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GALPOT Weekly #33
Welcome to GALPOT Weekly #33 a brief review of the last seven days blogs at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres".
The week started with a visit to The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu which as one might expect houses an interesting collection of vehicles some of which are well known and others less so, in the latter category in journalist John Bolsters special Bloody Mary seen above.
On Tuesday I looked at an MG 18/80 of which nothing remains from the original body and not much from the original interior except the unique silver plated steering wheel boss.
The Tecno DAF open wheeler, that I looked at on Wednesday, features DAF's variomatic transmission, which did not prove a significant unfair advantage except in the rain. It was however effective enough to win a few Formula 3 races and advances made in belt drive technology were enough for the system to be specifically banned from Formula One in the mid 1990's after variomatic transmission had been tried in just a single test session in the back of a Williams.
Juan Manuel Fangio averaged 53.5 mph driving this Chevrolet Master 85 Coupé, featured on Americana Thursday, in a 5900 mile race across Argentina and Peru and in 1940, one of many victories that earned him a state sponsored trip to Europe that led to him becoming motor racing's first five time World Champion.
On Ferrari Friday I got up close to one of the most attractive Ferrari's since the 288 GTO namely the 200 mph Ferrari 458 Italia which is powered by the worlds most powerful per litre / cui normally aspirated production engine.
The Lotus Ford 78 which I looked at yesterday was a championship contender for Mario Andretti in 1977, save for the unreliability of it's motors Mario might well have won the first of two championships that year, find out why the Lotus 78 was so special on this link.
The 1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet with body work by Figoni et Falaschi, above, was judged to require all adjectives to define exquisite at the recent Marin Sanoma Concours d'Elegance. Find out what the other contenders were in today's blog linked here.
Thanks for joining me on this "GALPOT #33" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you enjoyed following the links to catch up with the past weeks blogs, and that you will join me again at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" in the week ahead which starts tomorrow with a Silver Jubilee celebration. Don't forget to come back now !
The week started with a visit to The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu which as one might expect houses an interesting collection of vehicles some of which are well known and others less so, in the latter category in journalist John Bolsters special Bloody Mary seen above.
On Tuesday I looked at an MG 18/80 of which nothing remains from the original body and not much from the original interior except the unique silver plated steering wheel boss.
The Tecno DAF open wheeler, that I looked at on Wednesday, features DAF's variomatic transmission, which did not prove a significant unfair advantage except in the rain. It was however effective enough to win a few Formula 3 races and advances made in belt drive technology were enough for the system to be specifically banned from Formula One in the mid 1990's after variomatic transmission had been tried in just a single test session in the back of a Williams.
Juan Manuel Fangio averaged 53.5 mph driving this Chevrolet Master 85 Coupé, featured on Americana Thursday, in a 5900 mile race across Argentina and Peru and in 1940, one of many victories that earned him a state sponsored trip to Europe that led to him becoming motor racing's first five time World Champion.
On Ferrari Friday I got up close to one of the most attractive Ferrari's since the 288 GTO namely the 200 mph Ferrari 458 Italia which is powered by the worlds most powerful per litre / cui normally aspirated production engine.
The Lotus Ford 78 which I looked at yesterday was a championship contender for Mario Andretti in 1977, save for the unreliability of it's motors Mario might well have won the first of two championships that year, find out why the Lotus 78 was so special on this link.
The 1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet with body work by Figoni et Falaschi, above, was judged to require all adjectives to define exquisite at the recent Marin Sanoma Concours d'Elegance. Find out what the other contenders were in today's blog linked here.
Thanks for joining me on this "GALPOT #33" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you enjoyed following the links to catch up with the past weeks blogs, and that you will join me again at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" in the week ahead which starts tomorrow with a Silver Jubilee celebration. Don't forget to come back now !
Tuesday, 10 April 2012
GALPOT Weekly #25
Welcome to GALPOT Weekly #25, this last week I have looked at a Pick Up with a racing heritage, a limited edition MG, something Big 'n' Green a Grand Prix car of a type driven by five World Champions and a Concours Delahaye.
