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BILLY BEAN
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Just to complement Andy's high heels.
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Lightweight_911
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
- no, it's not a photoshop creation but the original Citroen 'Centipede' created by Michelin (powered by 2 x Chevrolet V8 engines) to test new designs of truck tyre.
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23e Heure
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
That thing is mental, Andy...
Way too much Côtes du Rhône at lunch for the Citroen R&D guys!
Meanwhile, more Lancia, Zagato style:
Way too much Côtes du Rhône at lunch for the Citroen R&D guys!
Meanwhile, more Lancia, Zagato style:
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Gary71
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Wow.Lightweight_911 wrote:
- no, it's not a photoshop creation but the original Citroen 'Centipede' created by Michelin (powered by 2 x Chevrolet V8 engines) to test new designs of truck tyre.
Why didn’t they just use a truck
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Lightweight_911
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Apparently they were concerned about the damage a high speed blow-out might do so they designed/built the 'Centipede' test vehicle.
Michelin owned Citroen at that time so they raided the parts bins.
As mentioned earlier, the vehicle was powered by 2 x 5.7 litre Chevrolet V8 engines - one to drive the rear 6 wheels & the other to drive a centrally-mounted truck wheel/tyre.
Michelin owned Citroen at that time so they raided the parts bins.
As mentioned earlier, the vehicle was powered by 2 x 5.7 litre Chevrolet V8 engines - one to drive the rear 6 wheels & the other to drive a centrally-mounted truck wheel/tyre.
Andy
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- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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Lightweight_911
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I thought this was a clever picture - 'Eau Rouge' showing the gradient:
I thought this was a clever picture - 'Eau Rouge' showing the gradient:
Andy
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“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
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911hillclimber
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I'm sure it's steeper than that!
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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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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
I'd feel a bit of a knob driving round in that.
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It looks so sad!!!
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Great looking cars and feel similar in size as a 911 on the road.23e Heure wrote:
I made a quick tentative price enquiry on this car late last year. The quoted price was 25 % lower than expected.
Lancia Fulvia Zagato 1.6HF
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decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good "..
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To me the Fulvia Coupe is perfect, the Zagato never really hit the mark. I will buy another one day ! Has to be UK RHD to get the raised lamps, a 1.3 would be just finerichkaz wrote:Great looking cars and feel similar in size as a 911 on the road.23e Heure wrote:
I made a quick tentative price enquiry on this car late last year. The quoted price was 25 % lower than expected.
Lancia Fulvia Zagato 1.6HF
https://www.thehairpincompany.co.uk/for-sale/lancia-4
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Lightweight_911
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I agree with the first part Tim - I much prefer the Coupe too.impmad2000 wrote: To me the Fulvia Coupe is perfect, the Zagato never really hit the mark.
I will buy another one day ! Has to be UK RHD to get the raised lamps, a 1.3 would be just fine
I'll probably opt for an S1 this time though ...
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Andy
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- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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Can’t beat a 1600, Omicron Rally cams, Gp4 system and a set of 45 DCOEs 
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