RE: Matra V12 at Monza: Time For Tea?
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If only I could rewind the clock 35 years, always loved the sound of the Matra V12, not seen that clip before. If only F1 was like that today, no interest in it any more, for me it was always about the cars with the driver's second, nowadays all the cars are the bloody same, Boring with a capital B!
smiles22 said:
I believe that the matra 650 uses the same engine http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
I love the way the noise just builds and builds, when the matra bursts from between the trees, it gets even louder! Its hard to believe something so small can produce so much volume!!Dave Hedgehog said:
Wonderful TWPC said:
Gosh...
I'm aware of its reputation for noise but that's the first time I've actually heard it.
No, you only heard a video replay. I actually heard it.I'm aware of its reputation for noise but that's the first time I've actually heard it.
And I heard the Matra V12 together with the Ferrari V12 when the rest was driving turbo's. In Zolder (yes, in 1982) you could hear them do a round of the track in the race.
I get the Ferrari V12/BRM V16 thing, I get they are fantastic. But the Matra is simply the sweetest of them all to my ears and if heard in the distance, quite the most haunting. I will leave this here and apologise for the utter garbage quality, but THIS is a haunting and epic sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Housey said:
I get the Ferrari V12/BRM V16 thing, I get they are fantastic. But the Matra is simply the sweetest of them all to my ears and if heard in the distance, quite the most haunting. I will leave this here and apologise for the utter garbage quality, but THIS is a haunting and epic sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Holy st! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Housey said:
I get the Ferrari V12/BRM V16 thing, I get they are fantastic. But the Matra is simply the sweetest of them all to my ears and if heard in the distance, quite the most haunting. I will leave this here and apologise for the utter garbage quality, but THIS is a haunting and epic sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Christ alive, that is spine tingling. Where is it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
truck71 said:
Housey said:
I get the Ferrari V12/BRM V16 thing, I get they are fantastic. But the Matra is simply the sweetest of them all to my ears and if heard in the distance, quite the most haunting. I will leave this here and apologise for the utter garbage quality, but THIS is a haunting and epic sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Christ alive, that is spine tingling. Where is it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
There was a Concours D'Elegance and the winners of each of the six categories got to sit beside Henri Pescarolo for laps of the banked test track in the Matra 650 Tour De France. Old Henri wasn't hanging about. He was hitting 160 mph+ with a passenger on board and went a bit faster than that when he went out for a few solo laps.
I was there that day. The sound of the 650 was staggering - even more dramatic than the recording.
smiles22 said:
I believe that the matra 650 uses the same engine http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Was just gonna post that. Ansolutely fantastic soundtrack from that thing, makes me tingle all over.Housey said:
I get the Ferrari V12/BRM V16 thing, I get they are fantastic. But the Matra is simply the sweetest of them all to my ears and if heard in the distance, quite the most haunting. I will leave this here and apologise for the utter garbage quality, but THIS is a haunting and epic sound!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Has to be silly loud that thing concidering how loud it is not even in viewing distance. My favorite sounding engine of all time, excluding the BRM.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fcA6lcpX4
Mike Rob said:
Or the famous clip of Lafitte in the F40: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YPabCzxMXM
When I was younger I always thought of the drivers as some sort of super heroes, I always thought drivers from the 70's/80's early 90's are far superior to the current crop, there was so much more involved in the driving and set up and when you see them in the clip above just heel and toeing at full chat (almost casually)I think I am right.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff