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Jun 19, 2019 15:07:15 GMT
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Early cab deck lids vent are cool AF ain't they. Unfortunately mine isn't real (I don't mean imaginary !) A nice cab deck lid was the best part of a grand 10 years ago ....god only knows how much they go for now. I had the vents welded into to mine, they came form wolf parts in Sweden I think .... I didn't want to have to run stand off's but thought my IDA's would appreciate the extra air flow . An oval cab is deffo on the lottery list for me.
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56' bug 2332 +ida's 56' lowlight ghia 72' bus 1600 devon 67' type 3 square - gone 83' gti - gone 90' gti 16v - gone 82' chevette - gone 70' GP1 Beach buggy -gone 78' lightweight landrover 3L v6 -gone 89' gti - gone 83' gti - gone
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luckyseven
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Jun 19, 2019 16:02:51 GMT
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This font will probably make Quatermass froth with rage and apoplexy, but I rather like it No, I like it too. The point for me being its not a font (errr typeface), it's hand sign painting. I'm all for anything that looks like it's in the right setting, especially if it's sign-painted like this. Looks proper good! You can get away with a lot more with sign writing and painting than you can with a typeface. A typeface needs to be regular and obey typeface rules. Signwriting needs no such rules. It's designed as a single piece, not as a system of shapes that must work together on/in a machine. Different industry, different craft, different discipline, different process, different outcome. annoyingly (and uncharacteristically) reasonable answer Let's get it finished up then shall we? A real shame what happened to Bruce Meyers. Visionary engineer and boatbuilder who saw how good a platform the Beetle chassis would make for his composite materials skills and produced single-handed the concept of the beach buggy, his idea was so good it was almost overnight that dozens of firms sprang up shamelessly copying his work. The fact that the first Meyers buggy smashed everything in it's path to win the inaugural Baja (Mexico 1000) off-road race set how good the concept was front and centre in the press. He went to court claiming the intellectual copyright... and lost. Eventually his high standards meant he couldn't compete with the imitators and thus sold up and got out. But here we have an original Meyers Manx to remind us where it all began Meyers Manx orange 71 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Meyers Manx orange 71 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Another concept that never achieved the greatness it deserved; the Oettinger beetle. Oettinger need no introduction to lovers of quick watercooled VWs, but perhaps it need be said that as the over-arching company behind the original Okrasa speed products for Beetles since forever, their association with making VWs go faster than the factory expected them to goes back almost as long as there has been a VW factory. The Oettinger 1302 Convertible of 1972 should have been all that; re-worked using all the skills that tuning house had earned on aircooled cars over the years, it featured twin carbs, breathed heads and uprated crank. But the public were over Beetles; there were too many special editions already; the future was watercooled, front-engined, front drive and featured a boot; the 1302 was too ugly and bulbous to sell on cuteness like its predecessors. The Oettinger special was pretty much stillborn into a market where nobody cared. And of course now their rarity makes us sit up and take note. Fickle thing, time, innit? Beetle 1303 cabriolet orange 72 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr More Karmann Ghia goodness. Next to that indescribably expensive Samba> i know which I'd prefer to take home... Karmann Ghia red r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Type 2 23window red 61 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This, for me is everything that's wrong with a modified Beetle in one single photo. (and yes, I know it's wrong of me to say this about someone else's car but so there, it's my thread nayah nyah nyah). For one, it's convertible. For another, it seems an otherwise perfectly good car that's been ruined. And then.... it's just the rear wheels that look like the suspension's snapped and the ridiculously narrowed front beam that gives it the stance of a wheelbarrow. It just looks silly and horrid and it makes me sad. And I realise many people will think I'm talking rubbish and love the look, otherwise there wouldn't be so damned many Beetles ruined modified in this way. But it's not all bad news, I love the Magnus Walker-style wheels Beetle cabriolet black r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This is another car that you can easily see being a show winner when it's finished. I kinda wish it had been, to be fair 356 gold by Nick Liassides, on Flickr 356 gold wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr engine