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I like it S, I like it a lot..
- & I had a model of that machine when I was a kid..
..but I was yet - still more - impressed by the similar.. .yet cleaner.. lines of Bruce McLaren's own red M6B GT,
..which I was fortunate enough to ogle -in 'the flesh' - 'bout the same time - way back when..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
for me the most memorable ferrari EVER ran in the 1961 Le Mans 24 hour , lasted for 22hours and would have been classified 7th if still running at the end with that number of laps ; despite a lengthy stop for electrical problems it might still have won
a remarkable performance by a private entry ..I will never forget being glued to the radio for any report
the drivers got a standing ovation when the car was pushed away
to the optimist a glass is half full ; to the pessimist a glass is half empty ; to the F1 engineer the glass is twice as big as it needs to be
Chris Amon driving Ferrari 312 - 1968 German Grand Prix at Nürburgring
Love that evocative shot..
The tentatively emerging downforce appliances - as harbingers of modernity..
..yet still racing hard on the diabolically unforgiving, yet beautiful, & naturally flowing classic track..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
The Ferrari Sergio. They have made this one to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Ferrari's collaboration with Pininfarina. Basically a 458 with a new look
To me it looks really weird and ugly to be honest with you...
"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."~William Shakespeare
Looks to my eye.. a re-iteration of the 'Magnum PI' GTS look .. ..crossed with an Audi R-type contrast bar..
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
& perhaps.. ..even.. ..maybe a bit further.. down the family tree..
Fiat X1/9?
"Well, we knocked the bastard off!"
Ed Hilary on being 1st to top Mt Everest,
(& 1st to do a surface traverse across Antarctica,
in good Kiwi style - riding a Massey Ferguson farm
tractor - with a few extemporised mod's to hack the task).
