The Shadow recalls a time when F1 cars were all metal and all mechanical. The gear lever controls a 6-speed Hewland TL200.
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Pete Lyons
F1’s 3-liter formula that began in 1966 was hospitable to American constructors. All three U.S. domestic marques that achieved 1st place in a Grand Prix did so in that period.
The winners were Dan Gurney’s Eagle at Spa in 1967, John Watson in a Penske in Austria, 1976, and Alan Jones at the same venue the following year, when the future World Champion drove a Shadow to his first GP victory. For this carmaker, as for the other two, it would be an only win.
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