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plym_46 · 01-07-2010, 07:53 PM

Since no one else did, I will, Gene Felton winning the IMSA race at Talledega. 97 mph for the 100 mile race on the 4 mile long combo super speedway and road course combo.

and at Laguna Seca

http://www.genefeltonrestorations.co...ed_60s70s.html

moTthediesel · 01-07-2010, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ts3x65mph

What A Photo

Indeed!

Is that Bridgehampton?

plym_46 · 01-07-2010, 08:57 PM

Speaking of Mini Marcos, a face, body, rear end only a mother could love.

**gnichols** · 01-07-2010, 09:01 PM

[QUOTE=plym_46;4761711]Since no one else did, I will, Gene Felton winning the IMSA race at Talledega. 97 mph for the 100 mile race on the 4 mile long combo super speedway and road course combo.

Might that be John Morton or Nick Craw trying to catach him? LOL. I have no idea.

Didn't Gene's also have the "Un-Porsche" - a 7up sponsored Camaro, too? Gary

Lowlife · 01-07-2010, 09:25 PM

Here's the "Gray Ghost" from the early TransAm wars.

**metalshapes** · 01-07-2010, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HealeyRick

Another mean SOB:

When I saw that pic, I thought it was this car.
Right before the impact.

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HealeyRick · 01-07-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Lowlife

Here's the "Gray Ghost" from the early TransAm wars.

I watched the Ghost at the 1971 Lime Rock Trans Am. Seeing that 64 Tempest do battle in the rain with cars seven years newer was magic.

**CoolHand** · 01-07-2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by plym_46

Since no one else did, I will, Gene Felton winning the IMSA race at Talledega. 97 mph for the 100 mile race on the 4 mile long combo super speedway and road course combo.

and at Laguna Seca

http://www.genefeltonrestorations.co...ed_60s70s.html

And here I thought Gremlin bodies came out of the factory mounted on dirt modified chassis.

Cute little fellers, ain't they? (In a "Jesus! Is that a car!?!" kinda way.

)

TIME TRAVELLER · 01-07-2010, 11:11 PM

Oh man, that will NOT buff out! That hurts.

Beach Bum · 01-07-2010, 11:22 PM

Some more photos I've taken over the years.

Devin SS

I like 917s!

Nissan GTP. Designed and built in El Segundo, Ca. You know you're getting old when the cars you watched racing back in the day are now called "vintage".

A Porsche hot rod, the 935.

Kurtis Buick

Morgan SLR, 1 of 3 built

Miller. Not a road racer but hey, it's a Miller!

Gilles Villeneuve, an artist with the Ferrari.

Jaguar V12 GTP

Ferrari 512 BB/LM. This car was run in local SCCA races for a couple of years.

Alfa 8C

MG N-Type

Auto Union D-Type

More later,
Kurt O.

plym_46 · 01-07-2010, 11:24 PM

Those 6 cylinder Gremlin cars made between 275/300 hp with a 500cfm 4bbl. Weighted 2800 lbs, ran BFG radials.

Artfrombama · 01-08-2010, 12:21 AM

A lil' OT Ford I fool around with;

gotmark73 · 01-08-2010, 01:25 AM

Jimmy B, I have never seen a yellow Bugatti everyone I have seen is Petty Blue for lack of a better description. I am in love the Type 35 is my all time favorite car. Last time I was in Indy I spent 20 min. just looking at the one on display. My dad (a hot rodder) and my brother (races drag bikes) thought there was something wrong with me lol.

**metalshapes** · 01-08-2010, 01:53 AM

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Gilles Villeneuve, an artist with the Ferrari

He knew how to hang the tail out in his race cars...

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Ned Ludd · 01-08-2010, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by gotmark73

Jimmy B, I have never seen a yellow Bugatti everyone I have seen is Petty Blue for lack of a better description. I am in love the Type 35 is my all time favorite car. Last time I was in Indy I spent 20 min. just looking at the one on display. My dad (a hot rodder) and my brother (races drag bikes) thought there was something wrong with me lol.

That's French Racing Blue, though it can be anything from a pale sky blue to an electric mid-blue. Before it was all sponsorship, European racing cars were painted according to where they came from: Britain had a dark green, Italy red, Germany silver, Belgium yellow. Later a Scottish team claimed a dark blue-black for Scotland. When racing in Europe it was the convention for American cars to be painted white.

KIRK! · 01-08-2010, 02:06 AM

Lots of these were partial inspiration for the Legion Special...

**model.A.keith** · 01-08-2010, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by hotroddon

That is just Bad ASS!

