Hundert Jahre Sportwagen, 2004 - 480 pages
von Frank Oleski, Hartmut Lehbrink,
904-025-1 aka 904-088 in the metallic silver blue livery,
at this time in ownership of Mr. Hardy
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Hundert Jahre Sportwagen, 2004 - 480 pages
von Frank Oleski, Hartmut Lehbrink,
904-025-1 aka 904-088 in the metallic silver blue livery,
at this time in ownership of Mr. Hardy
Jurgen Barth's book on 904
Attachment 509047
Attachment 509048
According to that book did Peter Hoffman of Classic Parts own 025 more recently. I guess he could (..) tell you more about it, he is so dialed into Carrera's that he must have figured out the stories?
Info about 088:
Attachment 509049
So is the summary?
the remains / what ever was left of the initial 025 got into the garage
what didn't go into the garage (engine, transmission, VIN?, etc) got swapped in(to) 088
the papers of 088 went to sleep till it was used for a donor car?
BTW Armin Hardy had his fingers in both cars. If he had had them same time he could have reversed things :rolleyes:
BTW what is now considered the "real" 025? The one w/ swapped body parts or the one build from the remains?
Richard
Richard,
the truth is in the eye of the one watching.....
025 or 025-1....
both raced, 025 flipped over and went undercover.
25-1 went back to UK, raced and went trough all the hands.
I do wait what you will report from your friend....
btw
Sithot was correct:
"Looks like a Renault color. Sometimes substituted for Moto Guzzi Legano Verde."
Renault was using the color “borneo green” for their MY 60/63, as seen here on the Renault Caravelle. It was a sports car manufactured and marketed for the model years 1958-1968 in a single generation — as a rear-engine, rear drive open two/four-seater designed by Pietro Frua of Carrozzeria Ghia, using the floorpan and engine of the Renault Dauphine. Outside of North America and Britain it was, until 1962, marketed under the nameplate Renault Floride.
Maybe the S.M.A.R.T got the inspiration for the trademark team color from over here….
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haul
..............BB & Borneo
updated main post #1 as I have found a wonderful story by Andre Loubser, VIP direct factory sales department in 1963, responsible for the main story 904 borneo green car:
https://mycarquest.com/2014/10/rando...th-africa.html
Somehow an Iso Grifo just fits Hailwood's persona.... ;)
Tough day for Water Buffalos...:rolleyes:
I found further proof for the
a. sithot´s thesis the borneo green being a renault color being correct
b. color came from Valentine Varnish & Lacquer Co., West Drayton
Valerie Pirie started as a 17 year old as secretary for Sir Stirling Moss and has the following book published
Ciao, Stirling: The Inside Story of a Motor Racing Legend
by Valerie Pirie
hardcover: 336 pages
publisher: Biteback Publishing (3. September 2019)
language: Englisch
ISBN-10: 1785904639
ISBN-13: 978-1785904639
gentlemen, enjoy
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haul
British racing driver Sir John Whitmore (1937 - 2017), driver for SMART, the 'Stirling Moss Automobile Racing Team', sits in the driver's seat of 904-025, while SMART Le Mans team manager Valerie Pirie, former secretary of Stirling Moss, stands beside him,
London, UK, 26th February 1964.
(Photo by Douglas Miller/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Fabulous picture of the car in London. I hadn’t seen it before