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first F3 car was entered as an EMC and was designed by Mike Keele,
it was influenced both by the karts the team had experience with and
the contemporary Brabham. It was fitted with Brabham BT21 bodywork
and went reasonably well on occasions. |
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| Roger
Keele (20) on the grid at Crystal Palace. |
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A
new car was introduced for 1969 and was quite heavily influenced
by the F2 Brabham BT23, it ran well early in the season scoring
a third at Mallory Park but difficulties within the team saw
its withdrawal part way through the season. |
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EMC was entered for at least one race in 1970, Heat 1 of the Forward Trust round at Cadwell Park on the 19th of July, but it seems the car was a no-show. Dr Ehrlich also entered noted sportscar driver Roger Enever in a Brabham-EMC BT21 in Heat 2 of the same meeting but again this would seem to be a DNA. |
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| Jody
Scheckter has the EMC sideways at Thruxton. |
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The
1971 Ehrlich was in fact the 1969 Brabham BT23 based chassis,
resurrected and equipped with a 1600cc engine, it would
have a brief season. Designated the EMC 606 Jody Scheckter did
a handful of races with best results of a heat win at Silverstone
and a 4th at Mallory Park. Scheckter deciding the grass was
greener elsewhere finished off the season with Merlyn. |
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| Bev
Bond in the Ehrlich. |
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| Bev
Bond's Ehrlich ES1. |
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| Reverting
to the Ehrlich name a new chassis was introduced for 1972, the
ES1. Unusually in the days of almost universal aluminium tubs
this was equipped with a steel monocoque. Unfortunately down
on power engines and indifferent handling meant Bev Bond had
a difficult season. |
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| Danny
Sullivan in the Ehrlich ES2 at Silverstone |
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1973 the ES2 was introduced, in appearance it was very much like the
ES1 as the pictures show and the same handling and engine problems
were evident, despite this Derek Lawrence managed a 5th and 6th
place in British Championship races. A young Danny Sullivan made his
F3 debut with a handful of races in the car. |
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| Derek
Lawrence raced the Ehrlich ES2 regularly during 1974 and once a Vegantune
engine was installed the car ran well on a number
of occasions finishing in the top 6 several times including
a third at Oulton Park in August. Of course it must be remembered
that this was the first year of the 2-litre formula and,
in the UK at least, fields were generally small without a great
deal of quality at the back. The car was sometimes shown as an ES2/3
in the results although what modifications were made is
not clear. |
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| Tony
Rouff smoking a little with his ES5. |
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chassis still using the steel monocoque was introduced for 1975
with the introduction of the ES5. A Ford-Vegantune engine was
added and Tony Rouff managed some reasonable results with a
best of 4th at Aintree and 5th at Silverstone being the highlights.
Unfortunately Dr Ehrlich was distracted by purchasing the 1972
F3 Lotus 73s which only ran in one race, perhaps more concentration
on the ES5 would have produced better results. |
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ES6, a modified version of the ES5. |
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beginning of 1975 the ES5 was used again although it was sometimes
referred to as ES5/2. Later in the season the car was updated
again to ES6 specification, and was apparently entered as ES5/6.
Results were becoming harder to achieve but Thruxton seemed
a happy hunting ground with two 5ths and a 6th shared between
the three drivers. |
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| The
best looking Ehrlich, the RP3 on its debut. |
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the best looking Ehrlich, the RP3 was designed by Graham Humphries
and built by Sabre Automotive. It reverted to a conventional
aluminium monocoque with a standard suspension design and was
powered by a Novamotor Toyota. Driver Pierre Dieudonne's best
result was a 5th place in a non-championship race at Mallory. |
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revised version of the RP3 employing a narrow nose, the RP4 was used
in 1978 with best finishes for Brett Riley
of 6th, twice at Brands and once at Mallory. |
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again the RP4 was used reverting to a full-width nose again but no
top 10 finishes were recorded. |
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| The
last Ehrlich F3, the RP4, Ian Flux at the helm. |
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last year in F3 the RP4 was fitted with a narrow nose and sidepods
from the Formula Atlantic RP5. The final race was the at F3
British GP event when Ian Flux finished 10th, the car was converted
into a Formula Atlantic RP5 and was written off in an accident
at Brands Hatch. |
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