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Tyrrell P34/2 Brazil GP 1977 R. Peterson
Retail Price:
USD1,500.00
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USD620.00
Price:
USD880.00
Order number
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TMK280SD(RP)
Price
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US$/HK$
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Currently
Model Brand
:
TAMEO
Scale
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1/43
Builder
:
Kane & Co.
Description
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Tyrrell Ford P34/2 Brazilian GP 1977 #3 (R. Peterson)
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Super Detailed Full white metal model with opened panels and detailing. This range represents the highest quality of our models; they are built with the aim of offering the best possible reproduction of the real racing cars. All super detailed models are not built straight from the box. The models are built with over 600 different components with additional wirings & hoses and using different technique to assembled. We built these kind of models with passion. For example some parts are welded together to enhance the rigidity. These are the models that can be displayed with the opened parts and allowed you to see the cockpit as well as the engine which precisely reproduced. Body is mounted on high quality acrylic display case with description on the base.
Story
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The Tyrrell P34 (Project 34), otherwise known as the 'six-wheeler,' was a Formula One race car designed by Derek Gardner, Tyrrell's chief designer, as a response to new regulations due to come into force in 1976. The car used specially manufactured 10-inch diameter wheels and tyres at the front with two ordinary sized wheels at the back. The idea of the smaller front tyres was to increase air penetration and have a smaller 'frontal area' which would reduce drag.
However, smaller diameter tyres would have resulted in a loss of contact area between the rubber and the tarmac surface of the track and hence poorer mechanical grip for cornering. To remedy this, the P34 was given four 10-inch front wheels. Thanks to a complex suspension design, all four front wheels could be steered.
For 1977, Scheckter was replaced by the Swede Ronnie Peterson, and the P34 was redesigned around cleaner aerodynamics. The P34B was wider and heavier than before, and, although Peterson was able to string some promising results from the P34B, as was Depailler, it was clear the car was not as good as before, mostly due to the tire manufacturer's failure to properly develop the small front tires. The added weight of the front suspension system is also cited as a reason for ending the project. Thus, the P34 was abandoned for 1978, and a truly remarkable chapter in F1 history was over.
When unveiled, the cover was peeled away from the back forward and the collective gasps from the world's press said it all. Along with the Brabham BT46B "Fancar" developed in 1978, the six-wheeled Tyrrell was one of the two most radical entries ever to succeed in F1 competition, and has specifically been called the most recognizable design in the history of world motorsports
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