by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Funnily enough, this bus was also for sale if you had deep pockets. But much shallower than that red Samba. Again, I know which I'd prefer. And those wheels, mmmmm Type 2 bus white d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Yet another magazine cover star, and worthy of admiration if no better reason than the owner didn't see any reason to submit to the anti-Mexibug snobbery. He just went ahead and built an awesome, stunning take on German look out of one and damn the torpedoes. Lovely Beetle mexibug white 81 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Beetle mexibug white 81 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Somewhere around here I got bushwhacked... We paused at the Vintage Speed stand and I remarked on how much I loved their exhausts. So much, in fact, that I'd just bought one to go on to Dolly when the new engine was built. Mrs L7 agreed that they were, indeed "very nice, dear". And before I knew what was happening, she'd unleashed her weapons-grade haggling skills on the poor bloke running the stand. I guess it was a slow day... and indeed, we'd all commented on how the show seemed much quieter than last year... and maybe the guy was just tired and not looking forward to having to pack all his unsold stock back into the van. Maybe it was Mrs L7s charm offensive. But whatever, the end result was that the dude gave us an unbeatable price on a Type 4 twin-outlet exhaust that we simply couldn't pass up. So the rest of the show went in a bit of a daze for me having just had to splurge an unexpected few hundred quid on an exhaust I had no intention of buying. And yes, the Beryl's exhaust was utterly knackered and yes, the new Vintage Speed one was such an object of engineering beauty I could have hung it on the wall in the living room and yes, it was a great price. But it still wasn't exactly cheap. In fact, "friends" joked that once bolted on, it'd pretty much double the value of the Beryl. As a penance, we made Ada carry it or the rest of the day. He does have his uses Better have a nice Split to calm down then Beetle splitwindow grey r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr and there followed a bit of aimless wandering about mopping up the stuff we'd missed so far Beetle backs by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Beetle green stripey r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Karmann Ghia grey by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Another one of those ubiquitous Flat 4 steering wheels. Just to torture Ada a bit more Karmann Ghia grey int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr We sallied forth (no-one ever sallies third or fifth, that'd be silly) back outside to see what we'd missed, and because the kids were now on a mission for ice cream and it was alleged there was a van out there. There wasn't, but we did find some other cool things Type 2 Bay hiroof panel grey by Nick Liassides, on Flickr I'm no expert, but I'd suggest that if you're going to lower your Beetle radically, with all the camber effect that entails, it's probably best to do it equally to both sides. Or maybe the roads in Sweden have radically exaggerated CROWNs that balances this out? Swedish camberwonk by Nick Liassides, on Flickr There really were a lot of Ovals out here. A lot. And that's a Good Thing. Especially when they're beautiful and shiny and oooooh Beetle oval black 54 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Another hangover of the Nazi KDF-Wagen days, the iconic badge would eventually shed its cogwheel splines so evocative of Work and State and Machinery and all the other things National Socialism deified and evolve into the logo everyone recognises today. Cogbadge by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This is what happens to 924s as well.... all those neglected 1980s Guards Pink cars are now presumably Guards White Karmann Ghia red patina 64 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Karmann Ghia red patina 64 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Another rather nice Squareback. Such a happy car... Type 3 squareback beige 68 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr As you can see, by now the weak Spring sun was behind the yardarm, it was getting chilly and dark enough in the shade that it was tricky to persuade the camera to actually focus on the shinier cars! Beetle silver 57 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ovals by Nick Liassides, on Flickr It seemed like it was time to be thinking of leaving. And so it seemed for a lot of people. We scurried back through the main building to the bus enclosure, because there'd definitely been an ice cream stall there... and there was but they were packing up for the day. The Li'l 'Un was overjoyed by this because the lovely ice cream lady gave her a massive amount of ice cream rather than pack it away! Once that was disposed of, we trundled wearily back through the halls, finding there were still hidden gems to enjoy that we'd missed up till now Type 2 bus Mail 59 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr And then we were in the foyer, exiting past the only nitro powered