The prettiest racing car ever! - Page 3

**chunterer** · 8 Feb 2007, 16:42 (Ref:1836467)

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Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

Perhaps the green one was David Piper's - was it in his famous BP green??
He has his F3L now in red...or does he own both?

Might well have been a Piper owned car Andrew, if only I could find the programme which had pics of both of them in I think!

IIRC Richard Attwood raced one of the cars in the event and David Piper was down on the entry list in the other.

However i'm sure one of them pedallled a simiarly liveried Green and Silver Porky 917 in the actual event which might explain why only one of the F3L's started?

There was also a load of T70's, a Ferrari 512M in Yellow?, couple of GT40's, a few Can-Am's and some other assorted nice stuff from the late 60's. It was Jeyes Hygiene sponsored race I think? Certainly a decent field!

F3L is a gorgeous car in any colours though!

Al Weyman · 8 Feb 2007, 19:54 (Ref:1836655)

I remember David Piper's cars being a darker green than that, I used to work in the adjacent unit from them in Fortis Green Road and often popped in.

davyboy · 8 Feb 2007, 21:17 (Ref:1836719)

How about the MkIII Capri ?

Davhut · 9 Feb 2007, 01:11 (Ref:1836891)

Wow is right!
That F3L is superb! Makes the others look like tractors.

**John Turner** · 9 Feb 2007, 11:33 (Ref:1837226)

Seeing Andrew's wonderful picture has made me dig this up from the 2006 Walter Hayes Trophy thread. The ex Sid Taylor car 38 years later still going strong, and note my comments! I actually have 'T' shirt featuring this car - I bet you really wanted to know that!

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Originally Posted by John Turner

Frank Sytner in the wonderful ex Sid Taylor Lola. There aren't many better looking mid engined sports racing cars than this (maybe a P4 or a B16?):-

Andrew Kitson · 9 Feb 2007, 12:01 (Ref:1837252)

It is a great picture but not mine, one that has appeared on 10/10ths before although the photographer is unknown. Yes John, seen you in your shirt a few times! I'll have to show you my McLaren Can-am one!

Al Weyman · 9 Feb 2007, 12:21 (Ref:1837272)

To think I nearly bought one of those with no engine from Paul Hawkins for under a grand in fact we were negotiating at around £750 when he died in the late 60's, and I think he would have sold it to me because I told him I wanted to put a mildish small block in it and run it on the road and he thought I was a crazy pom (fact)! If anyone wants shirts done with pictures incidently I have a great system called Dye Sublimation that can produce a stunning and lasting picture on a shirt. (Can I say that?)

Andrew Kitson · 9 Feb 2007, 12:37 (Ref:1837288)

I remember that sad day when Hawkeye died. We all know he was killed when he hit that tree at Oulton, I remember it being on the news on the car radio when we were coming back from Brands that evening.

Stack · 10 Feb 2007, 18:34 (Ref:1838206)

I'm torn between the BMW M1 and the Porsche 935K3 for sportscars and the Lotus 49B and the Lotus 72 for F1.

Al Weyman · 10 Feb 2007, 19:49 (Ref:1838238)

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Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

I remember that sad day when Hawkeye died. We all know he was killed when he hit that tree at Oulton, I remember it being on the news on the car radio when we were coming back from Brands that evening.

I was bloody gutted when the news broke on Monday morning when I got into work it sticks permantly in my mind to this day, I loved the guy what a character and who knows I may have ended up working for him as we were discussing it and life could have taken a totally different direction. I dare not tell you on line about the Xmas party up at Grand Prix Metalcrafts workshop (also at the Fortis Green Garage complex) cause I will get banned forever.

