The Best ///M/Barge/General Rant/Look at this/O/T(Vol XIX)
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Trabi the perfect way in to classic motorsport?
What would be the best way, and by that i mean a good balance of pace, cost to run, enjoyment of driving and without being to difficult to get to grips with.
What would you hypothetically start with if you were had entry to say Spa, Brands and Silverstone with 80k?
What would be the best way, and by that i mean a good balance of pace, cost to run, enjoyment of driving and without being to difficult to get to grips with.
What would you hypothetically start with if you were had entry to say Spa, Brands and Silverstone with 80k?
Mattygooner said:
Trabi the perfect way in to classic motorsport?
What would be the best way, and by that i mean a good balance of pace, cost to run, enjoyment of driving and without being to difficult to get to grips with.
What would you hypothetically start with if you were had entry to say Spa, Brands and Silverstone with 80k?
£80k for the car or £80k in total to buy/run/enter/fix/travel/etc?What would be the best way, and by that i mean a good balance of pace, cost to run, enjoyment of driving and without being to difficult to get to grips with.
What would you hypothetically start with if you were had entry to say Spa, Brands and Silverstone with 80k?
Trabant looked great, just not sure I'd enjoy being what is effectively a mobile chicane
This was the race series which looked like a whole load of fun and very varied grid
https://www.hockenheim-historic.de/en/racing-serie...
This was the race series which looked like a whole load of fun and very varied grid
https://www.hockenheim-historic.de/en/racing-serie...
bungle said:
Fast Bug said:
Is it wrong that I love that Trabant? 
Awesome cars! I hired a normal one (not a racer like the pic!) in Budapest years ago, and it was such good fun (and maybe just a little bit dangerous as well...). Shows you don't need power/speed to enjoy a drive 
I love this thread, so feels cool to be able to (hopefully) contribute something!
The Masters meeting is great every year and is a real treat when the YTCC series comes (the ones with the Trabants) To flesh out some info on the cars above, the Alan Mann esque red and gold Falcon has nearly 700BHP and was allegedly hitting 160MPH out the back... similar pace to the GT3 cars from Blancpain the week before i was told.
The Trabants were a real crowd favourite, and the competitors were given dispensation that they could pass them under the safety car as one of them at least (there were two, the red one in 'race' trim and a blue one in 'road' trim) was unable to lap quickly enough to actually follow the safety car....
It is certainly worth a visit next year. Especially if you like wide arches and sideways cars.
The Masters meeting is great every year and is a real treat when the YTCC series comes (the ones with the Trabants) To flesh out some info on the cars above, the Alan Mann esque red and gold Falcon has nearly 700BHP and was allegedly hitting 160MPH out the back... similar pace to the GT3 cars from Blancpain the week before i was told.
The Trabants were a real crowd favourite, and the competitors were given dispensation that they could pass them under the safety car as one of them at least (there were two, the red one in 'race' trim and a blue one in 'road' trim) was unable to lap quickly enough to actually follow the safety car....
It is certainly worth a visit next year. Especially if you like wide arches and sideways cars.
As I near the halfway point of my two-week shed-dragging tour of France, two things strike me:
1. No-one should ever have to suffer the misery of towing with less than 300bhp
2. This is the year of the Renault 4 entering my life. I’ve put it off long enough.
Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a pichet of vin dormir with my name on.
1. No-one should ever have to suffer the misery of towing with less than 300bhp
2. This is the year of the Renault 4 entering my life. I’ve put it off long enough.
Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a pichet of vin dormir with my name on.
Output Flange said:
As I near the halfway point of my two-week shed-dragging tour of France, two things strike me:
1. No-one should ever have to suffer the misery of towing with less than300bhp300Nm
2. This is the year of the Renault 4 entering my life. I’ve put it off long enough.
Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a pichet of vin dormir with my name on.
EFA. 1. No-one should ever have to suffer the misery of towing with less than
2. This is the year of the Renault 4 entering my life. I’ve put it off long enough.
Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a pichet of vin dormir with my name on.
À votre santé
"'Lupo Vestito da Pecora’ or Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing, this Mondial is now powered by the 483hp, 343lb ft 4.3l V8 from the F430 Challenge"
https://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/1069/prestig...
https://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/1069/prestig...
I quite like it.
I’m a bit of a Mondial fan-boy anyway and the idea of more power is always good. And I always respect it when people do projects like this just for fun. The wheels quite suit it.
However... I’d want mine with a clutch pedal please. With 500hp I’d want even better brakes. And while I generally think Mondials handle well, I’m not sure I’d really want 500hp in one.
If I had the money I’d take a slightly tuned Mondial for the road and a 346/355/430 challenge car for the track.
Wouldn’t mind borrowing it for an hour at Donington though!!
I’m a bit of a Mondial fan-boy anyway and the idea of more power is always good. And I always respect it when people do projects like this just for fun. The wheels quite suit it.
However... I’d want mine with a clutch pedal please. With 500hp I’d want even better brakes. And while I generally think Mondials handle well, I’m not sure I’d really want 500hp in one.
If I had the money I’d take a slightly tuned Mondial for the road and a 346/355/430 challenge car for the track.
Wouldn’t mind borrowing it for an hour at Donington though!!
And at the other end of the spectrum;
I want this
https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/cat...
And do something like this with it
I want this
https://online.handh.co.uk/m/lot-details/index/cat...
And do something like this with it
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