Beetle Funny car in the UK. Or something like that anyway Nitro Bug dragster r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr ...and out past the vans from a time before windows were invented. Type 2 panel barndoor grey 56 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr And we were done. The kids piled into the back of the Beryl and we trundled back homewards, stopping on the way back to Ada's for a photo opportunity at a disused old garage for a "Your Retro At The Pumps" type pic Pumps brightened by Nick Liassides, on Flickr And done. All in all, a superb show full of literally the best aircooled vehicles from Europe in one compact easily accessible package. It was definitely down on numbers from last year, though I didn't mind that in terms of being able to get near the more popular exhibits and actually take reasonable photos, it did mean something of the buzz and vibe was a bit subdued (not that you'd have know it from the heaving autojumble hall). Still a massive thumbs-up from me overall though. And speaking of the ram-packed autojumble, I couldn't resist getting some goodies... stash of stuff by Nick Liassides, on Flickr the aforementioned Patina Volkswagens book, full of nice pictures to read. A 52mm period tacho from AAC to go in Dolly (which I forgot to take out of the box for this photo ). Some Hotwheels for my tiny but perfectly-formed collection (it's basically aircooled VWs, some rotary Mazdas and a single Pantera. Gnnnhngnghghhg, Pantera ). A bright yellow pool-ball gearknob for the Beryl from those lovely guys and girls at Hayburner. And, because I'm a halfwit and I forgot to send the black backing plate for the alternator off with the rest of my powdercoating, a super cheapy EMPI chrome fan plate that the guy flogged me for a tenner. Which, being pure Chineseum will no doubt bend and go rusty within seconds of the engine being started. stuff wasp by Nick Liassides, on Flickr stuff sub by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Oh, and that unfeasibly beautiful Vintage Speed Type 4 exhaust, of course. Which looks like being as lot of fun to stick onto the Beryl. I mean, how hard can it be? You know. You knowBut if anything should seem unclear, you'll be able to find out on the Beryl thread soon forum.retro-rides.org/thread/209633/1981-volkswagen-t25-camper-beryl?page=5&scrollTo=2513569Until the next time, peace out. Or something. Kidz
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ada7
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Jun 23, 2019 17:27:57 GMT
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Ok you can stop now with the Steering wheels. It’s not funny anymore lol
Adam
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Rotaries help make the world go around... And around and around and...
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Jun 23, 2019 22:41:51 GMT
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Adam, if it makes you feel any better, the Flat Four wheels aren't £1400. You had your mitts on a genuine, real Empi one, I reckon. Although I kick myself for not buying them 20-odd years ago when they were *only* 200 quid...
I didn't get to the show this year, so thank you very much for the photos Nick. I agree that ovals are awesome, and I will have one one day, as long as I can hide it from my wife. I've got her Beetle convertible to build first. Early verts can look top heavy with that door line thing, but lighter colours hide it better. Hers is approximately a '70, so that's ok. The barn door samba 13US is Rikki James' - he's had it for years, and gives it a proper hammering. Porsche 5-speed and a 2.6 litre type 4 motor give it some oomph. The horsebox is something to do with my old mate Bobby Willcox. I went to Cubs and Scouts with Bobby, then we lost track for a couple of years. I got my Beetle and he knocked on the door a couple of days later, and I don't think his mum ever really forgave me...
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Jun 23, 2019 23:11:29 GMT
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Ok you can stop now with the Steering wheels. It’s not funny anymore lol Adam It is a bit funny neilsdavies that's the fella. Rikki James. I couldn't remember his name when I was writing this up. I'm hopeless at the correct level of adulation apparently needed in the cool car world The trouble is I don't really care who people are, just whether their ride is interesting or not
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ada7
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Jun 24, 2019 21:06:52 GMT
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Adam, if it makes you feel any better, the Flat Four wheels aren't £1400. You had your mitts on a genuine, real Empi one, I reckon. Although I kick myself for not buying them 20-odd years ago when they were *only* 200 quid... Thanks for that. I’d never know the difference between a flat 4 one and a Empi one. I just like the style and look of that wheel. I’d be happy with one for the brand new ones for around £400. One day 😁 Adam
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Rotaries help make the world go around... And around and around and...
