Your Porsche pic of the day......

[Captain Ahab Jr]

love the polished spacer saver wheels with the extra machined holes on this, a very neat idea

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[Mick Cliff]

Quote....
"Jean-Claude Rude’s world bicycle speed record attempt of 150 mph aided by a specially-modified Porsche 935 driven by Le Mans legend, Henri Pescalaro.

The attempt was to best the previous record of 127 mph (set by Jose Meiffret in 1962). Unfortunately the rear tire burst under the pressure at 105 mph and was torn from the wheel—fortunately, the Porsche was able to safely slow to a stop without incident.

A separate trailer (not shown) was used to tow Jean-Claude’s gigantic balls."

Further quote if you fancy having a go

"A photo of a strange Porsche 935 with a unique bicycle posted here set the Porschephiles at PorschePurist.com searching for an explanation. Here's their story of Jean Claude Rude and his pursuit of the world bicycle speed record. — Ed. of Jalopnik.

150 mph is fast, in any car, Porsche or not. Imagine how fast it must be on a bicycle? That was the speed Jean Claude Rude was trying to reach in his attempt to break the world bicycle speed record in 1979 (that's him in the picture above holding on to the bike).

At the time of Rude's attempt, he needed to hit 128 mph to break the previous record of 127 mph held and set by Jose Meiffret in 1962. Using a heavily modified Porsche 935, a high-speed track in Wolfsburg, Germany (possibly a VW test track?) and Henri Pescarolo as driver (legendary F1 and Le Mans racer), Rude wanted to shatter the record and thought he could hit 150 mph.

As you can see, the Porsche was modified so that Rude could slide in behind the tail of the 935 (notice the roller on the bumper in the picture above) and draft in the slip-stream that created a near perfect vacuum (that means no friction/wind resistance). Rude was well on his way to achieving his goal and breaking the record when the tire on his bike blew out at speeds north of 105 mph. Miraculously, he was able to keep control of the bike and live for a second attempt.

From there, history get's a bit hazy. There are conflicting reports about a second attempt (and even reports that Rude was killed by a train trying to set the record), but I've been unable to find any references or cite any material that can confirm this. One thing's for sure, the attempt made history and was even captured as a 1:43 die-cast by Spark.

Believe it or not, this is a fairly popular sport, known as "Motor Pacing" and the current record stands at a staggering 167 mph. 167 mph! Our '73 911 T gets squirrely at anything over 110 mph (without an S spoiler on the front bumper, it feels like the front-end is going to lift off). We can't imagine what it must feel like to be on one of these bikes."

[Johnny Graham]

I was wondering what the third wheel was next to the bike, then I realised that its his frickin chain ring!

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Doug

[Sam]

Nicked off pistonheads.

[Jasper]

[Jasper]

Simply stunning .

[left4dead]

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Simply stunning .

McQueen's 2.2S awaiting 'careful' restoration. I think I would be happy with it in its current state.


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