![]() ![]() ![]() Chuck Pelly, who designed several Scarabs for Lance Reventlow, was responsible for the body.Ġ01 was first tested by Jim Hall in an SCCA race at Riverside in mid-1961. Aluminium pannier tanks on each side of the car hold the fuel and distribute weight. The black began its life at 283 cubic inch and was bored out to 318 cubic inch by Art Oehrli of Traco Engineering to produce around 400 bhp. The sports racer has a Chevrolet OHV V8 block up front. It’ll head to auction at RM Sotheby’s’ August Monterey sale.īorn out of a meeting between Jim Hall and Scarab builders Troutman & Barnes, the Chaparral 1 is the first of the iconic and innovative Chaparral race cars. This ex-Jim Hall Chaparral 1 prototype is the first of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp’s innovative American sports race cars. Images by Darin Schnabel, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s
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