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Jun 26, 2019 13:52:21 GMT
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Right... Every year I go to the Festival of Speed. It's pretty much the high point of the automotive year, and whilst it's not quite what it used to be (what is?) it's still literally the best day you can have in your clothes. But because it's so full of amazoid cars and stuff, I end up taking so many photos there simply isn't time to work through them all, retouch them so they're acceptable quality and write a thread up. So most years I've failed to do a thread completely because by the time I'm a third of the way through, there have been three other shows to sort. I usually go on the Thursday of the FoS and the Sunday; the former so I can be alone in "me time" with the cars and take what are hopefully decent photos on the ...well, it's not exactly quiet... but on the least busy day. The latter so I can enjoy a day out with my long-suffering wife and not be too stressed by having to travel at her tectonically slow pace and worry I'm missing loads. The Thursday of last year was the first and only time I've ever maxed out the memory card on my camera. One Thousand, four hundred and twenty-three pictures Or 1,423 if it makes more sense that way. Then I still managed to take another 717 on the Sunday. So 2,143 photos to examine, discard or retouch, upload somewhere and then post. However, given that the 2019 FoS is in a weeks' time, I made a speckle effort to get it done. And so for your delectation and delight, is my Festival of Speed 2018 thread Only don't expect much in the way of words. Life's too short and I haven't time to write about every single car, much as I'd like to. I tried to be as comprehesive in the picture titles as possible so at least you'll know what they all are! Just look at the pictures and enjoy. First, the paddocks. Cos that's really what we're here for isn't it? Awesome racing cars from all the eras of human motorised endeavour. So in alphabetical order, purely because that was the default on the upload Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 33 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo 1750 GTAm 70 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo 1900SS 54 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo noses by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B 35 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B 35 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo P3 Tipo B 35 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo T33-2 Fleron 67 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo T33-2 Fleron 67 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo TZ2 67 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo TZ2 67 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Alfa Romeo TZ2 67 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Aston Martin DB3S 54 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Aston Martin DB3S 54 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Audi quattro group 4 81 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 85 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 85 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Austin A105 58 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Austin A105 58 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Austin Rover 6R4 blue&white 86 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Jun 26, 2019 14:07:05 GMT
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You can usually tell how excited and into a car I am by how many photos I take of it from how many angles as I pathetically try to capture every single aspect of my favourites. An Austin A105 gets a couple simply because it's a preposterous thing to turn into a racing car. An Auto Union Type C get a lot simply because it's one of the absolute pinnacles of human mechanical achievement and beautiful in every single detail, rendered so by the purity of the engineering Auto Union Type C 36 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Auto Union Type C 36 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Auto Union Type C 36 f wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Auto Union Type C 36 r wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Auto Union Type C 36 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Auto Union Type C 36 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin C6 Laboratoire 23 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin C6 Laboratoire 23 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin C6 Laboratoire 23 prop by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin C6 Laboratoire 23 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin LSR 27 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin LSR 27 intake by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Avions-Voisin LSR 27 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Balchowski-Buick Ol Yeller II 59 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Balchowski-Buick Ol Yeller II 59 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Balchowski-Buick Ol Yeller II 59 names by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Balchowski-Buick Ol Yeller II 59 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 zorst by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bentley Jackson 4narf special 36 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW 3point0 CSL 75 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW M1 Le Mans 81 3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW M1 Le Mans 81 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW M1 Le Mans 81 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW M1 Le Mans 81 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW M1 Le Mans 81 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BMW V12 LMR 99 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Yes, I know it's a bike, live with it. The Britten V1000 was the brainchild of New Zealand engineer John Britten who rather like his compatriot Bruce McLaren re-wrote almost singlehanded the conventional wisdom in his chosen field of competition. Many features he conceived for the V1000 are still being copied on race and road bikes today. Sadly, like McLaren he too died far too young and we can only wonder what he could have achieved had his incredible vision been allowed to run full course Britten V1000 96 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Britten V1000 96 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BRM P261 64 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BRM P261 64 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BRM Type 15 V16 50 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr BRM Type 15 V16 50 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bugatti Type 59 34 brake by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bugatti Type 59 34 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Bugatti Type 59 34 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Phew. So that's "A" and "B" dealt with then
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Jun 26, 2019 14:51:41 GMT
