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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:23 pm
by Mitch
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 10:48 pm
by Lightweight_911
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:32 am
by Kuroneko
^ That's great! The business-like look on his face is priceless. In a similar thrill-seeking position, this guy when he retires from construction work, wants to buy a Ferrari and drive really fast in the rain with his Ferrari buddies on the Chugoku Expressway in Japan:

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Spotted one day on the way to work... Neko.

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:05 pm
by Dingbat
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Yup thats a real Unimog.

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:10 pm
by Dingbat
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They do have a raffish charm..

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:30 pm
by alfacat
Mmmmm, if happiness is a warm Lusso, then two must be close to heaven!

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:55 pm
by Alex Postan
I miss my 124; the 132 or the Cinquecento Sporting 8)
Recycled FIATs don't have the appeal of the real thing.
I can act the chav without...

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:09 pm
by alfacat
I hate to be a pedante FIAT had no envolvment in the cars above, the 50% buy in wasn't untill 1969. :wink:

All the best

Ian F.

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 11:21 pm
by Ferry Man
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 7:25 am
by Jasper
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:28 am
by Lightweight_911
That picture of the Disco Volante is stunning Paul - never realised how much the E-Type FHC (& D-Type/XK SS before it) must have been influenced by it ...

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:56 am
by sladey
Ferry Man wrote:Image
Steroids are terrible things....

From Andy's comments this is an alfa that pre-dates the E-type then? Makes Mr Lyons efforts not so startling after all (nevertheless I feel an E-type is more beautiful)

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:41 pm
by Alex Postan
alfacat wrote:I hate to be a pedante FIAT had no envolvment in the cars above, the 50% buy in wasn't untill 1969. :wink:

All the best

Ian F.
But weren't they melting down FIATs to make Ferraris before 1969? :wink:
By the way, Ferrari is Italian for 'iron worker'. The English translation is Smith. So all them medallion men have done their money on Smith 250 GT Lusso. :(

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:44 pm
by Alex Postan
Ferry Man wrote:Image
Even Sarkozy would struggle to get in and out of that door.
The Flying Saucer (=D.V.) is as awkward as the E tye is elegant.

Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day

Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:44 pm
by Ferry Man
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