This car was part of the Donington Collection for 26 years and this is a photograph I took when I visited the museum in May 1989.
It's the 1975 Shadow DN7 Matra, a car that was designed by Tony Southgate to replace the Ford Cosworth-engined DN5 but only competed in two races, the Grands Prix of Austria and Italy, failing to finish in both races. On both occasions the car was driven by Jean-Pierre Jarier and retired with fuel injection problems in the Matra engine which was a 48 valve 2,993cc double overhead camshaft V12 unit. As Matra had contracted to supply engines to the Ligier team in 1976 it was decided not to proceed with development of the Matra-engined car and Shadow reverted to the DN5 for the last race of the 1975 season and the start of the 1976 season until the new Ford Cosworth-engined DN8 was available.
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