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Chaparral-Chevrolet 2E 66 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr They ban all the fun stuff in motorsport. Usually because it's too effective. Imagine if the ground effect, suction fan cars and mad wings of the Chapparals had made it into road car tech Chaparral-Chevrolet 2E 66 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Chaparral-Chevrolet 2E 66 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Increasingly (with my increasing years) my favourite stuff tends to be the oldest. I love seeing the pre-war behemoths and the evolution of the racing car unfolding before my eyes. It's a steampunk rhapsody of Art Nouveau brass and leather and wood and Victorian engineering genius Cottin-Desgouttes GP Hillclimb 11 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Cottin-Desgouttes GP Hillclimb 11 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Darracq Grand Prix 06 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Darracq Grand Prix 06 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Darracq Grand Prix 06 valves by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Darracq Grand Prix 06 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Sometimes, the only engineering solution you really need is gaffer tape Dauer-Porsche 962 Le Mans 94 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Dauer-Porsche 962 Le Mans 94 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Dodge Charger 72 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Dodge Charger 72 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Dodge Charger 72 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Dodge Viper 16 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Ford 69 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Ford 69 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Ford 69 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Offenhauser 68 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Offenhauser 68 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Offenhauser 68 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Offenhauser 68 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Weslake T1G 67 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Weslake T1G 67 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Weslake T1G 67 pipes by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Eagle-Weslake T1G 67 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Wow, we're through "E" already, this'll take no time at all
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Jun 26, 2019 16:21:07 GMT
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Goodwood are normally very insistent about authenticity. I know this because the guy with "that" Petty replica Superbird was sneeped about them knocking him back... along the lines of "we only feature authentic racing cars, fella, and yours is basically any old Roadrunner you've tarted up with a fancy frock" BUT you can't have an authentic Sharknose because there aren't any left. As celebrated in film by that bloke who wrote songs about how bad the M25 is though, these are so close to the real thing even Il Commendatore would struggle to tell the difference. And who doesn't want to see Sharknoses, real or imagined? Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #2 eng by Nick Liassides, on Flickr The thing that always impresses me the most about late 60s F1 cars is how tiny they are, literally less than knee-high! The absolute minimum car required to transport one human at ridiculous velocity. And engines like Swiss watches Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #2 f by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #2 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #2 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #2 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #8 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 #8 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 156 Sharknose 61 noses by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 158 64 stacks by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 158 64 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta 50 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GT SWB-C 61 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GTO 62 3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GTO 62 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GTO 62 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GTO 62 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 250 GTO 62 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 312 T 75 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona 72 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari 365 GTB4 Daytona 72 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ferrari F150 11 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr I'm sure anyone actually paying attention rather than scrolling through without stopping will have already worked it out, but just in case... my personal shorthand for describing the cars in the filename goes like this; manufacturer name - model name - year - brief description of shot. The last one is just to differentiate different pics of the same car so "Ferrari GTB4 Daytona 72 r" is the rear aspect of the car, "d" is detail, "wh" is wheel and so on. But you'd already worked it out, yeah? It's pretty straightforward Foggy-Petronas FP1 04 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Yes, another bike. There'll be more to come and I make no apologies. A glorious white elephant, proving that famous name halo from Foggy and even the development talent of Troy Corser weren't enough to compete against the established factories. A cynic might suggest it was always more of a money-laundering exercise than a real competition entry for Petronas. But they were great-looking things Foggy-Petronas FP1 04 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Boss Mustang 302 68 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Boss Mustang 302 68 mirror by Nick Liassides, on Flickr In the armed combat of Trans-Am at its height, you didn't need a mirror to see what was behind you, you needed one to judge the best time to nerf your nearest rival off the track Ford Boss Mustang 302 68 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Escort MkI twincam 68 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Escort MkII RS1800 77 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Escort Zakspeed 77 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Fiesta WRC 18 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford Mondeo 00 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr yes. Ford Mondeo engine bay. Ford MONDEO Ford Mondeo 00 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford RS200 blue r 86 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford RS200 Pikes Peak 86 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Ford RS200 Pikes Peak 86 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Jun 26, 2019 17:00:30 GMT
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Nice pictures, one small thing is that the orange Meyers Manx is actually 2+2 or a Manxster. I always forget how To tell them apart but way to swoopy and long for the original.
I love your thread!
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Jun 26, 2019 17:02:10 GMT
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Ace !!
