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Mike wrote:The D-type reminded of this pic I did a few years ago........
Check this out..
Then reflect on the fact that this is actually a scratchbuilt model!!!
It is 1/5 scale so it is big but the workmanship is amazing. It is on display at Hendon
If you havent visited before, have a look at the website and i can thoroughly recommend the book! David's workmanship and attention to detail is beyond belief.
i was particularly thinking of you when i posted it! Your Jag thread gets ever more amazing with your attention to detail like the stickers on the shockers!
1972 911S
1944 VW Schwimmwagen (originally a Porsche typ128, eventually VW166)
A bunch of other crap (according to my wife)
Yes, it's just come back from the garagiste with a clean bill of health (new ball-joints, brake hoses, tyres, wheels blasted and painted...) and is ready for collection. However, I now can't get across there until second week of April at earliest due to work schedules. Can't wait!
- & its precursor - his 5 litre Oldsmobile V8-engined DAF :
- the 'Special Saloons' & then the 'Super Saloons' of the early/mid '70's were the most entertaining racing series - & some of the best drivers - there's ever been in the UK ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights; - subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
Was offered the body mounds to borrow to remake the long lost Ghia Kevlar unit.
One piece, it would have been too long to fit my garage!
I have found and spoken all 13 owners of this car except 2 who are dead.
A special car and a special history.
73T 911 Coupe, road/hillclimber 3.2L
Lola t 492 / 3.2 hillclimb racer
Boxster 987 Gen II 2.9
