Time’s winged chariot

This month’s new project features the lovely Reynard SF79 of Paul Allen, a regular visitor to the podium in the UK’s Historic FF2000 race series. For younger readers who might need an introduction to these cars, the Formula Ford 2000 category was introduced in the mid-1970s to bridge the large gap between Formula Ford 1600 and F3. Powered by the Ford 2-litre Pinto engine and running on slick tyres the regulations also permitted downforce-generating devices. The category continued as a national series until the late 1980s when it was supplanted by Formula Vauxhall. Nowadays various popular historic FF2000