My old Lambo photos from the 90s
Discussion
thegreenhell said:
It's funny seeing Goodwood before it went all prim and posh.
Yes you are so right, the place had more atmosphere when we had rubble with the odd pot hole for the pits along with the original corrugated Aston Martin and Lagonda pit counters before the Hoo Ray Henry's took over thinking that they have discovered Goodwood
after we have been going there for years before.,
Along with the concessions that Charlie March gave to the local council by lowering db levels to get planning permission to open the track for 5 days
of unsilenced racing and killed Mikes Carrera Sport track days , Was at the last one just before the first Revival and got black flagged on the first lap
and i was no way the noisiest.
Now it's part of the social calender to be seen at along with Henley Regatta and Ascot ,most heading for the strawberries and champagne marquee.
The Members meeting is a little more tolerable ,more like the Revival use to be like catering more for car guys than a fashion show.
ratrod 2 said:
Yes you are so right, the place had more atmosphere when we had rubble with the odd pot hole for the pits along with the original
corrugated Aston Martin and Lagonda pit counters before the Hoo Ray Henry's took over thinking that they have discovered Goodwood
after we have been going there for years before.,
Along with the concessions that Charlie March gave to the local council by lowering db levels to get planning permission to open the track for 5 days
of unsilenced racing and killed Mikes Carrera Sport track days , Was at the last one just before the first Revival and got black flagged on the first lap
and i was no way the noisiest.
Now it's part of the social calender to be seen at along with Henley Regatta and Ascot ,most heading for the strawberries and champagne marquee.
The Members meeting is a little more tolerable ,more like the Revival use to be like catering more for car guys than a fashion show.
Glad I got to experience them. Still remember looking over Peter Saywell's SE30.corrugated Aston Martin and Lagonda pit counters before the Hoo Ray Henry's took over thinking that they have discovered Goodwood
after we have been going there for years before.,
Along with the concessions that Charlie March gave to the local council by lowering db levels to get planning permission to open the track for 5 days
of unsilenced racing and killed Mikes Carrera Sport track days , Was at the last one just before the first Revival and got black flagged on the first lap
and i was no way the noisiest.
Now it's part of the social calender to be seen at along with Henley Regatta and Ascot ,most heading for the strawberries and champagne marquee.
The Members meeting is a little more tolerable ,more like the Revival use to be like catering more for car guys than a fashion show.
When was the last one? I was there but have no idea what year. Maybe 1998?
cgt2 said:
ratrod 2 said:
Yes you are so right, the place had more atmosphere when we had rubble with the odd pot hole for the pits along with the original
corrugated Aston Martin and Lagonda pit counters before the Hoo Ray Henry's took over thinking that they have discovered Goodwood
after we have been going there for years before.,
Along with the concessions that Charlie March gave to the local council by lowering db levels to get planning permission to open the track for 5 days
of unsilenced racing and killed Mikes Carrera Sport track days , Was at the last one just before the first Revival and got black flagged on the first lap
and i was no way the noisiest.
Now it's part of the social calender to be seen at along with Henley Regatta and Ascot ,most heading for the strawberries and champagne marquee.
The Members meeting is a little more tolerable ,more like the Revival use to be like catering more for car guys than a fashion show.
Glad I got to experience them. Still remember looking over Peter Saywell's SE30.corrugated Aston Martin and Lagonda pit counters before the Hoo Ray Henry's took over thinking that they have discovered Goodwood
after we have been going there for years before.,
Along with the concessions that Charlie March gave to the local council by lowering db levels to get planning permission to open the track for 5 days
of unsilenced racing and killed Mikes Carrera Sport track days , Was at the last one just before the first Revival and got black flagged on the first lap
and i was no way the noisiest.
Now it's part of the social calender to be seen at along with Henley Regatta and Ascot ,most heading for the strawberries and champagne marquee.
The Members meeting is a little more tolerable ,more like the Revival use to be like catering more for car guys than a fashion show.
When was the last one? I was there but have no idea what year. Maybe 1998?
cultivate the grass banking for the Revival and didn't want a load of family's with kids climbing all over them .
Yes i seem to remember you saying that you was there when Peter Saywell arrived in his purple SE 30, I remember it well.