The GALPOT week started with a look at a Reef Engineering Cub pick up, an idea from the fertile mind of Yorkshireman extraordinaire John Crosthwaite who's name has appeared in connection with several racing cars featured in previous in GALPOT posts.
Just over three quarters of the entire production run of 2000 MG RV8's, like the one which I looked at on Tuesday, went to Japan.
Karl Jones qualified this Ford Escort RS Turbo, which I looked at on Wednesday, on the front row of the grid for the Willhire 24 Hour race at Snetterton in 1987 but could only finish 6th, the model dominated class B of production series racing in 1986 and 1987.
Possibly representing the zenith of square acres of sheet metal per dollar was this mean 1969 Chrysler Newport with 'fuselage' styling which I looked at on Wednesday.
The Ferrari 365 GTC, which I looked at on Ferrari Friday was outwardly similar to the 330 but under the bonnet / hood was a larger engine with 20 hp more than the 330 and the gearbox was now to be found ahead of the rear axle instead of behind the engine to improve weight distribution.
What do Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Mario Andretti all have in common ? They all put a Lotus 49, like the one above which I looked at yesterday, on pole position and in 1970 future World Champion made his Grand Prix debut in an updated version of the Lotus 49, that's five world champions, albeit three of them future world champions all driving one model, a record possibly only bettered by the Maserati 250 F, if you know better please chime in below.
Today's featured car thanks to Geoffrey Horton is this Delahaye 135 Competition, to find out more about this beautifully stylish car click here.
I hope you enjoyed GALPOT Weekly #25 and that you will click on some of the links to find out more about today's featured cars.
Next week on 'Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres' I'll be going for Coffee and Croissants to meeting of Vintage and Classic car owners, and looking at a Rambler on Americana Thursday, I hope you will join me. Don't forget to come back now !
PS Just realised I forgot to press the publish button on Sunday, apologies for the delay @-)
The GALPOT week started with a look at a Reef Engineering Cub pick up, an idea from the fertile mind of Yorkshireman extraordinaire John Crosthwaite who's name has appeared in connection with several racing cars featured in previous in GALPOT posts.
Just over three quarters of the entire production run of 2000 MG RV8's, like the one which I looked at on Tuesday, went to Japan.
Karl Jones qualified this Ford Escort RS Turbo, which I looked at on Wednesday, on the front row of the grid for the Willhire 24 Hour race at Snetterton in 1987 but could only finish 6th, the model dominated class B of production series racing in 1986 and 1987.
Possibly representing the zenith of square acres of sheet metal per dollar was this mean 1969 Chrysler Newport with 'fuselage' styling which I looked at on Wednesday.
The Ferrari 365 GTC, which I looked at on Ferrari Friday was outwardly similar to the 330 but under the bonnet / hood was a larger engine with 20 hp more than the 330 and the gearbox was now to be found ahead of the rear axle instead of behind the engine to improve weight distribution.
What do Jim Clark, Graham Hill, Jochen Rindt, Mario Andretti all have in common ? They all put a Lotus 49, like the one above which I looked at yesterday, on pole position and in 1970 future World Champion made his Grand Prix debut in an updated version of the Lotus 49, that's five world champions, albeit three of them future world champions all driving one model, a record possibly only bettered by the Maserati 250 F, if you know better please chime in below.
Today's featured car thanks to Geoffrey Horton is this Delahaye 135 Competition, to find out more about this beautifully stylish car click here.
I hope you enjoyed GALPOT Weekly #25 and that you will click on some of the links to find out more about today's featured cars.
Next week on 'Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres' I'll be going for Coffee and Croissants to meeting of Vintage and Classic car owners, and looking at a Rambler on Americana Thursday, I hope you will join me. Don't forget to come back now !
PS Just realised I forgot to press the publish button on Sunday, apologies for the delay @-)
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