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Even though by the early 1960s ISO had established a strong reputation in lightweight motorcycles and motorscooters, becoming the third-largest producer of these vehicles in Italy, the sports car market was new territory for the company. In order to make a name for itself in that realm and create something exciting to catch the imagination of the people, it was decided to enter into the sports car competition world. The company already had racing experience with motorcycles in the Moto Giro d'Italia, the Scudo del Sud and the Milano-Taranto races.

In the early 1970s Piero Rivolta joined forces with Frank Williams and Marlboro to put together a Formula One racing team called ISO-Marlboro. Despite a limited budget, especially for the drivers, the team completed two full seasons on the Formula One circuit with good results. Subsequently, when Piero sold the company, Frank Williams found a partner in Kuwait and enjoyed a series of great successes with these cars.

The Formula One vehicles were using Ford engines, so during this period ISO Rivolta changed the engine in all their production cars from GM to Ford, thereby strengthening its relations with Ford and also demonstrating consistency among the racing and Gran Turismo cars.
GM and Ford engines—two excellent American hearts for these vehicles.

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fx3b

The Iso-Marlboro FX3B was a Formula One car used by Frank Williams Racing Cars for the start of the 1973 Formula One Season. The car was a modified version of its predecessor the Politoys FX3 used by the team in 1972.

It was renamed to reflect new financial backing by Marlboro and the Italian sports car company Iso Autoveicoli. It was swiftly replaced by the Iso-Marlboro IR after only three races due to regulation changes.

The FX3B had become obsolete by this time due to new deformable structure regulations and was replaced by the new Iso–Marlboro IR. However, the FX3B was raced in two non-Championship races at this time; at the 1973 Race of Champions, Tony Trimmer raced an FX3B to fourth place while Ganley retired his car with handling problems. The New Zealander also retired at the FX3B's last race, the 1973 BRDC International Trophy, this time with low oil pressure.