Love that vid !!!!
Love that vid !!!!
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
R U BORED? Take a quick spin around Spa in a 910
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUqbf_tOcZQ&t=301s
Enjoy.
Mark
https://youtu.be/cCKFyrBDLWw
Nice to see the cars from different racing classes overtaking one another.
As a related piece of trivia, a previous owner of my 73 911 RS was instrumental in persuading (more accurately manoeuvring a reluctant) McLaren to race the F1; a car which was only ever intended to be for road use. I’d long heard a rumour about these events but was able to verify the story in person with Gordon Murray several years ago when I attended the private exhibition he held to celebrate his 50 years in the industry at his headquarters in Dunsfold Surrey (also the location of the Top Gear studio and track).
Something nice when what start as fundamentally road cars get modified (albeit begrudgingly after lobbying of McLaren in this case ) to race effectively; a nice assembly of the F1 Racing examples featured at 73MM:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSehmnDPFxs
A few details here, tons more info on www: https://supercarnostalgia.com/blog/mclaren-f1-gtr-95
Steve
Porsche *. Iirc it was fundamentally a re-bodied of the Jaguar XJR-14 designed by Ross Brawn done by Tom Walkinshaw Racing in Oxfordshire with Porsche 935 power run by Joest.
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Thanks Steve, ALWAYS loved these cars.....
One of the first ones I ever saw up close was, of all places, the Concorso Italiano in Monterey...
It was a brilliant metallic copper...…..
It seem a very small car, when the rest were getting bigger...
Cheers,
cm
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
Maybe this one Chuck...
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There were number of variations of that model assembled for his 50th birthday invitational. It was a large curated collection in his own company facility gathered for one week only from a wide variety sources. Owners had pulled out the stops to recognise his lifetimes work by sharing their Gordon Murray designed cars. Cars with important history in many cases and others that don’t often see light of day. Some came from Bernie Ecclestone’s private collection that is kept in a secure location about half an hour away. Exhibits spanning his entire career from a Lotus 7 inspired car he built as a youngster in SA through to today. He patiently spent many hours taking the dozen or so of us invited guests day around it.
Other examples of this model were racing versions including the black Le Mans winner but this eye catching Copper one was to road specification, I believe. A gulf liveried example:
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There was a virtual tour
https://www.gordonmurraydesign.com/n...ifes-work.html
Not just his car designs featured his massive tee shirt collection, personal cars and motorbikes etc.
Memorable visit just a shortish hop up road from my home.
Steve
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WOW, thanks for the pic Steve....
I checked the web and came up with the car, it was the mid to later 90's...
I remember a VERY large man climbed out of that small outrageous car....
Cheers again and thanks for memories...
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter
Steve, was the previous owner of your RS 2.7 Mr Ray Bellm?
I'm a huge fan of the F1, especially after witnessing the LM 1995 victory.
XP5 was parked into the paddocks and this is such a small car in the flesh!
Lovely car, with a unique history.
No it isn’t Ray Belm ... in fairness to PO who last I know was is in quiet retirement I should ask him if it is ok to mention his name on a open www forum. Probably not an issue / secret but as you will appreciate it is his call on if I can say more about him that isn’t in public domain than I already have alluded to as a trivia aside on a car hobby site ...
Agree they are special road to race cars; rather ahead of their time. I may have a shot of the winning car from that day. Supported by McLaren but run by Lanzante and with Japanese sponsorship — despite good qualifying they were I think a tad fortunate to win when others ran into difficulty — but that is racing! Lanzante are located in the same neck of the woods here in U.K. too.
Cheers
Last edited by 911MRP; 07-17-2020 at 02:28 PM.