27.02.2009
Someone at Ford must have had a helluva sense of humour to sign these monsters off. Meet the white vans from hell…
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12 Comments
Richard
February 28, 2009I can’t believe no one has commented on this yet! It’s got to be worth 5 mins of your life just to see Supervan 1 three-wheeling its way through the Thruxton chicane. Such a shame the van has disappeared. Perhaps someone will build a recreation. Imagine it running the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed!
A bit of motor racing trivia here, but its driver in the video is Chris Craft, the guy who went on to build the Rocket with Gordon Murray.
Richard
February 28, 2009I can’t believe no one has commented on this yet! It’s got to be worth 5 mins of your life just to see Supervan 1 three-wheeling its way through the Thruxton chicane. Such a shame the van has disappeared. Perhaps someone will build a recreation. Imagine it running the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed!
A bit of motor racing trivia here, but its driver in the video is Chris Craft, the guy who went on to build the Rocket with Gordon Murray.
Scotty
February 28, 2009Looked like a giggle in the wet, but surely 0-60 in 7 seconds is a bit pedestrian for 435bhp??
Supervan II tickled my fancy nicely though, oh lordy what a noise.
Scotty
February 28, 2009Looked like a giggle in the wet, but surely 0-60 in 7 seconds is a bit pedestrian for 435bhp??
Supervan II tickled my fancy nicely though, oh lordy what a noise.
chris harris
February 28, 2009I spent an engaging few hours with Mr Craft last year. Never knew he drove this thing: I’ll get some quotes from him about it asap. It has the roll stiffness of a rotten banana
chris harris
February 28, 2009I spent an engaging few hours with Mr Craft last year. Never knew he drove this thing: I’ll get some quotes from him about it asap. It has the roll stiffness of a rotten banana
Richard
February 28, 2009I spoke to CC last year after I’d driven Supervan 3 (which is Supervan 2 fitted with a supercharged Prosport 3000 motor in place of the proper Group C race motor). Somewhat disappointingly he didn’t recall a great deal. Perhaps racing in the Seventies is a bit like living through the Sixties: if you can remember it you weren’t really there. Or trying hard enough
Richard
February 28, 2009I spoke to CC last year after I’d driven Supervan 3 (which is Supervan 2 fitted with a supercharged Prosport 3000 motor in place of the proper Group C race motor). Somewhat disappointingly he didn’t recall a great deal. Perhaps racing in the Seventies is a bit like living through the Sixties: if you can remember it you weren’t really there. Or trying hard enough
Mark34Bn
February 28, 2009Great stuff – Love the cheesy 70′s music in the chase sequence!
Mark34Bn
February 28, 2009Great stuff – Love the cheesy 70′s music in the chase sequence!
DriversRepublic (The DR Team)
March 27, 2009Posted on DR: Ford Supervans http://bit.ly/ff7X6
DriversRepublic (The DR Team)
March 27, 2009Posted on DR: Ford Supervans http://bit.ly/ff7X6