RE: Pic Of The Week: Porsche At The Targa Florio

[florian]

timbo48 said:

That's Jo Siffert, isn't it?.....Love the car.

Jo Siffert is a real icon.
There's a really nice Swiss movie about him on DVD:
Link to the official movie homepage (with trailer)


... what a headline.

[MarvinManUK]

Brilliant.

[aww999]

I'm not sure that a 908 is beautiful, but it simplicity makes it a great looking car. Brilliant pictures.

[Mr Will]

loudlashadjuster said:

Beautiful, evocative cars.

Says something that a great POTW like this only gets 20 comments where a piece about any old rehashed Ford or Renault hot hatch will get 200+ comments though

Don't worry, it's just because people comment far more when they have something negative to say.

[dinkel]

EX51GE R said:

dinkel said:

Ford GT roadster:

i have a picture of that car too taken from the original negative and signed by both drivers.

Cool!

Is this the same car?

[Lordbenny]

What a lovely Transit!

[Strawman]

The 908 features on the cover of "Go Faster: The Graphic Design Of Racing Cars"

http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/march...

If you follow the link there is some footage of the cars in the race.

[freedman]

Thats really good, thanks Strawman

Some good images there

[DodoRacing]

After getting motivated by such pics and video clips, we did the Targa Florio lap last summer (3 couples in 3 cars). It was fantastic, but the road surface quality is quite bad (possible worse when the races took place back in the days). I was with a 996 GT2 which wasn't the perfect tool. Road cars closer to rally cars would be the best to take there. Overall, it's a strongly recommended experience. Have plenty of video footage but didn't process them yet.

[dinkel]

florian said:

timbo48 said:

That's Jo Siffert, isn't it?.....Love the car.

Jo Siffert is a real icon.
There's a really nice Swiss movie about him on DVD:
Link to the official movie homepage (with trailer)


... what a headline.

Sean Penn should do a motion picture.