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Jun 26, 2019 17:42:24 GMT
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Fredder Norton d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Fredder Norton by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RA301 68 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RA301 68 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RA301 68 pipes by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RA301 68 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC30 Rumi 88 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC30 Rumi 88 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC30 Rumi 88 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC45 97 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC146 65 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RC146 65 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Honda RS500GP 85 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Itala Grand Prix 08 dash by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Itala Grand Prix 08 filler by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Itala Grand Prix 08 horn by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Funny what was considered a Grand Prix car in 1908! Racing competitions were very different in a time pretty much before roads were invented and winning a race was more about endurance and fixability than outright speed Itala Grand Prix 08 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Itala Grand Prix 08 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar D-Type airbox by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar D-Type bonnets by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar D-Type engines by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar D-Types by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar E-Type lightweight lowdrag 64 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar E-Type lightweight lowdrag 64 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar E-Type lightweight lowdrag 64 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar E-Type lightweight lowdrag 64 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XJR9 LM 88 3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XJR9 LM 88 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XJR12D 93 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XK120 Montlhery Coupe 52 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XK120 Montlhery Coupe 52 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XK120 NUB120 50 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Jaguar XK120 NUB120 50 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Jun 26, 2019 20:16:38 GMT
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I tried to take a photo of a biplane at the weekend... and couldn’t because people kept getting in the way, I got cross after about 3 minutes and wandered off. 2000 photos would have taken 4.5 days whilst waiting and getting cross.... you must be a saint
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ada7
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Jun 26, 2019 21:13:51 GMT
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He just huffs and puffs and blows them all out of the way 😂 You should see him trying to still get ‘that’ picture of an F40. Once in the zone there’s no stopping him. 😄
Adam
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Rotaries help make the world go around... And around and around and...
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luckyseven
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Jun 26, 2019 21:39:58 GMT
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He just huffs and puffs and blows them all out of the way 😂 You should see him trying to still get ‘that’ picture of an F40. Once in the zone there’s no stopping him. 😄 Adam Where's my "monocle-raised-eyebrow" smiley when I need it? I tried to take a photo of a biplane at the weekend... and couldn’t because people kept getting in the way, I got cross after about 3 minutes and wandered off. I think I can help with that... wait until it's taken off next time. Then, unless the people in the Bicester area are very tall, they won't be in the way any more. HTH 2000 photos would have taken 4.5 days whilst waiting and getting cross.... you must be a saint Yes I am. I'm the patron saint of flabby pic threads
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Jun 26, 2019 22:10:40 GMT
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Anyway, no time to chat, we've got loads to get through yet Amazingly, there was a time when the World Superbikes championship was for production-based bikes. Which meant all sorts of oddities competed, some little more than road bikes with the lights pulled off and some lockwiring. Even Bimotas occasionally lasted race distance. And that explains why French journeyman racer Adrien Morillas was able to win at a rain-drenched Hungoraring on the preposterous Kawasaki GPX750, a bike so bad and so ugly that even in its day its mates would make it wear a bag on its head when they went out. Admittedly, most of the good riders fell off, but to finish first you must first finish and all that... Kawasaki GPX750 88 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lamborghini Huracan GT3 18 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lamborghini Huracan GT3 18 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr We've often chatted about how race cars always somehow look better when painted like fags or booze (and it's true) but has there ever been a more right combination than Lancia and Martini? Which is odd. Because Martini is disgusting and only drunk by pseuds and Lancias will break your heart while leaving you in the rain to wait for the tow truck ...again. So in the real world; massively disappointing on all counts. In the fantasy world soft-focused, rose-tinted, artfully framed and directed by Steve McQueen; awesome and perfect Lancia Beta Montecarlo turbo 80 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lancia Beta Montecarlo turbo 80 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lancia Beta Montecarlo turbo 80 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lancia Delta HF Integrale 93 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lancia Delta S4 86 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lancia Delta S4 86 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lister-Jaguar Monzanapolis 58 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lister-Jaguar Monzanapolis 58 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder 65 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lola-Chevrolet T70 Spyder 65 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lola-Climax MkI 58 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Wait, who made that headlight glass? René Lalique? Are cut-glass headlights an actual thing? Lola-Climax MkI 58 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lola-Ford T90 66 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lola-Ford T90 66 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr So. A helicopter-derived turbine in a racing car then. How could that not be a good idea? Lotus Pratt & Whitney T56 68 