Was watching a "Kidd in a Sweet Shop" video with Jodie Kidd going to Peters house to film his cars and he didn't look at all well,
he's looked a little fail the last couple of times i've been to his track days but at times it was hard for him to talk on the video ,
Shame as he is a lovely guy and i remember my nipper turning up in a Shelby Mustang and Peter didn't know he was my son
and walked over and invited him to join in and take it on the track even though it wasn't a super car ,
Edited by ratrod 2 on Tuesday 27th February 02:10
[quote=Davidmaughan]Hi I think I may have taken over from you working for RJP my first trip in the mid 70’s was t collect an automatic Countach in gold. It was an interesting trip to say the least.[/quot
OMG, Didn't know they ever made a automatic Countach,
Must have been a special order,
I know there's a few auto Espada's kicking about, a white one was recently sold at HH last auction .
Wouldn't surprise me if it hasn't been converted to a manual box by now.
Would be interesting to find out.
Can't be many gold Countachs about .
My car was originally gold but definitely had three pedals
OMG, Didn't know they ever made a automatic Countach,
Must have been a special order,
I know there's a few auto Espada's kicking about, a white one was recently sold at HH last auction .
Wouldn't surprise me if it hasn't been converted to a manual box by now.
Would be interesting to find out.
Can't be many gold Countachs about .
My car was originally gold but definitely had three pedals
Edited by ratrod 2 on Thursday 11th April 11:54
Bob the Cop said:
Hi David. I do remember you from Whyteleafe. Where did you go when it closed? I saw Del Hopkins last month when he visited me in Devon. He is now permanently back in the UK. I will let him know that you survived!
Working on Kidston Countach book so would be interested to contact you, David. Email to info@kidston.com will be picked up. Cheers.Hi Davidmaughan , It would be great to hear more about this automatic Countach .
How can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
How can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 12:59
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 13:06
carspath said:
Hi Davidmaughan , It would be great to hear more about this automatic Countach .
How can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
Looking forward to your next book.How can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 12:59
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 13:06
carspath said:
Hi Davidmaughan , It would be great to hear more about this automatic Countach .
How can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
CarspathHow can I get in touch with you ?
I too am working on 2 Lamborghini books .
Hi Stevewak , it would be great to make contact with you too .
It would be good to share information .
PS : And a quick hello to you too Bob the Cop . Hope that all is well with you
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 12:59
Edited by carspath on Friday 12th April 13:06
If you want to pop round again or have me do some pictures, please let me know
cgt2 - Thank you for the encouragement, hugely appreciated.
And Ferruccio , thank you for all your help with the Diablo book , and thank you too for your offer of further help .
Stevewak … Thanks and will do .
Last September , after 8 years of trying , I finally managed to secure an interview with Snr Marcello Gandini .
It is difficult for a non-journalist to get time with important motoring personalities .
It had previously taken me years and years to get interviews with Tonino Lamborghini , Stanzani , Dallara , Marchesi , Pagani , Maurizio , etc ,etc .
But one advantage that I appeared to have as an outsider with no connections was that some of these people seemed happier to open up to a non- industry person . One person actually said that they didn’t see me as a threat - I still don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or not !
Anyway , my Co-author and I prepared throughly for our Gandini interview , knowing that the available time would be short and that language might be a problem .
I had also believed from reading previous reports that Snr Gandini might choose not to be effusive .
Anne and I couldn’t have been more pleasantly surprised .
Snr Gandini was a thorough delight and after we had been through all our written-down questions , all of which he answered at length , he gave us more time to delve further into the answers he had already provided us with .
His daughter translated brilliantly so language was not a problem .
Most importantly he wanted to stress a few important points about specific cars that he had designed , and about the principles that guide his approach to car design . Snr Gandini repeated these points to be sure that we fully understood what he was saying , and said that we too should emphasise these points in any books we wrote going into the future .
We had about an hour with Snr Gandini , and will always be grateful for this time with him and his daughter .
They were very generous .
We sat in the car park for about 2 hours and wrote up our notes .
And dovetailing what Stanzani had said to me a long , long time ago with what Snr Gandini had just told me , resurrected a tiny spark that had been bothering me for a long time now - re how we look at ( and how magazines and books universally have reported on ) Lamborghini’s early offerings .
But the Murcie , Diablo and Countach books had already been published , and these books had not properly elaborated on this point , and neither had any of the other Lamborghini books on my bookshelf .
I so wished that I had met Snr Gandini before writing any of these books .
It is so difficult for a non-established , not-formally-trained , writer to get a book contract .
There were no book contracts on the horizon , and it was sad that I now didn’t have the space to elaborate on this ‘ spark’ that Snr Gandini had rekindled .
Over the next 4 weeks we revisited various Lamborghini related places in Italy and I bored Anne to tears at each of these places while I lamented the fact that I had no space ( ie a book contract ) in which to realign how we might choose to look at Early Lamborghinis .
