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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2024 10:15 pm
by Lightweight_911
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Yes, it's Eric Brandon exiting the Esses in one of the prototype Coopers - T3 - in 1946 ...
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2024 12:51 am
by hot66
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:28 pm
by jb
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:30 pm
by jb
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:27 pm
by Ian Comerford
Lovely!
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:32 pm
by Lightweight_911
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Unusual to see 2 Ghiblis together (especially when one's a Spyder) other than at a Maserati specialist's - is that at the airfield where you keep your plane ?
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 11:41 am
by jb
Lightweight_911 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:32 pm
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Unusual to see 2 Ghiblis together (especially when one's a Spyder) other than at a Maserati specialist's - is that at the airfield where you keep your plane ?
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Yes
It was a while ago but one of the auction houses did a photo shoot on the airfield.
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:27 pm
by sng45
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60 miles this afternoon - great car !
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:50 pm
by Lightweight_911
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That's Tom's (Tp81) old car isn't it ?
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2024 10:07 pm
by sng45
Lightweight_911 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2024 9:50 pm
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That's Tom's (Tp81) old car isn't it ?
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That's right - I bought it from him about five years ago. Tom had it restored by Alfaholics ( it's also got a lot of their tuning bits , suspension etc fitted ) the only thing that hadn't been done when I got it was the engine, so I had it fully rebuilt by Peter Smart Classic Alfas a couple of years ago. It's a fantastic car.
I occasionally think about selling it, then I go for a drive and change my mind immediately !
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2024 3:20 pm
by veryporky
The only car I ever regretted selling was my 105 2000 GTV
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 10:24 am
by Lightweight_911
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In the days (mid '70's in this case) when Astons were used as daily drivers ...
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 2:32 pm
by 911hillclimber
John would drive this to the hill climbs, thrash it and drive happily home.
His wife the same, her car next to the '250'.
He recently went into space....
Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 3:13 pm
by Lightweight_911
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From memory that's one of GTO Engineering's 'toolroom copies' - using a 250 GTE donor ... lovely.
I remember seeing it at one of Brightwell's auctions early last year & thinking "if only ..."
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Re: my non-Porsche picture of the day
Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2024 4:11 pm
by 911hillclimber
Yes, it was from the #red# stable of Jon Goodwin, part of his well used Ferrari collection.
He offered me the keys for a test drive in it a few years ago, but I didn't want the responsibility.
He used to regularly race it in the UK Ferrari Hillclimb Challenge.
A very nice gent.
Famously went into space last year or the year before, Olympic level competitor back in the day, walked all over the highest peaks across the world, and a lot more, quite a CV.
