Your Golden Epoch?

In post 290 Trisha shows us a photo of Nuvolari and Rosemeyer in conversation. I wonder what language they used?

I visited Manova some years ago and made a bee-line for the Nuvolari Museum. It was not easy to find as although being in the centre of the city it is accessed through an inconspicuous door rather like a speakeasy. In a frame on the wall was a letter from Tazio to Alfred Neubauer, and Neubauer's reply - both in Italian, The content was amusing.

Nuvolari had been driving his road going Alfa Romeo home from a race and had been forced off the road by a hard charging Caracciola. Nuvolari's car was damaged and he demanded compensation from Mercedes Benz. Neubauer wrote back apologising for his inconvenience and sending him what he considered the car to be worth - 400 lire.

GP- I always pooh-pooh NASCAR drivers because they "don't turn right," but one thing is true: they have nerves of steel to drive inches from each other at speed. @William Dunlop-motorcycle racers are definitely a breed apart. Iron "appendages" for sure!

Gripping

A propos your point above, Rosemeyer and Nuvolari were great chums who always got along very well, despite being unable to speak in each other's respective languages.

Elly Beinhorn, Bernd's wife, makes this very point in her biog/autobiog, 'My Man The Racing Driver' (published in Berlin, just before the War).

I am most reliably informed that 97 per cent of all human communication is non-verbal, which goes a long way towards explaining how Tazio and Bernd got along so well. As ace racing drivers, they shared the same 'language'.

And thanks for your superb pics above. I especially like the one of the Walker Panhard.

Kit

Looking forward to seeing your Supershells' 906 finished. A nice project for post lockdown.

Even Ferrari salute Lotus https://www.ferrari.com/en-EN/formula1/156-f1 just the link as it's ©. Nice close up detail on the Lotus with the drilled windscreen and missing side panel. Assuming it's JC driving there appears to be a big patch of paint damage to his helmet and the mirror don't look the good either.

Ah Colin Crabbe.
I was in the Woodcote grandstand for the 69 (I think) GP.
I'll never forget the sight of him exiting Woodcote in his W125 rear tyres wreathed in smoke.
Eddie

Jim Hall said that Stewart was pretty fast in the 2J but wasn’t able to fully exploit the ground effects downforce it generated. Drivers weren’t sure what would happen when the downforce effect was exceeded so were wary of pushing the limits. He said Vic Elford came closest to maximizing the performance near the end of his season in the car.

MT

Vic Elford said a few years ago that the 2J was yet another car he loved to drive. I've always rated Vic among the Greats, but he rarely figures in the limelight nowadays.

servicing???? With an iron bar???? You hold the plane dad whilst I hit it....

When all else fails an iron bar is usually best.