Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)
Discussion
No pics, but I followed a P1 through sandhurst/college town yesterday evening, it looked magnificent. No pics as I could t get my phone out my pocket, I think the reg was P1 XXT. It was all black, it had a real road presence but didn't sound too loud when I put the window down. I sometimes get stuck behind a Monaro in the industrial estate in Yorktown and I can here that with my windows up!
NigeT said:
First F40 I've seen in a while in Chessington, Surrey.
555JWR said:
No it's not it's a modified road car
Easy way to spot the real thing is they have an extra (third) naca duct in the sill. The replicas never have this. A real one would also have plexi side windows.
The wing is an easy mod you just unbolt the original and put the replica LM wing between the endplates. Another giveaway between a replica and a real LM is a real LM would have a supporting spar in the center of the rear clam where the numberplate would normally go. The wing puts that much pressure on the rear clam at speed the clam would bend without the extra support. The replicas never have it.
There's lots of other ways to spot the difference like the gurney flap at the back, fixed headlights, various race paraphernalia like recovery points and air line connections and some pretty obvious differences if you look through the rear window but you can't see any of those from that pic.
They were actually 19 official factory built Michelotto LMs with 5 further GTE's there's also 27 further non official privater LM's
For reference a real LM
Thanks for that, that's quite interesting, I didn't know any of that.Easy way to spot the real thing is they have an extra (third) naca duct in the sill. The replicas never have this. A real one would also have plexi side windows.
The wing is an easy mod you just unbolt the original and put the replica LM wing between the endplates. Another giveaway between a replica and a real LM is a real LM would have a supporting spar in the center of the rear clam where the numberplate would normally go. The wing puts that much pressure on the rear clam at speed the clam would bend without the extra support. The replicas never have it.
There's lots of other ways to spot the difference like the gurney flap at the back, fixed headlights, various race paraphernalia like recovery points and air line connections and some pretty obvious differences if you look through the rear window but you can't see any of those from that pic.
They were actually 19 official factory built Michelotto LMs with 5 further GTE's there's also 27 further non official privater LM's
For reference a real LM
Plus, that picture is fantastic.
iva cosworth said:
I'm not doubting you're knowledge,assuming you're correct but how can you tell the spec from just
an orange corner ?
Well the front light washer tells me it's a non-LP Gallardo. The carbon fibre wing mirror and door card (see the flat edge in the window) plus alcantara dashboard are the giveaway. There's a darker area in the reflection which could be the telltale stripe but it could also be a shadow, small child, large rodent etc! an orange corner ?
http://www.pistonheads.com/features/ph-features-ne...
sa_20v said:
iva cosworth said:
I'm not doubting you're knowledge,assuming you're correct but how can you tell the spec from just
an orange corner ?
Well the front light washer tells me it's a non-LP Gallardo. The carbon fibre wing mirror and door card (see the flat edge in the window) plus alcantara dashboard are the giveaway. There's a darker area in the reflection which could be the telltale stripe but it could also be a shadow, small child, large rodent etc! an orange corner ?
http://www.pistonheads.com/features/ph-features-ne...
Thanks for the detailed explanation,all I can see is orange Gallardo.
Blown2CV said:
GT6 Jonsey said:
Nice surprise on the school run this afternoon. Bet the owners kid wins the my dads car is better than your dads debate 
Looks like it's going to gumball too. Either that or it's leased by some company as a promo vehicle and is stickered up as a tax dodge. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff