The original Empi Inch Pincher
Renault Alpine A 110
Porsche 550 spyder
Mercedes Gullwing (I had the chance to look very closley at one and talk to the owner and the car is just amazing)
Shelby GT 350r
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Aug. 18, 2009 10:51 p.m. ratghia Reader
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Aug. 18, 2009 11:59 p.m. DustoffDave Reader
Here's one I have to ad: The 1914 Stutz Bearcat -- this was the first car I ever had a picture of hanging on my bedroom wall.
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Aug. 19, 2009 2:23 a.m. wrenchedexcess New Reader
How about the So-Cal belly tanker at Bonneville?
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Aug. 19, 2009 7:55 a.m. RossD HalfDork
Toyota GT One
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Aug. 19, 2009 6:23 p.m. 2002acr New Reader
NYG95GA wrote:
Major cool.
If we're allowed to about talk about old scbool drag racing, how about:
"Dyno" Don Nicholson (Maverick), Don Prudohmme (Cuda), Bill "Grumpy" Jenkins(Camaro), etc, etc....
When I saw Dyno Don, the Grump, Wally Booth and others at York US30 around 75 or 76, Dyno was the only one rowing a crashbox 4 speed when the others had advanced to Lencos. If it wasn't this car, it was one just like it.
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Aug. 19, 2009 6:40 p.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
Good Lord! You can see the frame twist on that launch!
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Aug. 19, 2009 7:06 p.m. Hatzenbach New Reader
Lotus 49 with Jim Clark on the wheel, doesn't get much better than that
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Aug. 19, 2009 7:13 p.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
Hatzenbach wrote:
Lotus 49 with Jim Clark on the wheel, doesn't get much better than that
Day-yam! You picked a good one!
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Aug. 20, 2009 5:34 a.m. 2002acr New Reader
I was going to post a Lotus or 2 but I hesitated, some great drivers died in them.
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:06 a.m. 81gtv6 Reader
Prewar Auto Unions
Year: 1938 - Engine: Twin-supercharged 3.0-liter V12 - Power: 460 Hp - Topspeed: 330 Km/h
Any Porsche 962, I think they are still the most sucessful race car ever:
The Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR with Moss at the wheel:
This car did not do very well at all but I think it is one of the best looking F1 cars in recient history.
And finally the car that made me think, "You know, American cars aren't so bad after all" CTSV R
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:15 a.m. Autolex Reader
Porsche 959!
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Aug. 20, 2009 2:10 p.m. boxsterbuddy New Reader
914-6 GT
Probably the most underappreciated production based race car from Porsche.
Awesome in car vids from very well done 914-6 GT restoration. Incredible for small displacement car.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7O8ePZH5is&feature=channel_page
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Aug. 20, 2009 2:23 p.m. ProjectVIN New Reader
Almost all the Porsches mentioned.
How specific? Just '911' or particular 911's?
how about the 250 GTO?
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Aug. 20, 2009 2:27 p.m. boxsterbuddy New Reader
My second favorite to 914-6 GT is the Hakosuka Skyline GTR
Nice in car vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAXGuD_f3Kw&eurl=http://jalopnik.com/5137265/ha...
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Aug. 20, 2009 2:30 p.m. ProjectVIN New Reader
Nominated for achievement.
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Aug. 20, 2009 8:15 p.m. Appleseed HalfDork
Right on! Without BRE, the small car/import scene would look very, very different.
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Aug. 20, 2009 8:43 p.m. friedgreencorrado HalfDork
Everybody's already mentioned my favorite road racing cars. A couple of folks have mentioned some of the great Indycars..but so far everyone's forgotten the Novis.
http://www.amazon.com/Novi-Indy-1941-1965-Ludvigsen-Library/dp/1583880372
450hp V8...in 1941! Aye, Cap'n...there be monsters here!
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Aug. 20, 2009 8:47 p.m. JFX001 Dork
I've lost track....has Group 44 been mentioned yet?
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:04 p.m. JG Pasterjak Production/Art Director
JFX001 wrote:
I've lost track....has Group 44 been mentioned yet?
Sort of. They ran the Audi Trans Am program.
jg
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:08 p.m. fastmiata New Reader
STP turbine cars
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:34 p.m. oldsaw Reader
zoomx2 wrote:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned any of the JPS cars yet.
That's a nice choice, but this is the JPS car really worth mentioning:
http://b.f1-facts.com/ul/a/3582
Close, but no cigar!
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Aug. 20, 2009 9:41 p.m. maroon92 SuperDork
as an advertising student, this car is most significant as first F1 car with sponsorship, and as a race enthusiast, this car is most significant as first F1 car with MADS.
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Aug. 20, 2009 10:31 p.m. ProjectVIN New Reader
friedgreencorrado wrote:
Everybody's already mentioned my favorite road racing cars. A couple of folks have mentioned some of the great Indycars..but so far everyone's forgotten the Novis.
http://www.amazon.com/Novi-Indy-1941-1965-Ludvigsen-Library/dp/1583880372
450hp V8...in 1941! Aye, Cap'n...there be monsters here!
The FWD Novi's are covered in Brock Yates' "Against Death and Time". They had a reputation as cursed cars from the straight-in impacts against the Indy wall.
