Photos of cars outside the factory...
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AMG Merc said:
Thought this may be interesting - am always fascinated when I see an old photo of a line of exotics outside the factory ready for shipping. So rules: Must be multiple cars and all the same. Here's first suggestion - Wow! ...
Those were the 25 Porsche 917's that were lined up at the factory for scrutineering, not for shipping!When the FIA's scrtutineers first turned up at the Porsche factory to see the 917, Porsche didn't have 25 cars completed, but did have them under construction and thought this would satisfy the scrutineers, but it didn't. Basically, the scrutineers said that Porsche had failed to comply with the regulations, and that they needed to see 25 completed cars.
"Please come back in a couple of months time..." requested Porsche, "...and we'll have the cars available".
A couple of months later, the scrutineers turned up to the factory to be faced by the 25 cars in the picture posted, and were shown 25 keys on a board and told: "Please pick any keys you want - You can drive whichever cars you want to!" (The scrutineers accepted the cars were all complete and declined the offer to drive any of them)
4rephill said:
AMG Merc said:
Thought this may be interesting - am always fascinated when I see an old photo of a line of exotics outside the factory ready for shipping. So rules: Must be multiple cars and all the same. Here's first suggestion - Wow! ...
Those were the 25 Porsche 917's that were lined up at the factory for scrutineering, not for shipping!When the FIA's scrtutineers first turned up at the Porsche factory to see the 917, Porsche didn't have 25 cars completed, but did have them under construction and thought this would satisfy the scrutineers, but it didn't. Basically, the scrutineers said that Porsche had failed to comply with the regulations, and that they needed to see 25 completed cars.
"Please come back in a couple of months time..." requested Porsche, "...and we'll have the cars available".
A couple of months later, the scrutineers turned up to the factory to be faced by the 25 cars in the picture posted, and were shown 25 keys on a board and told: "Please pick any keys you want - You can drive whichever cars you want to!" (The scrutineers accepted the cars were all complete and declined the offer to drive any of them)
This is the engine :-
What a kick in the back that is!!
J
4rephill said:
AMG Merc said:
Thought this may be interesting - am always fascinated when I see an old photo of a line of exotics outside the factory ready for shipping. So rules: Must be multiple cars and all the same. Here's first suggestion - Wow! ...
Those were the 25 Porsche 917's that were lined up at the factory for scrutineering, not for shipping!When the FIA's scrtutineers first turned up at the Porsche factory to see the 917, Porsche didn't have 25 cars completed, but did have them under construction and thought this would satisfy the scrutineers, but it didn't. Basically, the scrutineers said that Porsche had failed to comply with the regulations, and that they needed to see 25 completed cars.
"Please come back in a couple of months time..." requested Porsche, "...and we'll have the cars available".
A couple of months later, the scrutineers turned up to the factory to be faced by the 25 cars in the picture posted, and were shown 25 keys on a board and told: "Please pick any keys you want - You can drive whichever cars you want to!" (The scrutineers accepted the cars were all complete and declined the offer to drive any of them)
Here are some pre-homologation R5 Turbos at Dieppe.
Tour de Corse version
Maxi 5 Turbo version
And moving on a bit to more recent times (February 2014), here are the Lotus Evora GTEs which were literally put out to grass at the factory when the project was cancelled. They have since been re-worked and sold, so mine will be somewhere amongst that little lot. (not my photo but I did see them in the same place with my own eyes a few months later).
Tour de Corse version
Maxi 5 Turbo version
And moving on a bit to more recent times (February 2014), here are the Lotus Evora GTEs which were literally put out to grass at the factory when the project was cancelled. They have since been re-worked and sold, so mine will be somewhere amongst that little lot. (not my photo but I did see them in the same place with my own eyes a few months later).
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