Shadow DN4 Can Am

Hi, Just finished this super little kit from Marsh Models. It's the "74" DN4 driven by Jackie Oliver at Road Atlanta. Just added a few rivets and detailed the dash and seat.
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http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/alexp28/IMG_3666.jpg
And my next build is :
http://i382.photobucket.com/albums/oo264/alexp28/McLaren-M8E-D-LedZep2.jpg
Can you name car,driver,year and sponsor!

Looks great!

I don't know the driver, the year 1974, the car was a Mclaren M8D sponsored by Led Zepplin with art by Peter Max. Oh Yeah the model looks great.

The Shadow looks great! I was lucky enough to see these race at Road America. Last of the "true" Can-Am cars. The other is a McLaren M8D that was sponsored by Led Zepplin but I can't think who the driver was.

Mike

Love it! if only us 1/24th scale modellers had this sort of choice of builds. great stuff.

Lee

Superb! You made a wonderful job of that, can't get enough of the CanAm monsters! I assume as it's a Marsh Models kit it is 1:43rd scale? The owner of the Shadow team sounded a bit odd from what I recall reading in a recent interview with Jackie Oliver in an edition of Motorsport magazine as he would turn up to races wearing a black cape and hat for the full Shadow effect!

Great looking Shadow you showed us Alex. I hope your Kiwi will turn up that good also :smooch:

....can't get enough of the CanAm monsters!.....
You took the words right out of my mouth Viccario.

Love it! if only us 1/24th scale modellers had this sort of choice of builds. great stuff.
Lee
You are right LeeABC, that we 1/24th scale modellers don't have enough choice in these models.
I have a few 1/24 Can-Am cars in stock. But the choice is limited.

Hi Alex,

That is a very cool piece of Shadow-work there: impressive! I love the way you can see design features on some of these early-70's cars which are still familiar on modern LMP-style sports-racers. About 800bhp in period, right?

The Led Zep connection to the McLaren was news to me, though! After a bit of digging around online, it seems as though the sponsorship was through drummer John Bonham - very much the car fan of the group, I think! Looks like it spent most of 1974 running in European Interserie rounds, rather than in the 'final' year of Can-Am (which explains why I couldn't find a sinlge photo in my two Pete Lyons books...) So, two of my favourite things in one project - Zep, and sportscars!

Will be following with interest...