my non-Porsche picture of the day

[Mike]

[left4dead]

^^ 250LM?

[Mike]

yep, it's a beautiful rep.

[Lightweight_911]

Thinking exactly the same, what a great looking car.
Were they as good in action (ie race results) as they are to look at?

The earlier (aluminium-bodied) version - retrospectively often referred to as the TZ1 - was very successful in events such as Sebring 12hrs, Targa Florio, Le Mans, Nurburgring 1000km, etc but mainly class victories rather than outright wins.

The car pictured earlier is a (grp-bodied) TZ2 which didn't really get the development it deserved - it only lasted 2 yrs as Alfa were concentrating their efforts on the GTA & the quad-cam Tipo 33.

Andy, how do you keep the alloy that clean and free of surface corrosion/ marks?
I can't get my Lola's alloy tub clean as that and it's not a road car.

That's an old picture - it's not as shiny as that now ! ...


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[rvzz]

[Goodwood]

the TZ1 has to be my personal favourite

[smallspeed]

whats with the big flap, is that purely cooling? seems like it would create a lot of drag..

[911hillclimber]

Ref the fab Skoda silhouette above.
My Lola was a refugee from the Wendy Wools series which had hand-fulls of these great race cars based on redundant racing tubs and chassis.
Great period of motorsport in the UK.

[964RS]

I just wanna be like Jason....



Looking at some race cars at silverstone auctions today. To say they were rough is an understatement....

[rvzz]

[Mike]

[Lightweight_911]

Ah - funnily enough I nearly posted that shot last night ...

[911hillclimber]

[911hillclimber]

[Cobra]

[quote="911hillclimber"]Ref the fab Skoda silhouette above]

That's a VW Fastback powered by a DFV engine - maybe DFVW on the Sun strip should have been a clue.....

Driver was Colin Hawker who previously had the DFV in a Capri