Nurburgring Oldtimer GP 2016

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:03 pm

This one on the other hand was racing:

This is one of the guys running the race team fielding this 904, the Coca-Cola 935, the white RSR with an arrow on its bonnet etc.

He's an ex Porsche factory rally co-driver, whjo kept us entertained for ages with stories from back in the day. I'll look up some more details on him later.

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:08 pm

This year marks 40 years of the Porsche transaxle cars. Rather than lots of shots of 924s, 944s, 928s, etc....

We thought this car best summed up Porsche's best effort in this category:

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:12 pm

Of course, it wasn't all Porsche.

There were BMWs:

Mercedes (ostrich leather, doncha know):

Yes, Mercedes, kinda..

Erm... not 100% sure what we are looking at here!

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:13 pm

Pantera:

This one won the big 70s sports car race on Saturday evening, beating all the 935s, M1s etc:

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:15 pm

There were rally cars:

Loved this R5:

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:21 pm

And of course there was racing. Of all classes.

Please excuse quality of the shots... I started on the beers around the same time we started watching the track action

What I can say though is that I was very pleasntly surprised at how good the views are here on the GP circuit for spectators. Fab place to visit.

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 1:53 pm

Cars and racing is all well and good, but it is the company that makes trips like this special.

And the most special company that Peter had for the weekend? The less said about his duck friend at the campsite, the better

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theorangeperil · Post by **theorangeperil** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 2:26 pm

Great thread James. Summed things up nicely!

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 6:17 pm

Great thread guys. Nice to 'see you' again Stephen. It's been a while.

You have three fabulous looking cars. I love them all but one has my heart..........

This is a great picture as it appears to show light yellow, signal yellow and signal orange all in the same shot.

23e Heure wrote:

Thanks for sharing such a great trip.

Regards
Mike

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 7:44 pm

Could be even better Mike: we thought these were all yellows: speed yellow, signal yellow, light yellow!

Don't be distracted by the ducktail on the speed yellow car on the left: it was a highly modded hot rod, rolling on 18inch Fuchs

Darren65 · Post by **Darren65** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 8:37 pm

Great trip and thread guys

Thanks for sharing,

majordad · Post by **majordad** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:21 pm

My summary , I'll post some photos later, for now this. It's my Cayenne Doesel which four of us used for the trip from Cork in Ireland.

See photo below

majordad · Post by **majordad** » Wed Aug 17, 2016 10:24 pm

jtparr · Post by **jtparr** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 4:29 pm

Great looking venue guys.....

defianty · Post by **defianty** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 8:31 pm

210bhp wrote:Great thread guys. Nice to 'see you' again Stephen. It's been a while.

Thanks Mike, it sure has been a while. I need to post a thread up reintroducing myself I think.

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