At Goodwood on Sunday, utterly gorgeousgridgway wrote:Spied at Silverstone...
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my non-Porsche picture of the day
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rhd racer
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'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
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'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
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I never knew (or had long forgotten) that this car existed - Ferrari 350 Can Am.
Ferrari converted 2 x P4's to Spiders (including lightening them by ~90kg) in order to contest the Can Am series.
Unfortunately they were completely outclassed by the McLaren M6's of Bruce McLaren & Denny Hulme - as was everyone else !
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“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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I see Jonathan's E-Type resto is almost done...
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23e Heure
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Those R5s are great. We’ve had the “MEH” one on here before I think.
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Not a patch on the original 'Turbo 1' version though ...
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Not a patch on the original 'Turbo 1' version though ...
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Andy
“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
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“Adding power makes you faster on the straights;
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In 1989 a Turbo 1 came up for sale in Cannock. The vendor was a specialist car dealer and TVR Tuscan Racer – Clive Greenhalgh (now owner of Circuit Gaudix in Spain).
As Andy says so much better than a Turbo 2 and very rare. It was an ex Swiss car in pearlescent white, absolutely immaculate and stock original with 36K km on the clock, it was stunning to look at and a blast to drive, circa £12K if I recall.. I was sorely tempted and I immediately put my SC up for sale. Anyway I could not quite shake the Porsche bug and at the point that my SC sold a RHD 911S 2.4 Targa appeared for sale in Exchange and Mart and as they say, the rest is history. I often wonder what living with a (LHD) Turbo 1 would have actually been like, great fun but only 2 seats and I do not think it would still be sat in my garage today.
John
As Andy says so much better than a Turbo 2 and very rare. It was an ex Swiss car in pearlescent white, absolutely immaculate and stock original with 36K km on the clock, it was stunning to look at and a blast to drive, circa £12K if I recall.. I was sorely tempted and I immediately put my SC up for sale. Anyway I could not quite shake the Porsche bug and at the point that my SC sold a RHD 911S 2.4 Targa appeared for sale in Exchange and Mart and as they say, the rest is history. I often wonder what living with a (LHD) Turbo 1 would have actually been like, great fun but only 2 seats and I do not think it would still be sat in my garage today.
John
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1973 911S 2.4 Targa RHD (35 years ownership)
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1973 911S 2.4 Targa RHD (35 years ownership)
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KS wrote:I see Jonathan's E-Type resto is almost done...
....1974 2.7 Carrera
(full restoration. now as an RS Touring)
1963 3.8 E Type
( 11 years in the making…………………….)
1952. XK120…the next one ……….……..)
(full restoration. now as an RS Touring)
1963 3.8 E Type
( 11 years in the making…………………….)
1952. XK120…the next one ……….……..)
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EMW East German racing collective, Avus 1955. Edgar Barth in the driver line-up would later defect to Porsche
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Dan Gurney on winning the 1971 Cannonball; "At no time did we exceed 175 mph"
maverick
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1. an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
2. an unbranded calf or yearling.
Origin mid 19th century: from the name of Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), a Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle.
noun
1. an unorthodox or independent-minded person.
2. an unbranded calf or yearling.
Origin mid 19th century: from the name of Samuel A. Maverick (1803–70), a Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle.
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^love that^
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'20 718 GT4
'87 R4 GTL Clan
'74 914/6 3.0 Texas GT (Sold)
'73 911 2.7 RS Replica LHD (Sold)
'72 911 2.4 E RHD (Sold)
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Fab day at Shelsley Walsh today, practice.
My 2 class mates for the weekend are both with 700 bhp.
My 2 class mates for the weekend are both with 700 bhp.
73T 911 Coupe, road/hillclimber 3.2L
Lola t 492 / 3.2 hillclimb racer
Boxster 987 Gen II 2.9
Lola t 492 / 3.2 hillclimb racer
Boxster 987 Gen II 2.9
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Unipower GT. Owned since 1982. Reputedly the only road worthy example on UK roads. Knee high to a grass hopper.
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