Leighton Irwin · 10 Feb 2007, 20:47 (Ref:1838264)

Maserati 250, Ferrari 250LM.
Al: If I told some of the stories of the antics the North American Atlantic crowd got into the same would happen to me. The novel Stoker Ace had nothing on us!

badgerbaiter · 14 Feb 2007, 10:35 (Ref:1841085)

davyboy · 14 Feb 2007, 10:46 (Ref:1841095)

I was just thinking on the 956/962 as well. Not sure whether its nostalgia getting the better of me, but from my recollections back in the day... boy they looked great.

badgerbaiter · 14 Feb 2007, 11:31 (Ref:1841147)

gpc cars were consistently the sexiest. good to see those style cars are back with us (although with truck engines!)

allenbrown · 14 Feb 2007, 17:22 (Ref:1841458)

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Originally Posted by Davhut

Lotus 79 in its first JPS guise: black, gold, Mario at the wheel.
Exquisite!

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Originally Posted by chunterer

For F1 i'd nominate the JPS Lotus 79 ...

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Originally Posted by RTH

Lotus 79

At the risk of appearing unoriginal: the Lotus 79.

As soon as I saw it I thought it looked perfect.

Allen

rcarr · 14 Feb 2007, 17:26 (Ref:1841461)

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Originally Posted by badgerbaiter

Interesting, personally I prefer them without the "Formula 1 style" front wing, like they won at Le Mans in 92 and 93.

http://www.peugeot.com/histoire/muse...detail_905.jpg

Davhut · 15 Feb 2007, 02:30 (Ref:1841810)

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Originally Posted by allenbrown

At the risk of appearing unoriginal: the Lotus 79.
As soon as I saw it I thought it looked perfect.
Allen

And Allen, it was perfect. I still see that Mario chassis several times a year at HGP events. http://www.historicgrandprix.com/
And it IS STILL the most beautiful Formula One car ever made.
Classically wonderful lines, beautiful shape, no weird things hanging off the edges, the colors were astonishing... there is not other word that I know to describe it in it's entirety...constructor, team, designer, color, results, driver... it is perfect as it proved so many decades ago.

Someday when I find the box, I'll post a bunch of photos of the machine. That car still takes my breath away when I annually see it...
DH

simon drabble · 15 Feb 2007, 07:50 (Ref:1841910)

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Originally Posted by Andrew Kitson

Some of the contenders for prettiest car here. The good old days of 4-3-4 grids at Silverstone, front row of the 1968 Martini International.
Sid Taylor's Lola T70 MkIII of Denny Hulme ( The current world champion at this time), the drop-dead-gorgeous Alan Mann Ford F3L of Frank Gardner, Mike de Udy's Lola and GT40. Wow..

it doesnt really get much better than that - fantastic photo...

driftwood · 3 Mar 2007, 16:14 (Ref:1857226)

F1 Jordan 191
Sports car Porsche 917
Saloon car BMW M3 E30
Grid girl I would be happy with Sophia Loren Catherine Deneuve Elizabeth Taylor

esper · 3 Mar 2007, 19:01 (Ref:1857305)

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Originally Posted by badgerbaiter

gpc cars were consistently the sexiest. good to see those style cars are back with us (although with truck engines!)

truck engines?

Al Weyman · 3 Mar 2007, 19:26 (Ref:1857318)

He probably means the truck derived V12 Lamborgini engine in the Vipers.

esper · 3 Mar 2007, 20:09 (Ref:1857343)

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Originally Posted by Al Weyman

He probably means the truck derived V12 Lamborgini engine in the Vipers.

All a viper is not a groupC car! (love to have a truck witha DFL.....?)

rbs · 4 Mar 2007, 07:54 (Ref:1857718)

I thought that Vipers had a V10 engine !

Splendid Cat · 4 Mar 2007, 08:02 (Ref:1857725)

Peugeot 908 HDi is the point of reference one would deduce?

Gloves · 7 Mar 2007, 19:22 (Ref:1860838)

For me it's the 1976 Ferrari 312 T2 as driven by Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni. I know it was the car Lauda famously crashed at Germany but it was in opinion the best looking GP car of the era.

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