Archie Fraser-Nash at the test hill Brooklands ......awsome picture

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**model.A.keith** · 01-08-2010, 02:26 AM

some more from Classic Le Mans (08)

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**model.A.keith** · 01-08-2010, 02:28 AM

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HealeyRick · 01-08-2010, 04:35 AM

How could we forget the Doane Spencer Tiger:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHE-EZSAkOM

01-07-2010, 07:53 PM	#221
plym_46 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: central NY Posts: 2,921	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Since no one else did, I will, Gene Felton winning the IMSA race at Talledega. 97 mph for the 100 mile race on the 4 mile long combo super speedway and road course combo. and at Laguna Seca http://www.genefeltonrestorations.co...ed_60s70s.html __________________ If yer running a flathead, how come yer plugs are slanted????

01-07-2010, 08:57 PM	#223
plym_46 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: central NY Posts: 2,921	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Speaking of Mini Marcos, a face, body, rear end only a mother could love. __________________ If yer running a flathead, how come yer plugs are slanted????

01-07-2010, 09:01 PM	#224
gnichols Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 6,216	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic [QUOTE=plym_46;4761711]Since no one else did, I will, Gene Felton winning the IMSA race at Talledega. 97 mph for the 100 mile race on the 4 mile long combo super speedway and road course combo. Might that be John Morton or Nick Craw trying to catach him? LOL. I have no idea. Didn't Gene's also have the "Un-Porsche" - a 7up sponsored Camaro, too? Gary __________________ Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...p?albumid=2874 http://public.fotki.com/kitbashr/

01-07-2010, 09:25 PM	#225
Lowlife Grenade Inspector Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: MO. USA Posts: 378	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Here's the "Gray Ghost" from the early TransAm wars. Attached Thumbnails

01-07-2010, 11:11 PM	#229
TIME TRAVELLER Grenade Inspector Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 286	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Oh man, that will NOT buff out! That hurts. __________________ That's as close as damn is to swearing!

01-07-2010, 11:22 PM	#230
Beach Bum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Under the pier, So Cal Posts: 572	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Some more photos I've taken over the years. Devin SS I like 917s! Nissan GTP. Designed and built in El Segundo, Ca. You know you're getting old when the cars you watched racing back in the day are now called "vintage". A Porsche hot rod, the 935. Kurtis Buick Morgan SLR, 1 of 3 built Miller. Not a road racer but hey, it's a Miller! Gilles Villeneuve, an artist with the Ferrari. Jaguar V12 GTP Ferrari 512 BB/LM. This car was run in local SCCA races for a couple of years. Alfa 8C MG N-Type Auto Union D-Type More later, Kurt O. __________________ "I'd never join a club that would have me as a member." Groucho Marx

01-07-2010, 11:24 PM	#231
plym_46 Old School HAMBer Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: central NY Posts: 2,921	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Those 6 cylinder Gremlin cars made between 275/300 hp with a 500cfm 4bbl. Weighted 2800 lbs, ran BFG radials. __________________ If yer running a flathead, how come yer plugs are slanted????

01-08-2010, 12:21 AM	#232
Artfrombama Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Y, Cullman Alabama Posts: 1,125	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic A lil' OT Ford I fool around with; __________________ 1956 F100

01-08-2010, 01:25 AM	#233
gotmark73 Grenade Inspector Join Date: May 2008 Location: Munster, IN Posts: 144	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Jimmy B, I have never seen a yellow Bugatti everyone I have seen is Petty Blue for lack of a better description. I am in love the Type 35 is my all time favorite car. Last time I was in Indy I spent 20 min. just looking at the one on display. My dad (a hot rodder) and my brother (races drag bikes) thought there was something wrong with me lol.

01-08-2010, 02:06 AM	#236
KIRK! Old School HAMBer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: At your mom's house naked! Posts: 11,974	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic Lots of these were partial inspiration for the Legion Special... __________________ Pics of your mom naked at killKIRK

01-08-2010, 02:26 AM	#238
model.A.keith Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: st.uk in the middle Posts: 5,904	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic some more from Classic Le Mans (08) . . __________________ 28A Coupe 28AR Roadster If it ain't broke..................Don't fix it......! Give to Cancer Research.......save a life www.driveoutcancer.org .

01-08-2010, 02:28 AM	#239
model.A.keith Alliance Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: st.uk in the middle Posts: 5,904	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic . . __________________ 28A Coupe 28AR Roadster If it ain't broke..................Don't fix it......! Give to Cancer Research.......save a life www.driveoutcancer.org .

01-08-2010, 04:35 AM	#240
HealeyRick Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Mass. Posts: 482	Re: Roadrace cars... vintage, nostalgia, historic How could we forget the Doane Spencer Tiger: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHE-EZSAkOM __________________ Rick My SBF into an Austin-Healey Build: http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264

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