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Post by robmarsh on Nov 10, 2017 6:45:50 GMT
What car is this and why?"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2017 7:36:46 GMT
Ferrari Indy car - Ferrari 637, designed by Gustav Brunner, 1986 or 1987. That is when FIA wanted to ban engines with more than eight cylinders and the Old Man got up in arms and threatened to leave the show, only this time he instructed to actually build the car for a rival series, to show he wasn't bluffing. FIA, obviously, duly climbed down.
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Post by René on Nov 10, 2017 8:43:48 GMT
Not much to add, you were too fast Lucio!
Rob, is that a picture you made in the Galleria Ferrari during your Maranello visit?
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Post by robmarsh on Nov 10, 2017 9:52:37 GMT
Ferrari Indy car - Ferrari 637, designed by Gustav Brunner, 1986 or 1987. That is when FIA wanted to ban engines with more than eight cylinders and the Old Man got up in arms and threatened to leave the show, only this time he instructed to actually build the car for a rival series, to show he wasn't bluffing. FIA, obviously, duly climbed down. Spot on Lucio |
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Post by robmarsh on Nov 10, 2017 9:53:27 GMT
Not much to add, you were too fast Lucio! Rob, is that a picture you made in the Galleria Ferrari during your Maranello visit? Hi Rene it is - there were some lovely Ferrari's on display there. |
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Post by René on Nov 10, 2017 11:12:33 GMT
I am almost 100% sure this is the same spot. I took this photo in 2004.   |
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Post by chrisb on Nov 10, 2017 15:54:28 GMT
beautiful photos chaps
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 8:50:46 GMT
Mmm... there must be a lesson here.
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Post by mikael on Oct 14, 2018 11:25:12 GMT
It seems to be a general trend, Lucio. Yesterday, on a little drive, I passed a Nissan Fairlady Z 432 -- the original one from the early 1970's, and it was conspicuous how small it was.
The contemporary model, the Z 350, is considered as a small car; yet next to a Z 432, it isn't!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 14, 2018 11:50:37 GMT
Of course Mikael, cars are bigger, I would say much bigger than they used to be.
I recall that Nissan in the Seventies in Switzerland, I liked very much the 240, I think they were imported as Datsun, at least in Switzerland. There was no trace of such cars in Italy at the time, import of Japanese cars were limited to ridiculous numbers (1000 a year??) in what was still called the European Community.
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Post by chrisb on Oct 16, 2018 8:13:09 GMT
I was following a Healy 3000 the other day, I know I really should have overtaken him but it just sounded great and he wasn't going that slowly, but what got to me was how relatively small it was, the Big Healey, not nowadays
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Post by Carl on Mar 6, 2021 0:14:02 GMT
Astounding Prize!
A cash prize of €10,000 is offered to the first member who, within 5 minutes,
correctly identifies the driver pictured below without reading his name
along the chassis frame! The time is 00:15 on March 6
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Post by mikael on Mar 6, 2021 9:26:08 GMT
Great commercial! (My only life insurance - Firestone Tires)
Nothing to do with motor racing but, looking at the photo (with everyone, except the driver, wearing a hat) I often mused over that, in earlier times, people never went out without wearing something on their head, either a hat or a cap. In novels from earlier times, "he was without a hat" meant that the person was either distracted (and thus, that he had forgotten his hat somewhere) or otherwise, that he was on the run!
Now most persons are reluctant to wear headgear, even in the bitter winter cold ...
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Post by Carl on Mar 6, 2021 17:54:32 GMT
Great commercial! (My only life insurance - Firestone Tires) Nothing to do with motor racing but, looking at the photo (with everyone, except the driver, wearing a hat) I often mused over that, in earlier times, people never went out without wearing something on their head, either a hat or a cap. In novels from earlier times, "he was without a hat" meant that the person was either distracted (and thus, that he had forgotten his hat somewhere) or otherwise, that he was on the run! Now most persons are reluctant to wear headgear, even in the bitter winter cold ... Good observation, Mikael. I always look at the variety of hats in old photographs. As fashions change, in some most are wearing straw hats, in others the soft snap-brim hat. In the financial centers of New York or London, derby hats and stiff choking collars radiate self-importance. My father always wore a fedora, but I prefer a baseball cap to shield my eyes on hot sunny days and an insulated one to keep warm on cold days, but like most men today, normally go without. |
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Post by charleselan on Mar 6, 2021 17:55:00 GMT
Astounding Prize!
A cash prize of €10,000 is offered to the first member who, within 5 minutes,
correctly identifies the driver pictured below without reading his name
along the chassis frame! The time is 00:15 on March 6
Probably time expires now, but that looks distinctly like Barney Oldfield to me Carl  . Wouldn't have had a clue if it hadn't been for the captions included in the picture, but great photo and I am becoming more and more interested in those cars from that period, amazing machines. |
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