The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T (Vol XVII)
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Amongst the huge variety on display at the Goodwood Breakfast Club "Vee Power" morning, I rather liked this.
Dodge Charger R/T by Robert Stokes, on Flickr
Which for fans of Vanishing Point or indeed Deathproof was a bit of a treat.
Dodge Charger R/T by Robert Stokes, on Flickr
Which for fans of Vanishing Point or indeed Deathproof was a bit of a treat.
Synthwave with Challenger
Like most people, I love a slice of synthwave. As a result of looking for music videos I found the above which has both a white Challenger and a black Charger. It's a TV remake of Vanishing Point that I was completely unaware of. Spoiler alert, they total the Charger.
Like most people, I love a slice of synthwave. As a result of looking for music videos I found the above which has both a white Challenger and a black Charger. It's a TV remake of Vanishing Point that I was completely unaware of. Spoiler alert, they total the Charger.
Gaz. said:
Likewise the 'dress up' part could do with further explanation.
When I made my comment I didn't add a even though it was said very tongue-in-cheek. I've been going to the Revival since its beginning and I go for the cars, the racing and the planes. I have watched as more and more Generals, Brigadiers and assorted military personal appear. I think it has calmed down a bit and most people are just dressing in period but I have commented before that it would be a shame if it became more of a dressing-up event than the best racing event of the year. That's all. As others have agreed it's easy to get away from the staged mods and rockers fights and other silliness by going to the far side where the viewing is better anyway.Don't know about the blazer brigade although they do sound pretty cool.
I think the dressing up is great and an integral part of the event - not that I've dressed up properly the few times I've been.
I had a lovely drive around West Sussex yesterday morning, not realising that there was a Goodwood event on. It certainly livened up the early morning roads with a lot of interesting machinery (thankfully I was going the opposite way most of the time ).
The cars I saw the most examples of were 308/328 Ferraris and E-Types.
I had a lovely drive around West Sussex yesterday morning, not realising that there was a Goodwood event on. It certainly livened up the early morning roads with a lot of interesting machinery (thankfully I was going the opposite way most of the time ).
The cars I saw the most examples of were 308/328 Ferraris and E-Types.
braddo said:
I think the dressing up is great and an integral part of the event - not that I've dressed up properly the few times I've been.
I agree that it is now an integral part and the event is known as much for it as the racing. What irks me is not people dressing in period but, let's call it, excessive dressing up. Maybe in part there is something in me that feels they are not taking it seriously, which sounds ridiculous, but in a "Isn't this all such jolly good fun" way which obviously it is, it's great fun but it's also serious racing and that element is not something that should be taken in vain.
Anyway, enough of that. Here's a selection of adverts for the TR7. Rubbish car, great ads:
It seems advertising was not too difficult in those days.
And here's a rally car, just in case all the sexism was getting you down.
Good source
Isn't all this what makes this thread the diverse and eclectic mix that it is?
Sometimes we'll have a pre war racer of magnitude posted, other times it will be an 80's fast Ford and then maybe after some respite we get a bit of banter about tweed and the GRRC membership fraternity (err, yes....that would be me Deej)
Give it a day or two and I'll post a Mini that I still haven't bought yet, or ol' salmon trousers will post about his 'kitted XJS and then there will be much talk of Pork and it's values and of course why we all should have bought E30 M3's years ago.......
Sometimes we'll have a pre war racer of magnitude posted, other times it will be an 80's fast Ford and then maybe after some respite we get a bit of banter about tweed and the GRRC membership fraternity (err, yes....that would be me Deej)
Give it a day or two and I'll post a Mini that I still haven't bought yet, or ol' salmon trousers will post about his 'kitted XJS and then there will be much talk of Pork and it's values and of course why we all should have bought E30 M3's years ago.......
I can't think of anything I've posted on the thread to evoke that response.
Many others perhaps, but not this one, in any of its iterations.
Was going to post this though:
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1977-porsche-9...
Not quite pukka, I suppose, but considering it's build history, is it a better thing than a Stephens or Autofarm type equivalent?
Many others perhaps, but not this one, in any of its iterations.
Was going to post this though:
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1977-porsche-9...
Not quite pukka, I suppose, but considering it's build history, is it a better thing than a Stephens or Autofarm type equivalent?
Justayellowbadge said:
I can't think of anything I've posted on the thread to evoke that response.
Many others perhaps, but not this one, in any of its iterations.
Was going to post this though:
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1977-porsche-9...
Not quite pukka, I suppose, but considering it's build history, is it a better thing than a Stephens or Autofarm type equivalent?
It's a very nice colour.Many others perhaps, but not this one, in any of its iterations.
Was going to post this though:
https://www.silverstoneauctions.com/1977-porsche-9...
Not quite pukka, I suppose, but considering it's build history, is it a better thing than a Stephens or Autofarm type equivalent?
Whoop! Whoop! Under the hammer alert.
Luckily for me it appears to have aged by an additional year since for sale at the dealer, so it removes the personal romance (and dodgy man-justification) for purchase.
Luckily for me it appears to have aged by an additional year since for sale at the dealer, so it removes the personal romance (and dodgy man-justification) for purchase.
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