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ASMC Industrial

https://www.asmc.net/brands/ASMC-Industrial.html

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ASMC Industrial : ASMC Industrial

Mercedes Universal by Porsche racin...

Some see Porsche 911 racing team Rally Acropolis I see Mercedes W110 Universal STW!

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Heckflosse : Mercedes Universal by Porsche racing team

MB W110 Heckflosse police ambulance

W110 Miesen bodied Policia Ambulance, interesting concept.

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Heckflosse : MB W110 Heckflosse police ambulance

Pilot Harlequin sailplane

Spring day with the Harlequin on my field. The good news is the bird does glide rather well the not so good news is it handles lie a pig, especially with turbulent wind.

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Andreas : Pilot Harlequin sailplane

Adam Looks Like you had a good day there!
Streamline Looks aerodynamic to me!

Random Vintage RC plane photos

Three times three metre wing span.

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Andreas : Random Vintage RC plane photos

Adam Do they fly?
Andreas Not yet, soon I hope!
TGK-69 That's plenty!
TGK-69 How many in total?

Toyota 2000GT factory

Toyota 2000GT... this is jewel of Japanese motoring history, ne. It was produced from 1967 to 1970—very short time, like a shooting star—but it give big impression. Only 351 cars made, so it is quite rare. Some people say it's the first true Japanese supercar!

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NipponSan : Toyota 2000GT factory

TGK-69 I love how handmade these things were.
TGK-69 I almost said cottage industry, which might not have been the right word concerning the quality.

1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro

The 1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro, dreamed up by the legendary Italdesign Giugiaro, was a bold leap into the future they thought would be. Based on the Porsche 914/6 chassis, it packed a mid-mounted flat-six engine and turned heads with its sharp, angular "wedge" design—pure 1970s sci-fi on wheels

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ProtoTipo : 1970 Volkswagen Porsche Tapiro

Adam Pure wedge school design there.
TGK-69 This might have changed my mind about the German speed beetle manufacturer.
TGK-69 Such a shame they lacked the round objects to make it happen-

De Tomaso Mangusta, Beautiful but ...

Mangusta was arguably the most beautiful Spaghetti hybrid, hell... it even ranker at the top of all mid engined exotica -as long as we're talking aesthetics. Dynamically it was hopelessly slow and couldn't handle much better than your neighbour's Corsair.

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American Racer : De Tomaso Mangusta, Beautiful but Totally Flawed

Nemo Yeah still faster than the beetle the flower kids drove : )
Uncle Harry Looks much better than Corsair though.
JoyRide And that ladies and gents is what makes Mangusta Alicia Schmidt of automotive world!
Trucker Joe darn impawt car ain't darn good faw nutting..I'll say again!
Hans Baumaster Looks may deceive

Lamborghini Countach Walter Wolf Sp...

This is not just any old Countach with a shady tuning kit riveted on its body. It's is the Lamborghini Countach Walter Wolf Special, first of two such cars ever built.

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Black Angus : Lamborghini Countach Walter Wolf Special

Black Angus Basically, Walter Wolf Special started life as LP400 but the Austrian Millionaire and Wolf F1 team owner had the factory to to assemble a 450HP 5-litre engine before any 500 was available.
Black Angus The exhaust thingy is a Japanese add-on , obviously.
Black Angus They have a word for those things in Japanese...cannot remember which.
Nemo I know what you mean...but the actual word??
Andreas Brutal!

Maserati A6 GCS Scrapyard Find

Maserati A6GCS piled with other 50's and 60's racing cars in a strange scrapyard in Mexico in the 70's

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Pista Primo : Maserati A6 GCS Scrapyard Find

Adam Places like this are history these days. What is the red car on top of the Maserati?
BMW Boomer Maserati A6G/2000? Osca? No idea really, I just had to contribute; )
Andreas My guess would be Siata or Osca.
TGK-69 I have no idea but they look great to me.
Jules Mon dieu!

Lotus Elva Bread Van

While Ferrari 250 GT SWB may be the most famous "Bread van" racing car with a Kammtail, it certainly was not the first or the only of its kind. Here's Elva Lotus Bread van

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Nelumbo Nucifera : Lotus Elva Bread Van

Andreas Efficient, if not the most beautiful solution.
Andreas Notice the Lotus roofline Vs. Cadillac bonnet!
Adam That's low.
Adam but not slow : )
Nelumbo Nucifera True!

