[matthew77]

Fantastic looking and sounding F1 cars in that video.

 

[Trisha]

The Fiat stand prior to the opening of the Paris Motor Show, 1955.

 

[Trisha]

Hans Ledwinka's T77 Tatra prototype.

 

[Trisha]

Rooves and wings and things at Wolfsburg.

 

[Trisha]

Just found a piece of personal nostalgia in an old copy of Octane magazine, namely, the Tojeiro-JAP. This was the second Tojeiro ever made (originally with an MG engine), which my late chum, David Lee, owned.

I had the great pleasure of helping David to rebuild it a few years ago, and what a riot of fun it was. The JAP vee-twin produced just 66bhp, but the car was so light that it had a greater power-to-weight ratio than a Daytona Ferrari.

Not long after its restoration poor old David was diagnosed with cancer and died 6 weeks later. RIP old chum.

 

[Trisha]

A few pics from my Porsche archive.

 

[Trisha]

The delectable Abarth Carrera 356 in the pits at Le Mans, 1962. This is another car I've never seen in slot form.

 

[Trisha]

A V8 Aston kicking up dust at Old Hall, Oulton Park, as Aston are apt to do.

 

[Trisha]

A few more Porsche pics I found in an old box 'smorn.

 

[Trisha]

The trophy presented to Vic Elford after winning the 1968 Targa in the Porsche 907.

 

[Trisha]

The Uhlenhaut Merc, which I still regard as one of the world's most desirable cars.

 

[Trisha]

More Porsches.

 

[Kit Spackman]

Anyone would think you had a 'thing' about Porsches Trisha.

Is that bottom one a Carrera 6, as moulded decades ago by Supershells? I've got one of those lurking somewhere if so.

 

[beardy56]

For some reason the 904 always reminds me of how my model cars turned out when I was knee high to a newt

, think it must be all those heavy panel lines and steps in the body.

 

[beardy56]

This one Kit?

 

[David Lawson]

I am surprised Trisha hasn't mentioned that it is Hans Herrmann's 93rd birthday today.

David

 

[Trisha]

Kit

The bottom Porsche is a 1967 910. It differed from the 906 in many ways, but from the outside, it was slightly smaller and ran with 13in, instead of 15in, wheels. It was also without the Perspex 'bubble' cover above the engine, and the headlamp pods were a slightly different in shape.

David

It's amazing that Hans Herrmann has reached 93, especially when you consider the era of motor racing through which he lived. I think I've commented previously that, after winning LM, 1970, Dr Piech released him from his contract early, so that he could retire.

Having raced Porsches for more than 20 years, he went out and bought... a Dino 246.

 

[Trisha]

PS

A very happy 93rd birthday to Hans Herrmann.

 

[Kit Spackman]

The bottom Porsche is a 1967 910. It differed from the 906 in many ways, but from the outside, it was slightly smaller and ran with 13in, instead of 15in, wheels. It was also without the Perspex 'bubble' cover above the engine, and the headlamp pods were a slightly different in shape.
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Ah, thanks for that, I can never tell t'other from which with Porsches. It's that Perspex 'bubble' bit that I like, with the zillions of louvres in it.

This one Kit?

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Yes, that certainly looks like mine, except mine is grey as it's still unpainted.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

I have just discovered this thread and have spent the last hour devouring it. What a feast. Many thanks to all the contributors of such fascinating archive material. I cannot resist putting in my own two 'penneth. These are all photo's and/or cars that have inspired me over the years.

One of the first motor racing books I read when about 9 years old was Charles Jarrott's Ten Years of Motors and Motor Racing which covers the first ten years of the sport. In it there is a chapter on the disastrous Paris Madrid race of 1903 which spelled the (temporary) end of open road racing. I was very impressed by the following two photo', and still am.

This type of car is enthusiastically raced today of course and looks to be great fun. Here is a Panhard.

Reference has been made to the Vanderbilt Cup Races and an early competitor was this fearsome steam car. It is huge when seen in the flesh, and I cannot imagine doing 90 mph on a dirt track perched on the bar stool type seat.

To add to the Lancia Ferrari D50 series, this one is in the Ferrari Museum at Modena.

As far as best photo's of all time, this has to be up there. Fangio in a 250F at Rouen 1957. Note the haze of tyre smoke from the outer left rear.

On the subject of tyre smoke the old slingshot dragsters couldn't be beaten. As the driving instructor would say - let the clutch in gently.

A final one for the eclection which still makes my bum clench when I look at it. The late William Dunlop at speed.