{"id":4275,"date":"2018-12-29T10:52:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-29T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=4275"},"modified":"2019-12-11T14:36:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T17:36:11","slug":"gebhardt-jc2-75-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/gebhardt-jc2-75-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Gebhardt JC2 843\ufeff #75 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gerbhardt_jc2843_75_01.jpg\" alt=\"JC2\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1985 Gebhardt JC2 843<\/strong><br>Pilots: I. Harrower, E. Clements, T. Dodd-Noble<br>Team: <em>ADA Engineering<\/em><br>Race: 8th GC (1st C2 class) at Le Mans in 1986<br>Spark - S4097 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-text-align-right has-small-font-size has-medium-gray-color\">Published 12\/29\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><em>Gebhardt Motorsport<\/em> was founded in 1983 by German brothers G\u00fcnter and Fritz Gebhardt. They made cars specifically for Group C Junior (later called C2), and their first model was the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gebhardt Motorsport was founded in 1983 by German brothers G\u00fcnter and Fritz Gebhardt. They made cars specifically for Group C Junior (later called C2), and their first model was the JC83. The JC83 was followed by the JC842 and in 1985 by the JC843. Initially they used a 2.0 l BMW engine, but from the JC842 onwards they switched to the venerable Ford-Cosworth DFV. For a chassis, the JC843 had an aluminum monocoque and the body had a distinctive dorsal fin. The DFV engine was a 3.0 V8 (@90\u00ba), coupled to a 6-speed Hewland gearbox. Gebhardt sold their cars to privateers, to race in the DRM and Interserie Championships and a few endurance races. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_WUpuqsdvfeM\/S8OK-HpMLeI\/AAAAAAAADOo\/WQZw49WReYw\/s640\/12-4-2010+17.4.21+3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">JC83<\/a>. The JC83 was subsequently followed by the JC842 and in 1985 by the JC843. Initially they used a 2.0 l BMW engine, but from the JC842 onward they switched to the venerable Ford-Cosworth DFV. For a chassis, the JC843 had an aluminum monocoque and the body had a distinctive dorsal fin. The DFV engine was a 3.0 V8 (@90\u00ba), coupled to a 6-speed Hewland gearbox. Gebhardt sold their cars to privateers, to race in the DRM and Interserie Championships and a few endurance races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gerbhardt_jc2843_75_02.jpg\" alt=\"JC2\"\/><figcaption>Sometimes I wonder if ground effect is sorcery&#8230;.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The British ADA Engineering company was one of these customers. In 1985 they purchased a JC843 to run the car at La Sarthe. They swapped the DFV engine with a DFL unit, basically the same Ford-Cosworth but expanded to 3.3 liters. With just one car in the race, nevertheless they managed a 16th place. Confident by the good result, in the following year they were back with the same car. Again with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The British ADA Engineering company was one of these customers. In 1985 they purchased a JC843 to run the car at La Sarthe. They swapped the DFV engine with a DFL unit, basically the same Ford-Cosworth but expanded to 3.3 liters. With just one car in the race, they managed a 16th place. Confident by the good result, in the following year they were back with the same car. Again with #75, this time however they finished in 8th place overall and first in the C2 class. \n (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7165\/6435915883_d4c47fd69a_b.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">#75<\/a>, this time however they finished in 8th place overall and first in the C2 class. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/a-h\/gerbhardt_jc2843_75_03.jpg\" alt=\"JC2\"\/><figcaption>A dorsal fin long before 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What enticed me about the JC2 is\u00a0 really the looks. That does NOT look like something from the big manufacturers. It looks like something drawn up in a garage. In other words, quirky cool. So, we have a quirky car that was a class winner? Oh yes, me likes! Spark, as usual, did a fantastic job on the model, and it looks absolutely great. The model is one of those quirky cars, like WM&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"P79\/80 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wm-p79-80-4-bizarre\/\" target=\"_blank\">P79\/80<\/a>, that will probably only appeal to the Le Mans nut. Though quirky, the JC2 is a (very) nice one nonetheless. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1985 Gebhardt JC2 843Pilots: I. Harrower, E. Clements, T. Dodd-NobleTeam: ADA EngineeringRace: 8th GC (1st C2 class) at Le Mans in 1986Spark &#8211; S4097 (resin) Published 12\/29\/18 Gebhardt Motorsport was founded in 1983 by German brothers G\u00fcnter and Fritz Gebhardt. They made cars specifically for Group C Junior (later called C2), and their first model &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/gebhardt-jc2-75-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Gebhardt JC2 843\ufeff #75 &#8211; Spark&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4275","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4275"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8429,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4275\/revisions\/8429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}