my non-Porsche picture of the day
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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^ 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:
Spotted one day on the way to work... Neko.
Spotted one day on the way to work... Neko.
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Yup thats a real Unimog.
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They do have a raffish charm..
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Mmmmm, if happiness is a warm Lusso, then two must be close to heaven!
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I miss my 124; the 132 or the Cinquecento Sporting
Recycled FIATs don't have the appeal of the real thing.
I can act the chav without...
Recycled FIATs don't have the appeal of the real thing.
I can act the chav without...
If you haven't got 2nd gear by the time the lights go green, then you've made a bad start.
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I hate to be a pedante FIAT had no envolvment in the cars above, the 50% buy in wasn't untill 1969.
All the best
Ian F.
All the best
Ian F.
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72 2.4 T in Sepia (Charlie)
60s, 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s Alfas
Caterhams (one fast & one very Fast!)
and a few old Lotus.
Still with us
997 C2S (Alice) & M&W 550 Spyder (Lil Caesar)
Gone but not forgotten
72 2.4 T in Sepia (Charlie)
60s, 70s, 80s, 90s & 00s Alfas
Caterhams (one fast & one very Fast!)
and a few old Lotus.
Still with us
997 C2S (Alice) & M&W 550 Spyder (Lil Caesar)
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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 ...
Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
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“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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Steroids are terrible things....Ferry Man wrote:
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)
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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But weren't they melting down FIATs to make Ferraris before 1969?alfacat wrote:I hate to be a pedante FIAT had no envolvment in the cars above, the 50% buy in wasn't untill 1969.
All the best
Ian F.
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.
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Even Sarkozy would struggle to get in and out of that door.Ferry Man wrote:
The Flying Saucer (=D.V.) is as awkward as the E tye is elegant.
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Paul
'74 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 (MFI) - Lime Green
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'74 Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 (MFI) - Lime Green
'94 Porsche 911 Carrera 2 (993) - Mexico Blue