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr The legendary Pratt&Whitney powered Lotus. "We started it up in the shelter one year" laughs the technician sheepishly. "The exhaust had melted quite a lot of the tent before we noticed" Lotus Pratt & Whitney T56 68 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr "we were set up in the shade of a tree at Monterey one time," he went on (I assume he means at Laguna Seca Raceway?). "After the first day, all the leaves were brown and curling up. By the time we left after three days there wasn't a leaf left on the tree" Lotus Pratt & Whitney T56 68 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Lotus-Ford 29 63 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Maserati 250F 56 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Maserati 250F 56 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Maserati 250F 56 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This Maserati was painted to celebrate 100 years of Maserati a few years back... and it's incredibly hard to photograph. From a distance, it just looks black. In most photos it just looks black too. Maserati MC12 Goodwood Cent 100 14 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Maserati MC12 Goodwood Cent 100 14 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Matra-Simca MS640 69 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Matra-Simca MS640 69 r3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Matra-Simca MS640 69 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Incredibly expensive one-off quad rotor drift weapon still uses stock RX-7 FD power steering fluid tank, shock! Mine split and leaked fluid all over the place Mazda RX-7 FD3S Madbull 96 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mazda RX-7 FD3S Madbull 96 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mazda RX-7 FD3S Madbull 96 lid by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mazda RX-7 FD3S Madbull 96 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mazda RX-7 FD3S Madbull 96 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This one, however, doesn't even use a Mazda engine, let alone its power steering tank. A dismal-sounding Nissan SR20, probably the ugliest-sounding engine ever produced, lurks under the (replica Knight Sports) bonnet. Disappointing Mazda RX-7 SR20 95 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr McLaren F1 GTR 95 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr McLaren M23 74 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Jun 26, 2019 22:43:13 GMT
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Mercedes 60hp 03 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr German cars are always wonderfully engineered but sometimes the beauty gets lost in the engineering. Back in 1903, stuff was beautiful because of its functionality. And because they cared enough to make things nice as well as work. The row of oilers explains why cars needed a ride-on mechanic. If he neglected to pump and pressurise all those little cylinders in order at the correct time then an important component of your engine wouldn't get lubrication. And then it'd break. And when he'd finished priming the oilers, he could haul on the pumping lever to pressurise the fuel tank and send gasoline to the carburetors as well... Mercedes 60hp 03 levers by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes 60hp 03 oilers by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes 60hp 03 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes Grand Prix 08 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes T-80 39 blower by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This takes a bit of explaining. Only a little bit... it's basically a Nazi state-funded attempt to take the landspeed record at the time when German engineering conquered everything with contemptuous ease. Think Auto Union and Mercedes destroying all on the tracks pre-WWII. Well, they wanted some of the LSR as well so this blown behemoth was conceived to set new numbers by battering round the AVUS bowl until the world bowed obeisance at the altar of Aryan superiority. Sadly though, never completed so we don;t know if it would have achieved it's goal. Or more accurately, how much it would have achieved it by. Several "lesser" German streamliners did indeed show prodigious promise around the AVUS but sadly the War started before this monster could try and seal its place in the history books Mercedes T-80 39 cockpit by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes T-80 39 eng by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Very hard to get the massive bloody thing into one photograph, fortunately there's a smaller model version to show what it would have looked like Mercedes T-80 39 model by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes T-80 39 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr One thing's for sure. You wouldn't want one rolling over your foot Mercedes T-80 39 wheels by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes T-80 39 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Like I say every year, modern F1 leaves me utterly cold. Especially now they've nailed a bog seat round the cockpit. But I do love the details Mercedes W05 14 & W06 15 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W05 14 brake duct by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W05 14 canard by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W07 16 hub by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W125 Rekordwagen 38 blower by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W125 Rekordwagen 38 sus by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes W125 Rekordwagen 38 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 55 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 55 f3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 55 flag by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 55 gate by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 300SLR 55 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz 710SSK 27 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz CLK LM 98 f3q by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz CLK LM 98 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W25 34 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mein Gott! A Mercedes leaking oil‽ It's almost a national disgrace! Yes, got to use my interrobang againMercedes-Benz W25 34 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W25 34 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 brake by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 eng by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 st wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W125 37 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W154 38 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W154 38 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W165 39 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W165 39 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W196R 54 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Yes. Fuel injected in 1954. And I bet you thought your GTi was pretty modern and clever, eh? Mercedes-Benz W196R 54 injector pump