A single seater Formula 1 racing car. Called the "Wingless Wonder" the car was an attempt to soley use ground effect as down force and to do away with the drag enducing nose cone and rear wings. The car used a DFV Ford Cosworth engine and a Hewland FGA gear box and utilised light weight honeycombe aluminium and titanium for the monocoque chassis. The car however suffered problems as the nose cone tended to pitch and irregular levels of down force were created when the car lifted, which made handling difficult. Later in the season, conventional nose cone and rear wings were added to improve handling. However Reutermann refused to drive the car and Andretti had relability and handling uses, so the Type 79 was used for much of the 1979 season.