Chaparral Chassis Numbers

Chaparral 1 chassis numbers:

Chassis Engine Year Group First owner Next owners (year) Comment
1-001 Chevrolet 283 1961   Chaparral/Jim Hall    
1-002 Chevrolet 283 1962   Harry Heuer of
the Meister Brauser Team. car was driven by Augie Pabst. 		   
1-003 Chevrolet 283 1962        
1-004 Chevrolet 283 1963        
1-005 Chevrolet 283 1963        

Note: All five Chaparrals 1 still exists (1998) but non is owned by Jim Hall.

Chaparral 2 chassis numbers:

Chassis Engine Year Group First owner Next owners (year) Comment
2A-001 Chevrolet 318 1963        
2A-002 Chevrolet 318 1963        
2A-003 Chevrolet 318 1963        
2A-004 Chevrolet 318 1963       Chassis never used.
2C-001 Chevrolet 327 1965   Chaparral/Jim Hall    

Chaparral 2 chassis numbers built from 2A and 2C:

Chassis Engine Year Group First owner Comment
2D-001 Chevrolet 327 1966   Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2A-001. Still (1998) exists as 2D.
2D-002 Chevrolet 327 1966   Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2A-002.
2E-001 Chevrolet 327 1966   Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2C-001.
2E-002 Chevrolet 327 1966   Chaparral/Jim Hall Completely new chassis. Destroyed by an accident in 1966.
2F-001 Chevrolet 427 1967   Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2D-002. Later rebuilt back to 2A
2F-002 Chevrolet 427 1967   Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2A-003. Still (1998) exist as 2F.
2G-001 Chevrolet 427 1968 B7 Chaparral/Jim Hall Built from 2E-001. Destroyed by Hall's accident at Nevada in 1968. Some part used to reconstruct 2E for Hall's museum. Now (1998) exists still as 2E. Type 2G was never reconstructed because of Hall's personal reasons.

Last sportscar Chaparrals built:

Chassis Engine Year Group First owner Comment
2H-001 Chevrolet 430 1969 B7 Chaparral/Jim Hall Today (1998) recontructed like original 2H. Later engine Chevrolet 465.
2J-001 Chevrolet 465 1970 B7 Chaparral/Jim Hall Today (1998) recontructed like original 2J.

Note: Evolutions from 2A:
2A-001 => 2D-001
2A-002 => 2D-002 => 2F-001 (later back to 2A)
2A-003 => 2F-002
2A-004 => never used

Note: Evolutions from 2C:
2C-001 => 2E-001 => 2G-001 (after accident back to 2E)
2E-002 => was built new without using some older parts