Tuesday, March 13, 2007

60's

DAY FIFTY-EIGHT

countdown to Melbourne


Jackie Stewart BRM,acrylic on canvas 12x24" sold



Things looked completely different in the sixties,

The engine restricted and in the back, the driver lying down resulted in much lower,smaller cars.
Cigar shaped in the colors of commercial sponsorship instead of the national colors.
Wings for downforce were sprouting.
Graham Hill,Lotus acrylic on A3 paper sold

Stretched monocoques instead of the complicated tube frames,the introduction of the ford DFV towards the end ,made it easier for small constructors to set up shop.

Jim Clarck,Lotus,oil on panel 16x24"