The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)

[AmyRichardson]

Fast Bug said:

It addresses a few of my E Type pet hates

The stripped, de-chromed race versions really do look good; the lack of bumpers removes the impression of pointy-ness/excess length and dropping the car stops the wings looking horribly over-sized. The look seems to also play-down the visual impact of A-pillar, which can only be good.

The orange lipstick is another thing entirely.

[DeejRC]

Crook said:

This is a nice way to spend a coffee break:
The Apex: Commercial Appeal

Walker and Hill still makes me laugh: it's just so ridiculous.

That is a brilliant article!
Never seen the M&W Hunt ads before, loved them.

The Shell advert is just awesome. That 60s/70s sound isn’t just...distilled perfection.

Great find, Thankyou!

[shalmaneser]

That flat-12 at 0:53 is just magical.

Is Ferrari the only manufacturer to produce a flat-12 for a road car?

[Fast Bug]

shalmaneser said:

Is Ferrari the only manufacturer to produce a flat-12 for a road car?

I can only think of Ferrari's and Churchill tanks that had a flat 12. And I don't think you can class the latter as a road car

[ferrisbueller]

Fast Bug said:

shalmaneser said:

Is Ferrari the only manufacturer to produce a flat-12 for a road car?

I can only think of Ferrari's and Churchill tanks that had a flat 12. And I don't think you can class the latter as a road car

Interesting you went for the Churchill ahead of the 917.

[Fast Bug]

ferrisbueller said:

Fast Bug said:

shalmaneser said:

Is Ferrari the only manufacturer to produce a flat-12 for a road car?

I can only think of Ferrari's and Churchill tanks that had a flat 12. And I don't think you can class the latter as a road car

Interesting you went for the Churchill ahead of the 917.

The 917 is a race car (although I think a couple have been registered for the road), and you can legally drive a tank on the road. Or at least you could

[jeremyc]

Not forgetting of course the EBR Panhard.



Nor the C291.

[ferrisbueller]

Fast Bug said:

ferrisbueller said:

Fast Bug said:

shalmaneser said:

Is Ferrari the only manufacturer to produce a flat-12 for a road car?

I can only think of Ferrari's and Churchill tanks that had a flat 12. And I don't think you can class the latter as a road car

Interesting you went for the Churchill ahead of the 917.

The 917 is a race car (although I think a couple have been registered for the road), and you can legally drive a tank on the road. Or at least you could

Subaru did a, pretty bad, flat 12 for F1, or at least had someone do it for them. It ended up in the Jiotto Caspita (I had to google the name of that one as I couldn't remember where the ill-fated donk had ended up).

[Fast Bug]

I love how obscure some of the beardage is in this thread

[Chris Stott]

jeremyc said:

[ferrisbueller]

Fast Bug said:

I love how obscure some of the beardage is in this thread

A chap on one of the model car threads collects obscure F1 cars and had found the Subaru engine'd one. That's excellent geekery.

[shalmaneser]

jeremyc said:

Not forgetting of course the EBR Panhard.



Nor the C291.

Both awesome in their own ways!

Looking forward to getting home so I can hear the C291 on YouTube! Looks pretty incredible.

I forgot about the 917 as well, that is a pretty special machine. Such a shame Porsche never made a road going flat-12, you'd have thought if anyone could do it they can!

[Crook]

jeremyc said:

Not forgetting of course the EBR Panhard.

And I thought that mixing cross-plys and radials was a bad idea.

[jeremyc]

shalmaneser said:

Such a shame Porsche never made a road going flat-12, you'd have thought if anyone could do it they can!

Just takes a little bit of Martini to make it happen ...

[Crook]

At least two sufficiently mental to make it work.

[ferrisbueller]

Here's the Merc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t08hFagAJ_s

[Fast Bug]

Didn't that Seen Through Glass Youtube guy drive a 917 in LA? Not sure if it was a real one or not though

Crook said:

jeremyc said:

Not forgetting of course the EBR Panhard.

And I thought that mixing cross-plys and radials was a bad idea.

Ah so that's where MB got the idea for rear wheel steering on the new S Class

[Crook]

Is it entirely inappropriate that I can't not think of Frank Spencer?...

[ferrisbueller]

Crook said:

Is it entirely inappropriate that I can't not think of Frank Spencer?...

I think it is very dependent on the context!

[Crook]

Ha, yes, very true.



The Mercedes appears to possess a slightly camp ankle.