Not my picture, not my car, not my friend, but I am a leg man and somewhat of car guy, used to be one anyway. Always wanted a '67 Alfa Duetto Spider, though I would barely fit in it.
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Not my picture, not my car, not my friend, but I am a leg man and somewhat of car guy, used to be one anyway. Always wanted a '67 Alfa Duetto Spider, though I would barely fit in it.
HAPPY NEW YEAR and keep posting your cars.
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Damn. How old are you?
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I'm not that ancient. I remember that commercial because my Father had a Corvette like that one when that commercial came out.
Maybe interesting to some who are also into simracing ... Sebastian Job's story:
Following videos of the series:
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Obviously he is not the first to transation from sim to real racing. But even the engineer and professional racing driver seemed almost shocked by his performance and consistency, especially with such a short time in the real car for him. Others have been doing this for half their lives and have never gotten beyond the beginner stage.
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Obviously he is not the first to transation from sim to real racing. But even the engineer and professional racing driver seemed almost shocked by his performance and consistency, especially with such a short time in the real car for him. Others have been doing this for half their lives and have never gotten beyond the beginner stage.
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Just scrolling through my photobanks from 1yr ago.., my ‘40 chev before being hauled out to our new home in NC. Can’t wait until spring rolls in.
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Props to the Toyota Motor Corporation for offering a Prius in a 'blacked-out' trim they call 'Nightshade' and a 'darkish gold' color dubbed 'Karashi' that is pleasing to my eye. It is my understanding the current Prius has been measured as accelerating from zero to 60 MPH in 7.1 seconds.
Stored away in a garage, probably a little neglected and in need of some love. Need to get this beautiful ride back on the road. Now past its 30th birthday, it can be driven with "H" license plates (for historic cars), saving taxes and even insurance.
Very nice. I worked for the Porsche Factory in final Quality Control from around 1983-1988 (before this car). But I always liked the style of this model more than the 911.
I drove an average of 35 vehicles a day, so liked them all from that perspective.
When you get H plates do they limit how much you can drive it?
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Around 1974 (I was 17 & was a mechanic at a performance foreign car shop) I had a 1971 2000 Spider Veloce. I got it for $600 with the engine disassembled & in boxes. Naturally, it was time to order a lot of Euro Spec performance parts. Eventually (with cams, twin weber's, headers, etc) I got the the speedometer needle to read 140 MPH (while driving with the top down) & figured that was good enough. Also we had all the good Koni's & anti sway bars, etc.
It was a great, fun & somewhat economical car, that held it's tune & did not require much once in maintenance once it was completed. (Also, which, did, in fact, attract women).
I don’t know how but this thread has managed to elude me despite being a petrolhead. I’m currently driving a Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrofoglio in Montreal Green. Most fun I’ve had owning a car though the speeding tickets are painful. I love the diversity in this thread, car culture has so many different niches, though it seems younger generations are less and less likely to join our hobby, a bit like hifi I suppose.
I had never seen one before, so the rear looked fine (& I still prefer it).
Some of our regular customers had interesting cars. The Ferrari that I worked on at the time was a 1968 365GTB (right hand drive) so there was no resemblance that made me think of my spider.
I had the lower of the three versions of the Chevelle SS396 with 325 HP & 415 LB-FT of torque and the turbo400 automatic (before the Spider fell into my hands, so then I had both cars).
The man that owned the Ferrari & I would sometimes drag race each other. The Ferrari was not stock (I had done many of the mods on it under the direct supervision of my boss). The Ferrari could beat my Chevelle IF he left the starting line better. We swapped vehicles and had the same result, he who left the line better would win the drag race. But, when the Chevelle hits 120 MPH (it's max back then), the Ferrari has 2 more gears left to go.
Nice! Please get it back on the road! I had an OG 1983 944, Guards Red, that I miss to this day. This was without power steering and the nicer interior that came in 1985. Car had incredible legs, a great long distance cruiser. Wasn't so crazy about the reliability
Them imports all had tons of reliability issues and cost a fortune to keep running when they went down.
Back then it seems most things on the road had serious reliability issues, save maybe Hondas and Toyotas. But expensive, yes. Most reliable car I've ever had is my current 2006 Honda S2000. Just about to hit 60,000 miles and has only ever cost me an O2 sensor. Still on original clutch and brakes. Turns 20 later this year.Them imports all had tons of reliability issues and cost a fortune to keep running when they went down.
Honda and Toyota? LOL In the 1960 70s no one knew what they were in the US.
Working in the bodyshops of the day, by the time the early 80s Toyo were 3 years old you could stick your fist into the rust holes on the fenders LOL. It was their existence that opened the door for the big aftermarket sheetmetal market since the slightest dents would make the panel not worth repair.
When you talk foreign cars in the US back then we're mostly talking BMW, Mercedes, etc, high end marks that only rich guys could afford to buy and maintain, status symbols.
I'm an American and buy American whenever and if at all possible.
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