:30 |
1963 MGB drove by Alan Hutcherson / Paddy Hopkirk. |
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◊ 2011-12-08 21:39 |
It had 7DBL plates. This picture shows the most unpleasent moment. MG slides at the end of the Mulsanne Straight and will spend next 85 minutes (to the end of race) stuck in a sandbank. |
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◊ 2011-12-08 21:47 |
Registration 7 DBL, famous streamlined works racer #CHN3/3699, supposedly privately entered at 63 Le Mans (despite a works co-driver with factory assistance). MG were not allowed by BMC management to enter Le Mans officially as a self-imposed ban after the 1955 disaster was still company policy. This car finished 12th and won its class, although Hutcheson crashed on the 1st lap into a sandtrap (as picture?) and took an hour and a half to resume. Also http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1963/Le_Mans-1963-06-16-031.jpg . Edit - 7 DBL's career: "debut Sebring 63 (Jim Parkinson/Jack Flaherty). Loaned to Alan Hutcheson for a couple of events in '63 (Silverstone & Spa) then used at Le Mans (Hutcheson/Hopkirk) and on the Tour de France (Andrew Hedges/John Sprinzel)- it had the Le Mans droopsnoot nose on both events. It then becomes a rallycar in 1964 - used by the Morley brothers on the Monte (1st GT) and the Scottish (crashed and written off)" - from http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=115857 for works MGB/MGC details. -- Last edit: 2011-12-09 00:18:37 |
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◊ 2025-02-08 23:54 |
Successor in 64 Le Mans was B Streamliner BMO 541B |
