COSWORTH FORMULA ONE CAR

Designed by Robin Herd, with an offset driving position to clear the transmission, this prototype racer’s slab-sided looks came from the use of Mallite, a wood/aluminium composite that doesn’t readily form into curves. It was to be powered by a magnesium version of the DFV, and Keith Duckworth designed its four-wheel-drive transmission, though ridding it of stability issues caused by grabby diffs took some time. A planned entry at the ’69 British GP for Trevor Taylor never happened, and when Herd left to form March Engineering, the project was quietly retired.