Mallock U2

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Mallock U2 Clubman car
Mallock U2 front
V. Davies's 1500cc Mallock U2 at the Llandow Circuit, South Wales, August 1966. Scanned print taken with a Halina 35X Super.

The Mallock U2 is a race car, originally designed, developed and built by Ray Mallock Ltd., in 1979. It was originally constructed to compete in a purpose-built front-engined sports prototype cars, called Clubman. It was versatile, as it also competed in Formula Junior, Formula Ford, and Formula Three events.[1][2] The chassis was constructed out of a steel tubular spaceframe, and it was later equipped with a De Dion rear axle, in 1972. It was very light, weighing only 948 lb (430 kg). It was powered by a number of different four-cylinder engines; including an 1,172 cc (71.5 cu in) Ford Sidevalve engine, a smaller 997 cc (60.8 cu in) Ford Kent engine, an 1,100 cc (67 cu in) BMC A-series engine, and even a 1.5–1.6 L (92–98 cu in) Ford-Cosworth SCA/Cosworth FVA engine. This drove the rear wheels through a conventional 4-speed manual transmission; first used in the Austin A30.[3][4][5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mallock U2: race car buying guide". Motor Sport Magazine. 25 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Mallock-U2 – F3History". www.f3history.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Mallock U2, 1959 [Auta5P ID:8702 EN]". auta5p.eu.
  4. ^ "1960 Mallock U2 MK2". conceptcarz.com.
  5. ^ "Mallock U2". Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Mallock U2". Retrieved 23 June 2022.