Lola T-70:

If you can make black marks
on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner
until the braking point of the next turn,
then you have enough horse power!

Mark Donohue




Another beautiful racer......Ferrari 330P4

The first car I put my hard earned cash into.




I certainly wished I had kept it. They are worth a few shekels these days.

Not so old really. Nearing her 8th birthday.
And i will put money on it that no one will have heard of this, at all.



The Rotor JT7.

Brief history.
Minimalist sportscar as per Lotus seven.
Mid engined racing car for the road.
Designed and most parts built 1995/97.
Basis for Mk2 Rotor Motive Ltd .
Prototype built using Ford 2 litre 16 valve RS2000 engine, Hewland transaxle.
Assembled 1999 tested and developed summer 1999.
Road car built winter 1999 for J Kyle.
2300cc road legal SVA approved
Registered Jan 2000 as R8TOR.
Race car built 1999; Conversion of prototype with carbon body work, strenghtened chassis and uprated dry sumped engine. 550 Kg 200 bhp.

Funny thing is. I see this car every day.
The fat bloke in the front.
Thats my dad.
Built the rotor company from scratch.

Here are some more real classics, taken at Lime Rock Park July 2001;

Martini & Rossi 936 "Baby"


Gulf sponsored 917 as driven by Steve McQueen in "Le Mans"


Mark Donahue's 1973 1100 bhp 240mph 917/30 Spyder


Martini & Rossi 917 circa 1970


962 circa 1990


917917K - Winner of Le Mans in 1970


907LH (1968)

Howdy fellas,

Really great pictures All!

to Jan: Always been a fan of BLUE......but that Prancher brings red neck & neck

to Grumpy: Isn't that a Nash Metropolitan?......my neighbour {this is back in the sixties} had a blue over white one...a ragtop too.

to A-Train: Ya know, as soon as I scrolled down amd saw your pic, I thought.....Lotus 7. Obviously your Dad was influenced by that rather nifty little british sportcar.
Didn't Patrick McGoohan {sp?} have a penchant for Lotus 7's ?............." you are a number"........

to Al: Thanks!!.........now I've got to go out and find a DVD copy of the movie 'Le Mans'!.........loved that flick. Saw it when it first came out in the cinema back in the 70's.....terrible movie, but what racing footage!!!!
I even bought the vinyl LP soundtrack back then, just to hear the Porsche engines scream........anybody here remember the great POV shots during the crash scenes?

BTW Al, in your 3rd shot [the one with Mark Donohue's car}, the wee red job sitting behind it?......I used to own one of those.....a 930 turbo complete with racing fender flares and 'whale' tail, only it was blue.
Absolutely beautiful vehicle!.......miss it.

Tread.

A couple of New Zealanders and Classic Cars:
Bruce McLaren: Racing driver extraoidinaire; designer:
http://www.race-cars.com/carsales/mclarens.htm
http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/homepage.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_F1




Bob Wallace: Lamborghini development driver:
http://www.lamborghiniregistry.com/People/Wallace/index.html
http://lambocars.com/archive/miura/miuraj.htm

LOL...I didn't know one could ever have enough horse power?!
And I have the vari belt pulley Kiaser blower unit{pre paxton}...just need the rest of the car.....it's a start.

Well some nice cars there but the Classic of all Classics is this vehicle... Sport and style mixed together into one beautiful vehicle



Sadly I don't have E-type money so for a first car I have set my goal on this vehicle... A nice piece of swedish design car from the 60's The indestructible Volvo Amazon


Classic cars.... They are just so much nicer then the tin Junk that is coming onto the Market lately

With friendly greetz

Robert Blokker

Robert, you would be the talk of Dirkshorn with that Jag, man what a beautiful car! (not to sure on that colour though maybe a nice forest green)

Jeff, I didn't realise we had a driver at Lambo guess you learn something new everyday

Here is a good one for ya..............



1959 Jaguar XK150. My uncle had the same car and was the original owner. The only differance was his was brown. It was mint condition and garage kept its entire life. In 1997, it was appraised at 90-100 grand. God only knows what it would be worth today. That was the year before my uncle passed away. He never let his sons (to call them idiots would be a compliment!) drive the car. So, needless to say, after he passed away, they took it for ONE ride and wrecked the car. But wait, it gets worse. The only person who was insured to drive the car was my uncle. So, no $$$$$$$$ from the insurance company. Worse then that, they didnt even try to salvage parts from the car, they towed it to a junk yard. And they wonder why I dont speak to them anymore

Gary

For American KitMaker networkers the Australian version of a Chevy; the mighty Holden...

1960 Holden FB Stationwagen

An FB almost identical to this one was owned by the family for years before age and the dreaded tin worm got to it. An Australian classic.

1961 Holden EK, tastefully tweaked


1961 Holden EK even more tweaked


Edit: A Russian Classic. Lada on ice. Couldn't resist this one