# March 793 (F3)

- Source: https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-793/
- Publisher: Racing Car Network (racingcarnetwork.com), the race car marketplace
- Type: car · Brand: March
- Discipline: formula, historic-racing
- Series: f3
- Era: 1970s
- Last updated: 2026-07-06
- For sale on RCN: https://racingcarnetwork.com/for-sale/march-793/ (0 live listings right now)

The 793 is the F3 catalogue's closing form: March's 1979 junior against the Ralt tide — the last chapter of the marque's ladder-volume decade before the junior-market surrender.

## Specifications

| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Engine | 2.0 F3-era units |
| Power | ~175 hp |
| Context | Ralt-conquest years |
| House | March (closing junior page) |
| Ledger | 1979 F3 campaigns |
| Diligence | Register law + era originality |
| Years | 1979 |
| Class | Historic F3 closing form |

## History

March's F3 decade closed with the 793 (1979): the catalogue's late form — the Ralt conquest's context (the RT3-era rival completing its junior-market takeover — the commercial war the March line was losing), the ground-effect-era F3 grammar (the venturi generation's junior interpretation the class's late-seventies wave), and the volume-line economics straining (the marque's resources concentrating on the F2-and-Indycar businesses as the F3 share fell) — racing the transition: the 1979 British-and-European seasons' campaigns (the customer careers against the Ralt grids), the national-championship lives the fleet ran, and the line's wind-down (the eighties' March F3 retreat leaving the junior market to the conqueror) that made the type the catalogue's closing junior page.

The surrender economics frame the type: the market-war verdict (the Ralt takeover the commercial history's lesson), the resource-concentration logic (the marque's winning businesses drawing the investment), and the closing-page scholarship the small late runs keep.

The closing-form identity structures the market: the register documentation per the run, the era-spec truths (the venturi-junior hardware per car), and the last-chapter charm (the March-catalogue completists' closing-page angle).

The present is historic-F3 custody: register law, aero-era originality, and the surrendered-market story throughout.

## Palmarès

The 1979 F3 campaigns against the Ralt tide — the closing chapter's honours as the marque's junior decade wound down.

## What to check before you buy

Closing-page law: register scholarship first (the 793 run's identities and period campaigns — the late-line population's documentation), aero-era originality per the venturi-junior hardware, era-engine economics per the two-litre window, and market-history realism (the Ralt-conquest context pricing the type on catalogue charm rather than period dominance — the closing-page angle the completists' tier). Historic-F3 eligibility structures the racing life; the surrendered-market story is the colour — the volume decade's last junior page trading at accessible-classic stakes.

## Did you know

- The tide had turned: Ralt's RT3 era completing the junior-market conquest.
- The resources went elsewhere: F2 crowns and Indycar wins drawing the marque's investment.
- The page closed a decade: the 793 ending the ladder-volume era the 703 opened.

## Related entries

- March 783 (F3) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-783/
- March 743 (F3) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/march-743/
- Ralt RT1 (F3/F2/Atlantic) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/ralt-rt1/
- Ralt RT3 (Formula 3) — https://racingcarnetwork.com/wiki/ralt-rt3/