And then I returned back home to find a definite contract for a book on the Countach , Diablo and Murcie , and another contract for a book on the Countach .
So I’ m both excited and very grateful for these two opportunities .
Pistonhead members have been very generous with their knowledge , and PH has a huge reach - I have had PH members from 5 continents helping out ( come on South American PH’ers , and you penguins )
And Ferruccio , thank you for all your help with the Diablo book , and thank you too for your offer of further help .
Stevewak … Thanks and will do .
Last September , after 8 years of trying , I finally managed to secure an interview with Snr Marcello Gandini .
It is difficult for a non-journalist to get time with important motoring personalities .
It had previously taken me years and years to get interviews with Tonino Lamborghini , Stanzani , Dallara , Marchesi , Pagani , Maurizio , etc ,etc .
But one advantage that I appeared to have as an outsider with no connections was that some of these people seemed happier to open up to a non- industry person . One person actually said that they didn’t see me as a threat - I still don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or not !
Anyway , my Co-author and I prepared throughly for our Gandini interview , knowing that the available time would be short and that language might be a problem .
I had also believed from reading previous reports that Snr Gandini might choose not to be effusive .
Anne and I couldn’t have been more pleasantly surprised .
Snr Gandini was a thorough delight and after we had been through all our written-down questions , all of which he answered at length , he gave us more time to delve further into the answers he had already provided us with .
His daughter translated brilliantly so language was not a problem .
Most importantly he wanted to stress a few important points about specific cars that he had designed , and about the principles that guide his approach to car design . Snr Gandini repeated these points to be sure that we fully understood what he was saying , and said that we too should emphasise these points in any books we wrote going into the future .
We had about an hour with Snr Gandini , and will always be grateful for this time with him and his daughter .
They were very generous .
We sat in the car park for about 2 hours and wrote up our notes .
And dovetailing what Stanzani had said to me a long , long time ago with what Snr Gandini had just told me , resurrected a tiny spark that had been bothering me for a long time now - re how we look at ( and how magazines and books universally have reported on ) Lamborghini’s early offerings .
But the Murcie , Diablo and Countach books had already been published , and these books had not properly elaborated on this point , and neither had any of the other Lamborghini books on my bookshelf .
I so wished that I had met Snr Gandini before writing any of these books .
It is so difficult for a non-established , not-formally-trained , writer to get a book contract .
There were no book contracts on the horizon , and it was sad that I now didn’t have the space to elaborate on this ‘ spark’ that Snr Gandini had rekindled .
Over the next 4 weeks we revisited various Lamborghini related places in Italy and I bored Anne to tears at each of these places while I lamented the fact that I had no space ( ie a book contract ) in which to realign how we might choose to look at Early Lamborghinis .
And then I returned back home to find a definite contract for a book on the Countach , Diablo and Murcie , and another contract for a book on the Countach .
So I’ m both excited and very grateful for these two opportunities .
Pistonhead members have been very generous with their knowledge , and PH has a huge reach - I have had PH members from 5 continents helping out ( come on South American PH’ers , and you penguins )
Bob the Cop said:
Hi David. I do remember you from Whyteleafe. Where did you go when it closed? I saw Del Hopkins last month when he visited me in Devon. He is now permanently back in the UK. I will let him know that you survived!
Hi Bob, yes thanks that would be great it would be great to catch upcarspath said:
cgt2 - Thank you for the encouragement, hugely appreciated.
And Ferruccio , thank you for all your help with the Diablo book , and thank you too for your offer of further help .
Stevewak … Thanks and will do .
Last September , after 8 years of trying , I finally managed to secure an interview with Snr Marcello Gandini .
It is difficult for a non-journalist to get time with important motoring personalities .
It had previously taken me years and years to get interviews with Tonino Lamborghini , Stanzani , Dallara , Marchesi , Pagani , Maurizio , etc ,etc .
But one advantage that I appeared to have as an outsider with no connections was that some of these people seemed happier to open up to a non- industry person . One person actually said that they didn’t see me as a threat - I still don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or not !
Anyway , my Co-author and I prepared throughly for our Gandini interview , knowing that the available time would be short and that language might be a problem .
I had also believed from reading previous reports that Snr Gandini might choose not to be effusive .
Anne and I couldn’t have been more pleasantly surprised .
Snr Gandini was a thorough delight and after we had been through all our written-down questions , all of which he answered at length , he gave us more time to delve further into the answers he had already provided us with .