by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W196R 54 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W196R 54 zorst by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mercedes-Benz W196R 54 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Moriwaki Kawasaki 81 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr I have an excellent book... sorry? A book. A BOOK. It's like Instagram only made of paper and with more words. Anyway, it's so small it's almost a pamphlet... which is called "Around the World in a Napier" and does exactly what it says on the tin. A rich eccentric decided doing the Grand Tour on safe boats or by train wasn't enough for him, so he bought a Napier (then the most reliable British marque and winner in Gordon Bennett races), employed a riding mechanic supplied by the factory, and went round the world. Given that this was at the turn of 19th into the 20th Century and there weren't even roads, the achievement cannot be overemphasised. It included getting across America by taking the tyres off and driving along the railway lines! All in a car very similar to this; Napier 100hp 04 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Napier-Railton Special 33 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Napier-Railton Special 33 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Mrs L7 charmed the Brooklands Museum techs enough to let her have a sit in the fastest car ever round the famous banked circuit Napier-Railton Special 33 vs Beth by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Napier-Railton Special 33 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan GTR R35 17 drifter bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan GTR R35 17 drifter wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan GTR R35 17 drifter by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Best model name ever? What shall we call our fearsome new prototype racer, Lead Engineer-san? Oh I dunno....I like wrestling, how about The ROCK? Nissan R90CK 90 bay by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan R90CK 90 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan R90CK 90 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan Silvia 240 RS 84 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan Silvia240 RS 84 bdg by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Nissan Silvia240 RS 84 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr How about this for a bit of one-off panel beater's art? Nowhere for the rider's arms when he's tucked in? Just bash some fillets into the tank! NSU Sportmax 55 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr NSU Sportmax 55 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Penske-Chevrolet PC22 93 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Penske-Chevrolet PC22 93 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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Now look, this next bit's going to take a while. Last year, y'see, was the 70th anniversary of Porsche. And the FoS loves a good theme. Actually, the entrants list is often very similar year on year and then they bend the themes to suit, but that's another story. Anyway, Porsche really pulled out the stops for the 2018 Festival, apparently emptying the museum and dragging just about every racing car out of private collections and studios worldwide. So there are a few to get through. If you're not into Porsches... and if not, why not...maybe go and make a cup of tea and come back in half an hour when it's all over, yeah? I find roadgoing 911s a bit dull personally, maybe just because they've been going of for so damned long without apparently changing much but the danger there is sounding like everyone's favourite fat racist bigot, Clarkson so I'll leave that there. However, few companies have assualted racing with such singleminded dedication, variety and, let's be frank, outright success as Porsche and the following cornucopia of prototypes, insane homologation specials and rules-bending "adapted" roadcars is pretty much second to none. If you can't find something to like in here then there's something wrong with you Porsche 356 A GTS 1500 56 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 356-001 48 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr This is very special because it's the first Porsche 356-001 48 wh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr yep, the prototype 356 roadster. The first one. It was running like a bag of spanners and there were many very serious and worried-looking German engineers clustered round it a lot of the weekend. Underneath the skin, it's pure Beetle, betraying its humble origins from Herr Dr Porsche's first peoples car Porsche 356-001 48 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 356A coupe 57 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL 60 r by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 356B Carrera Abarth GTL 60 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 550 Spyder 56 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr It appears Chapparal weren't the only people to get away with ludicrous wings! Porsche 550 Spyder 56 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 550 Spyder 56 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 718 - 2 59 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 718 - 2 59 dsh by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 718 - 2 59 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 718 - 2 59 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 718 RS 61 Spyder 61 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Some people forget that Porsche weren't all about prototype or production racing and actually had a Grand Prix effort for several years, driven (and won in) by such legendary drivers as Dan Gurney no less. They eventually decided jumping through hoops with the constant rules changes wasn't for them just to be an also-ran. They preferred to be ahead of the legislators rather than be told which way to jump, and carried on with what they were best at. Which some cynics might say revolved around making Ferrari look pretty second-rate in every other racing discipline... Porsche 804 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 804 fan by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 804 int by Nick Liassides, on Flickr The Porsche GP cars were much the same as most of their designs of the time; flat boxer engine, aircooled, carbs. Just minutely engineered to meet the small capacity limit of the day. Why change it when it works? LOUD too! Porsche 804 tuning by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 804 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 904 -8 64 s by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 904 Carrera GTS 64 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 908-02 Flunder 69 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 910 69 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 910 69 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr I suppose we'll have to have a few 911s. It's kind of unavoidable... Porsche 911 Artists Stripe 65 d by Nick Liassides, on Flickr Porsche 911 Artists Stripe 65 by Nick Liassides, on Flickr
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