Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 8:26 am
Piper’s 250LM comes a cropper at the Targa
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:19 am
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:45 am
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:15 pm
I wonder when that 250 LM photo was taken, and if the car still exists?
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:37 pm
The picture was taken during the 1968 Targa Florio after a steering arm had worked loose causing the car to lose control, hit a concrete post & flip over.majordad wrote:I wonder when that 250 LM photo was taken, and if the car still exists?
Chassis no. 6167
The car was due to take part at Le Mans the following month so another car was sourced - chassis no. 6053 - & the chassis section bearing the chassis no. cut out & the corresponding section of '6167' chassis welded in. The engine from the crashed car was also fitted into it.
The wreck of 6167 was sold some time later & rebuilt with a new body & chassis ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:13 pm
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 3:33 pm
I gather this used to be a garage local to me
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:17 pm
Lightweight_911 wrote:
Chassis no. 6167
The car was due to take part at Le Mans the following month so another car was sourced - chassis no. 6053 - & the chassis section bearing the chassis no. cut out & the corresponding section of '6167' chassis welded in. The engine from the crashed car was also fitted into it.
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Another angle.
Piper has now walked down to Campofelice, where he is sat drinking red wine in the shade, while dictating a telegram to send to the owner of 6053
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 4:37 pm
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Incidentally, is that Tony Lanfranchi in the first picture (the other bloke with his shirt off) ?
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Incidentally, is that Tony Lanfranchi in the first picture (the other bloke with his shirt off) ?
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:18 pm
The village garage I take my 911 to for the MoT looks just like that.
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 5:26 pm
I learned to drive in an HA Viva (although it was an SL90 derivative) ...hot66 wrote:I gather this used to be a garage local to me
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:42 pm
my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 11:13 pm
Yes. And Franco Zucchi (whoever he happens to be!) with his overalls on!Lightweight_911 wrote:.
Incidentally, is that Tony Lanfranchi in the first picture (the other bloke with his shirt off) ?
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Lanfranchi raced an Elva GT160 at Le Mans...
Which means he has something in common with DDKer Gareth Burnet, who has also raced an Elva GT160 at Le Mans
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 8:29 am
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I used to watch Lanfranchi racing regularly at Brands Hatch ...
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I used to watch Lanfranchi racing regularly at Brands Hatch ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:43 am
Must have spent a lot of time in the Kentagon then Andy