His daughter translated brilliantly so language was not a problem .
Most importantly he wanted to stress a few important points about specific cars that he had designed , and about the principles that guide his approach to car design . Snr Gandini repeated these points to be sure that we fully understood what he was saying , and said that we too should emphasise these points in any books we wrote going into the future .
We had about an hour with Snr Gandini , and will always be grateful for this time with him and his daughter .
They were very generous .
We sat in the car park for about 2 hours and wrote up our notes .
And dovetailing what Stanzani had said to me a long , long time ago with what Snr Gandini had just told me , resurrected a tiny spark that had been bothering me for a long time now - re how we look at ( and how magazines and books universally have reported on ) Lamborghini’s early offerings .
But the Murcie , Diablo and Countach books had already been published , and these books had not properly elaborated on this point , and neither had any of the other Lamborghini books on my bookshelf .
I so wished that I had met Snr Gandini before writing any of these books .
It is so difficult for a non-established , not-formally-trained , writer to get a book contract .
There were no book contracts on the horizon , and it was sad that I now didn’t have the space to elaborate on this ‘ spark’ that Snr Gandini had rekindled .
Over the next 4 weeks we revisited various Lamborghini related places in Italy and I bored Anne to tears at each of these places while I lamented the fact that I had no space ( ie a book contract ) in which to realign how we might choose to look at Early Lamborghinis .
And then I returned back home to find a definite contract for a book on the Countach , Diablo and Murcie , and another contract for a book on the Countach .
So I’ m both excited and very grateful for these two opportunities .
Pistonhead members have been very generous with their knowledge , and PH has a huge reach - I have had PH members from 5 continents helping out ( come on South American PH’ers , and you penguins )
You should be very proud of what you’ve done!!And Ferruccio , thank you for all your help with the Diablo book , and thank you too for your offer of further help .
Stevewak … Thanks and will do .
Last September , after 8 years of trying , I finally managed to secure an interview with Snr Marcello Gandini .
It is difficult for a non-journalist to get time with important motoring personalities .
It had previously taken me years and years to get interviews with Tonino Lamborghini , Stanzani , Dallara , Marchesi , Pagani , Maurizio , etc ,etc .
But one advantage that I appeared to have as an outsider with no connections was that some of these people seemed happier to open up to a non- industry person . One person actually said that they didn’t see me as a threat - I still don’t know whether to take that as a compliment or not !
Anyway , my Co-author and I prepared throughly for our Gandini interview , knowing that the available time would be short and that language might be a problem .
I had also believed from reading previous reports that Snr Gandini might choose not to be effusive .
Anne and I couldn’t have been more pleasantly surprised .
Snr Gandini was a thorough delight and after we had been through all our written-down questions , all of which he answered at length , he gave us more time to delve further into the answers he had already provided us with .
His daughter translated brilliantly so language was not a problem .
Most importantly he wanted to stress a few important points about specific cars that he had designed , and about the principles that guide his approach to car design . Snr Gandini repeated these points to be sure that we fully understood what he was saying , and said that we too should emphasise these points in any books we wrote going into the future .
We had about an hour with Snr Gandini , and will always be grateful for this time with him and his daughter .
They were very generous .
We sat in the car park for about 2 hours and wrote up our notes .
And dovetailing what Stanzani had said to me a long , long time ago with what Snr Gandini had just told me , resurrected a tiny spark that had been bothering me for a long time now - re how we look at ( and how magazines and books universally have reported on ) Lamborghini’s early offerings .
But the Murcie , Diablo and Countach books had already been published , and these books had not properly elaborated on this point , and neither had any of the other Lamborghini books on my bookshelf .
I so wished that I had met Snr Gandini before writing any of these books .
It is so difficult for a non-established , not-formally-trained , writer to get a book contract .
There were no book contracts on the horizon , and it was sad that I now didn’t have the space to elaborate on this ‘ spark’ that Snr Gandini had rekindled .
Over the next 4 weeks we revisited various Lamborghini related places in Italy and I bored Anne to tears at each of these places while I lamented the fact that I had no space ( ie a book contract ) in which to realign how we might choose to look at Early Lamborghinis .
And then I returned back home to find a definite contract for a book on the Countach , Diablo and Murcie , and another contract for a book on the Countach .
So I’ m both excited and very grateful for these two opportunities .
Pistonhead members have been very generous with their knowledge , and PH has a huge reach - I have had PH members from 5 continents helping out ( come on South American PH’ers , and you penguins )
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