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The cockpit panel from P.Burt's 1970 Elvington record-breaking ex-Scragg McLaren-Chevrolet M12,

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Lot 231◊◊◊

The cockpit panel from P.Burt's 1970 Elvington record-breaking ex-Scragg McLaren-Chevrolet M12,

The cockpit panel from P.Burt's 1970 Elvington record-breaking ex-Scragg McLaren-Chevrolet M12,

aluminium with Perspex screen, painted in white with Chandy sponsors logo, this one off cockpit panel was made to be more aerodynamic to assist in breaking the 'flying start 500 metres' speed record on 4th October 1970 at Elvington airfield, offered together with a copy of the certificate from the Royal Automobile Club, acknowledging the record, 139cm long.

Footnotes

"With taped-up air intakes and all-enveloping cockpit cover, leaving just a slot for the driver's head, Tony Harrison's ex-Scragg McLaren M12 provided Miss Burt's weapon, but by Saturday lunchtime there were long faces round the white car. A preliminary run indicated clutch trouble; a strip-down indicated an incorrect component and after a new clutch was flown in to the Leeds/Bradford airport, and fitted in time for Sunday's runs, Patsy at least had the consolation of a new national 500 metres flying start class B record at 154.91 mph." (Associated Newspapers 1970)

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