Photos of cars outside the factory...

Photos of cars outside the factory...

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Andrew Gray

4,969 posts

155 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Iva Barchetta

44,044 posts

169 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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I don't have anything to contribute but these are awesome pics.

The RS200 pic was one that instantly came into my head.

Especially since the tale is that as soon as FIA had finished counting some were broken for parts.


Dapster

7,394 posts

186 months

Friday 22nd April 2016
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Delta S4



Integrale Evo 2



190E 2.5 16 Evo 2



BX4TC



964's and Merc 500e's at Stuttgart



GT3RS Cup



Pagani



200 Visa Trophee's awaiting homologation


sim16v

2,177 posts

207 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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SLS shells awaiting GT3 treatment at AMG


sim16v

2,177 posts

207 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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And Abarth in Turin.


P5BNij

15,875 posts

112 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Not exactly line up but close...


P5BNij

15,875 posts

112 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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4rephill

5,062 posts

184 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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jith said:
I cannot imagine passing up the opportunity to drive a brand new 917!!

This is the engine :-



What a kick in the back that is!!

J
The first 917's were scary things to drive as the chassis' were a bit schizophrenic!

By that I mean that they didn't react the exact same way to corners, dips, crests etc., on circuits, on every lap they did due to chassis flex.

Here is what Australian driver, Frank Gardner had to say about the early 917's (From: http://www.boxthislap.com.au/_blog/boxthislap/post... ) :

"The chassis flexed so much that the position of the gearchange was never the same twice in a row. You'd reach out for the lever and it wasn't there anymore. I was asked to drive it at Le Mans, the money was great too, but I told them 'I never wanted to be the quickest bloke in motor racing - just the oldest- and that Porsche was going to interfere with my plans."

"Then there was the engine. You had about 300 horsepower at 5000 revs, and then between 5000 and 6000 you picked up another 300! So it was a bit of delight, really, and it was on narrow nine-inch rims all round. The computer had said that nine-inch rims would make the car very quick in a straight line, but the computer wasn't strapped in the bloody seat up in the Eifel mountains, where you tend to get the odd corner..."

"David did one lap at the Nurburgring and said he was too young to die. It snowed and poured, the car was snapping sideways and aquaplaning at the same time. It was one of the few times I extended my concentration levels above and beyond what I possessed, but we finished 5th".

"Late one Friday in 1969 the telephone rang. Hello Frank, this is Husche (von Hanstein). We would like you to drive our new car at the Nurburgring 1,000 kilometres this weekend. I said I was busy and recommended he call Brian Redman. 'Brian has had a crash, and is in hospital.' Jo Siffert was my next suggestion. 'Jo has had a crash and is in hospital.' 'What the bloody hell is going on there?' Our new car is not easy to drive, Frank' - and he wasn't kidding!"


austin said:
They have keys???
Yes, Race going Porsche 917's have standard Porsche road car ignition barrels and keys (along with a starter switch) - Turn the key in the ignition, flick the starter switch, dab the throttle and then have the life scared out of you! wink


Old Merc

3,546 posts

173 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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They like old Peugeot`s in Iran so much they still build them.These are 405`s at the Khodro factory.

Old Merc

3,546 posts

173 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Now guys where is this and what are the cars? don't ask me I haven't a clue.

sun.and.rain

1,649 posts

145 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Sorry, it's a link rather than a pic, my tablet skills are stone age. Sierra Cosworth RS500s.

Maybe someone can fix it to show the pics?

http://www.rs500cosworth.com/3.html

Sierra Cos fans might like these pics :-)

Edited by sun.and.rain on Saturday 23 April 18:56

FailHere

779 posts

158 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Am I allowed matching company cars outside a TV factory?

williamp

19,525 posts

279 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Take that Europe!!

sun.and.rain

1,649 posts

145 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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williamp said:


Take that Europe!!
Looks like a local scrapyard circa 1981.
Interesting pic tho.

Cliftonite

8,485 posts

144 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Old Merc said:


Now guys where is this and what are the cars? don't ask me I haven't a clue.
<< www.odometer.com >> says:

Unsold cars (many of them imported from European countries) clog up an airport runway near St. Petersburg in Russia.



wobblyweb

136 posts

235 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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Finished Lotus Seven lowered down from upper floor production line at the Cheshunt factory

aeropilot

36,350 posts

233 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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wobblyweb said:

Finished Lotus Seven lowered down from upper floor production line at the Cheshunt factory
On the same theme.....Lotus-Cortina's at Cheshunt, with a newly finished one coming out of 'the loft' onto the exit ramp.


Dapster

7,394 posts

186 months

Saturday 23rd April 2016
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DMC12s in Dunmurry 1981



XJ220



Unimogs



Jaguar c 1978



Coventry 1987



14 Phantoms special order for the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong



MC12



Alpine






4rephill

5,062 posts

184 months

Sunday 24th April 2016
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Not outside, but in a similar vein to the OP's original picture I give you Ferrari's version - 25 512 S' awaiting homologation inspection:




EnglishTony

2,552 posts

105 months

Sunday 24th April 2016
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williamp said:


Take that Europe!!
Europe says, naa