[chappyman66]

Mr Surtees certainly was quick on both 2 and 4.

 

[Trisha]

Fangio finished the 1955 Mille Miglia in 2nd place, roughly half an hour behind Moss and Jenks.

 

[Trisha]

Another dull wet Sunday afternoon in the Shire. All Hobbits fast asleep, Mrs Grumpy glued to garbage on her electric television - even the cat's taken up Buddhism - and I'm cheerfully resolved to carry on taking the tablets, so...

... with no Grand Prix until next week, a few proper GP cars.

 

[Trisha]

And a few more.

 

[matthew77]

If only modern F1 cars looked so good.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Trisha, I read in the moist recent biography of Dick Seaman, that there was a two-seater W125 built. i have no idea whether it was for publicity/marketing joy rides or serious engineering observations. Do you have any photos or info about it please. I have never come across any hint of such a car before.

 

[Trisha]

1937 V26 Daimler, Gripping. Please pour a stiff one and sit down before you see the pictures...

 

[Trisha]

Arguably the start of the post War 'revolution' in mid-engined single-seaters, Eric Brandon in the original F3 Cooper at Prescott.

 

[mickey thumbs]

A slot car track livery.

This is Oscar Kovaleski’s McLaren MK 8B Can-Am car. I have ordered a slot.it 8D white kit and plan to convert it to the earlier model. Just have to have the slot car track car on my slot car track.

 

[Kit Spackman]

That McLaren was featured all over the AutoWorld catalogues of the period. I've still got a couple of them knocking about somewhere.....

 

[Henk]

Didn‘t MG Vanquish made a car with this livery?

 

[mickey thumbs]

Didn‘t MG Vanquish made a car with this livery?

Doing more research for pics today I did run across the Vanquish model for sale on a couple auction sites. Still waiting confirmation that my slot.it white kit has shipped. The plan is to graft the tail of a Thunderslot 6B to main body of the 8D.

 

[Trisha]

Post War elegance,,restraint, modesty, subtlety, streamlining and engineering integrity from Ferrari with the 166.

 

[Trisha]

There wasn't much wrong with F1 when GP cars looked like this.

 

[Kit Spackman]

There wasn't much wrong with F1 when GP cars looked like this.

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Jim's ahead already, and they've only just started!

 

[Trisha]

A few more pics of Alfred Neubauer - one of the most extraordinary people who ever stepped into motor racing.

 

[Trisha]

A little more of Group C days nearly 40 years ago.

 

[Trisha]

Two of the prettiest GP cars to have emerged during the 3-litre era.

 

[Trisha]

That famous finish at Monza, 1971, when Peter Gethin took the BRM to victory by a whisker from four other cars.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Re Neubauer, I can't help thinking that Peter Ustinov would have been able to do an excellent impression!