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

[jeremyc]

Chris Stott said:

From what I’ve read, daytona’s are better to look at than drive.

See also: Muira.

[Chris Stott]

jeremyc said:

Chris Stott said:

From what I’ve read, daytona’s are better to look at than drive.

See also: Muira.

Not a problem for me as I don’t fit in a Muira. But I’d still buy one with a big lottery win... so I could just stare at it

[Crook]

Chris Stott said:

From what I’ve read, daytona’s are better to look at than drive.

There was a good article about them in I only buy cars that someone has told me I should Monthly and they interviewed a few owners. The consensus ( unsurprisingly) was physial but rewarding.

Also if Dan "at no time did we exceed 175mph" Gurney is happy to buzz one from sea to shining sea in about 35 hours or so with Brock Yates, then that's a good enough testimony for their drivability.

[Fast Bug]

jeremyc said:

een this thread?

No! I'm going to pop the kettle on and wallow in nostalgia.

Appreciate the link

[braddo]

Crook said:

braddo said:

I'll take alloys on my coupe and wires on my soft top, thanks.

That was sort of where I was but the image of the grey Spyder on alloys looks

Yes that one caused a temporary veer off course.

[braddo]

This is what really did it for me with the wires. Profile, ride height, sidewall, wires.

Fast Bug said:

Mattygooner said:

Daytona for me please, what a profile, love the green as well.

And this made me laugh

Fast Bug said:

I like the hatchback version they raced....



www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1027874

[L100NYY]

Whilst we are (were) on the subject of old Ferraris.......

Patience really is a virtue – over the last six decades, one man has been dreaming of building his very own Ferrari Grand Tourer in tribute to the prolific 20th Century designer Giovanni Michelotti. Now, the dream has finally become a reality. Say ciao to the Ferrari 330 GT Special. If at first, you don't succeed

https://www.classicdriver.com/en/article/cars/ferr...

[Chris Stott]

That’s beautiful. And the back story just makes it more so.

[L100NYY]

And some rather eclectic race cars;

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[s m]

Chris Stott said:

Drove most of the rally reps from late 80’s to late 90’s - at the time I was a huge rally fan and was lucky enough to have friends with Cossies, Quattros, imprezas etc.

IMO, Cossies only really worked if they had a few mods,.

And ime Integrales only worked for about 5 minutes at a time

It was the car that finally turned my Italian car fan mate off Italian cars

No doubt a Friday afternoon car but never known anything go wrong as much as that

[rejn]

s m said:

Chris Stott said:

Drove most of the rally reps from late 80’s to late 90’s - at the time I was a huge rally fan and was lucky enough to have friends with Cossies, Quattros, imprezas etc.

IMO, Cossies only really worked if they had a few mods,.

And ime Integrales only worked for about 5 minutes at a time

It was the car that finally turned my Italian car fan mate off Italian cars

No doubt a Friday afternoon car but never known anything go wrong as much as that

Maybe I’ve been lucky but I’ve had my Integrale for 3-4 years and despite not being used for weeks at a time it’s never let me down. Even when we drove through massive floods and tried to drown the engine it’s just relentlessly kept on going. Very un-Italian of it really!!

ETA: this was the day of the attempted drowning!!

Edited by rejn on Monday 22 October 22:01

[L100NYY]

I bloody love that 'grale of yours chap

That picture is not helping my pangs of wanting one

[L100NYY]

Thadunk.

https://www.dhrofgo.com/for-sale/1966-jaguar-e-typ...

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Repost of my own but hey ho....

Can't think of much else this afternoon that I would rather spend £66k on than this

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1018625

[Chris Stott]

962

[L100NYY]

Chris Stott said:

962

It's not too bad is it

[Chris Stott]

This one was in the service area of OPC Guildford when I attended the 997GTS launch some years ago...





Some proper stuff there on the night... 917, 935, GT1, 908, 550 Spyder.

Oh, and these 2... telling the story of the 917's development from a terrifyingly unstable rocket in to a race winner, Porsche's 1st top class Le Mans win, and the making of the film 'Le Mans'.



Awesome night out.

[L100NYY]

That era of Group C really was fantastic wasn't it

[Chris Stott]

It was, particularly if you were a Porsche fan... though the C9 is one of my absolute favorites.

But most of the cars from that era just look 'right', and also look a proper handful to drive with no driver aids, stupid amounts of power and rubbish tyres

[L100NYY]

Absolutely, rotary Mazda, Silk Cut Jags, Rothmans Porsche et al is where its at

[Chris Stott]

Agreed... Alongside the 956, this was my favorite car on the night... so pretty.