Weismann Lockers in CAN AM

 

Bruce McLaren who had driven a Weismann Locker in his winning Ford at Le Mans  had one installed in each of the beautiful orange cars he built for himself and Denny Hulme for the new Can-Am serie

They won every race in 1967!

Bruce and Denny won all but 2 races in 1968!

 

 

Bruce and Denny show won every race in 1969!

and it didn't stop there.

 

You might recognize a name or two and their cars equiped with Weismann Lockers!

 

Mario Andretti
(Chris Weismann's Godfather)

Riverside 1969

Riverside 1973

Commander Motor Homes' car also had a "Fits all ends all" Weismann 4 Speed Transaxle.
Mario Andretti under contract with Firestone could not drive the Goodyear M20, so John Cannon did.

 

Lothar Mochenbacher
(Pat Weismann's Godfather)

 

Riverside 1971

 

John Surtees
who came to race in a Lola built by his then-partner Eric Broadley, was quick to notice Michele & Peter in the Mclaren pits. He adopted the locker which was worth 3/4 of a second a lap , and won the first Can Am Championship at Las Vegas in 1966.

1966

1968

Riverside 1969

 

Dan Gurney

Riverside 1969

 

Jim Hall

Riverside 1968

 

Denny Hulme

The locker fitted Denny's driving style , and when he retired in New Zealand and was racing trucks, we were delighted to send him one to run.

Riverside 1968

 

Riverside 1969

 

Riverside 1971

 

Riverside 1972

 

Mark Donahue

Riverside 1968

Riverside 1972

Riverside 1973

 

Peter Revson

Stingy Teddy Meyer, who was the financial chief at McLaren, refused to spend $1000 to give Revson a locker in F1. So Peter would "borrow" his Can-Am diff , take it to a F.1 race in his luggage, and bring it back for the next Can-Am , once in a while taking it to Peter Weismann for a quick check-up.

Riverside 1971

Riverside 1972

 

 

David Hobbs

Riverside 1971

Riverside 1973

 

Bobby Allison

Riverside 1972

Bobby Brown

Riverside 1969

 

Jerry Titus

Riverside 1968

 

Hurley Haywood

Riverside 1973

 

George Follmer

Riverside 1973

 

 

Chuck Parsons

Riverside 1968

 

Riverside 1969

 

Skip Scott

Riverside 1968

 

Brian Redman

Riverside 1973

 

Bruce Mclaren

Riverside 1968

McLaren cresting into turn 7, 1969

 

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