1979 Crosslé 35F

Chassis #7917. Built in 1979 by the Crosslé Car Company of Northern Ireland, one of the great names in Formula Ford.

The silver number 3 Crosslé 35F parked head-on under a paddock tent in morning light

The car

A 47-year-old Formula Ford that still gets raced hard every race weekend.

Chassis: Crosslé 35F, #7917
Year: 1979
Engine: Ford Kent 1600, built by Ivey Engines
Class: Club Ford, Emerald Cup
Livery: Silver and black with red pinstripes
Current build: Woodstock Motorsports
Prepared by: Tracy Dye

Under the skin

Bodywork off in the paddock: the tube-frame chassis, the Ford Kent engine, and the rear suspension.

The car with its bodywork removed, showing the tube-frame chassis, engine, exhaust, and rear suspension

The Woodstock Motorsports build

Jess Heitman and Woodstock Motorsports built the car you see today. Jess was well loved in the paddock, and people still stop at the car when they see the Woodstock logo. The company is gone now, but the Woodstock decals stay on this car.

Before it was silver

Long before it was mine, #7917 raced as #25 in a couple of different liveries. A few photos from its earlier life:

The car in white as number 25, with ICSCC and SCCA club racing decals — As #25 in white, wearing ICSCC and SCCA club racing decals.

The car in red, black, and white as number 25, front view — In red, black, and white, still #25.

The car in red, black, and white, rear view — The red, black, and white livery from the back.

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