Thanks for the help that Hugh. I'm kind into license plates. "S" plates would have been on any car registered in Stuttgart, (or a suburb of Stutgart), which is why most factory cars have S plates.
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Thanks for the help that Hugh. I'm kind into license plates. "S" plates would have been on any car registered in Stuttgart, (or a suburb of Stutgart), which is why most factory cars have S plates.
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Originally Posted by varunan123
Raj
this is a photo of 107 in the race from the targa thread on forum sport auto that i gave the link to above
the answer is dual exhaust. It was either a spare race engine for R8 out of the truck of spares (I think so) or the RSR engine out of R8 (less likely)
Hugh:
It looks like this photo may have been the inspiration for the painting shown earlier on this thread.
Gib
I noticed while looking at allot of these pictures that some RSRs didn't have the front mounted oil cooler style bumper. Why is that? When did it begin? Where these bumpers ever made of steel?
Raj
i cant open it
the link takes me to a password page that says in french that i cant enter
Raj
FANTASTIC
I don't know how I missed that when it was posted by Karim
i have never seen some of that before - especially the tangerine mule with the cut out flares testing the wide wheels.
the tangerine mule looks fascinating - my guess would be that it was a 1969, maybe 1970, factory rallye car being adapted as a ST track car - testing wheel widths, suspension settings or maybe as an early test for the RSR spec (although I think it is earlier than that).
It is hard to tell which car it is from this however. from the colour, roundals, lights placement, front bumpers, etc i would put my money on a 69 ......but not confidently
i would be interested in others comments - maybe it deserves a thread of its own
is it possible to just cut that amount out and post it separately?
I THOUGHT THAT 017 WAS THE FACTORY BROCHURE CAR;i OWNED AT ONE TIME AND THERE'S A FACTORTY LETTER STATING THAT WITH THE CAR,CLUB SPORT HAS THE CAR TOTALLY RESTOREDQuote:
Originally Posted by HughH
aT ONE TIME I owned CARRERA RS #017,WHICH ACCORDING TO THE FACTORY WAS THE BROCHURE CAR;HERE'S A POSTER OF LEO ZA 63 A PREVIOUS POST SAYS THAT LEO ZA 63 WAS RS #15;AM i MISTAKEN;THE CAR #17 IS TOTALY RESTORED WITH CLUB SPORT RIGHT NOW
Hi frankQuote:
Originally Posted by fg1227
RS 017 that you owned was, I believe, one of the two cars with the "positive" (prototype) rather than (production) "reverse" carrera script.
I was indeed featured on many of the brochures and extensively in the RS book.
However it was the red accent GP white car and a M472 touring car (the first one I believe with the touring package at least according to a letter from the factory in 1990).
LEO ZA 63 was on the other car with positive scrip - RS 015 which was GP white with blue and can be distinguished in black and white photos from RS017 as it was a M471 version with al the external signs (tape on bumpers instead of deco strip lightweight rear bumpers etc)
The poster youposted is, i believe, of RS 015 as it has both prototype lettering and appears to be an M471 car.
here is a picture of both RS 015 (from the RS book) and RS 017 again from the RS book
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Originally Posted by varunan123
Raj
at 7mins .53 there is a shot of the race department workshop (by the looks of it) with 1973 Le Mans car 47 in it.
Next to it also being prepared is what looks like R2 (RS020 car #9 at the targa) after the targa, now being put into the yellow Sonauto colours it would be using for Le Mans as car 48 (can just see the BP decal on the LHS rear). This is where they would have changed it from a 72 oil system to a 1973 one that we saw in the Le Mans photos and is now present as the factory museum car
I need to try to get a copy of the DVD this comes from - it has fantastic details in it