Toyota 2000GT roadster James Bond 007 You'll only live twice

James Bond 007 Toyota 2000GT roadst...

As vintage car enthusiasts, we often celebrate the usual suspects — Ferraris, Astons, Jags — but I wanted to shine a light on a true unicorn: the Toyota 2000GT Convertible featured in the 1967 Bond film You Only Live Twice.

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Streamline : James Bond 007 Toyota 2000GT roadster

Nelumbo Nucifera A car that owes Lotus Elan a lot!
Adam Yes, the chassis!
Adam People say it reminds the E-type. Frankly I do not see the resemblance.
Andreas Other than a long bonnet the so called resemblense is hard to detect.
Nelumbo Nucifera Yes. The back bone chassis!

Ferrari F40 Manufacturing Process

Factory artisans weld the steel frame of a Ferrari F40 during its original assembly, showcasing the handcrafted "precision" behind the legendary supercar's construction

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Dale36 : Ferrari F40 Manufacturing Process

Andreas "precision" in deed!
RennMeister Ferrari weld seams from 50's to pretty much this day Gide a proper welder an instant headache.
Andreas True artisans.
Adam The frame itself does not look that modern for its era.
Adam The frame itself does not look that modern for its era.

MB L319 & VW kastenwagen

Old photo of Finnish MB L319 & VW kastenwagen, needless to say I prefer the L319.

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Gottlieb : MB L319 & VW kastenwagen

German Car Fan both are great
Streamline I like both.
Streamline more the MB though.
Adam Sweet vans!

Dune Buggy

Here's a hypothetical question, is there or will there ever be again a car that you can turn into a cheap fun open sportster in a week or two with basic home tools?

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Käfer Guy : Dune Buggy

Andreas Despite the fact it was a rhetoric question, never again.
RennMeister where is the fun these days?
OddSpot These were great, I miss those carefree days in so many ways.
Streamline Good fun, at the time
Americana The best thing you can do with your beetle.

Airtronics Aquila Solarfilm Failure

Absolutely silent pass not a hiss. What a beauty!

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Andreas : Airtronics Aquila Solarfilm Failure

F3B res In a league of its own.
F3B res The League of silent flight.
F3B res By the way, did you notice any difference when changing to Koverall fabric?
Andreas I've recovered 10-15 old gliders with koverall or polysilk since 2022. All of them fly better with fabric cover.
Jules Watch out for the thunder!

Kyosho Circuit20 Toyota Hilux

As a kid, I had a Thunder Tiger knockoff of a Kyosho, complete with a Pontiac Firebird body—Kyosho was way out of my budget back then. Sadly, the TT gears were made of monkey metal and would shred even with a worn-out old TT 25 aero (OS Max copy) engine.

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Andreas : Kyosho Circuit20 Toyota Hilux

Nemo Nice...but when I as well as some other people asked you to get back into cars this was not exactly what we ment.
West Hills Kid Awesome! my big brother had a Kyosho Fairlady with 0.21 engine pumping out more than 1.5hp. The thing was a screamer!
Käfer Guy I happen to now the first Kyosho on this platform was a dune buggy, hence the air-cooled rear engine!
Andreas The front axle certainly is very similar to a beetle in its concept

Porsche 917 size comparison

A lot of people think 917 is a big car like today's sports cars. Actually 917 is tiny, very tiny!

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Adam : Porsche 917 size comparison

Another Airtronics Aquila

Due to circumstances beyond my control I have another Airtronics Aquila in my possession.

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Andreas : Another Airtronics Aquila

Americana Made in Arcadia California.
Andreas They made the best kits back then..hands down.Later
Andreas Although Graupner and Ok models weren't bad either.

Traffic in the 60's and 70's

I think you will love these old town traffic snapshots as much as I do. Here we have a Super bird, Farmtruck and ragtop Beetle as well as some 40's iron.

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Jiggalige : Traffic in the 60's and 70's

Andreas Eclectic sample.
Nemo Bloody hell! It's actually a super bird!
Nemo I wonder what kind od a geezer drove one back in the day.
Nemo Rich next to that late 40s early 50 DeSoto

"SuperSwede." Ronnie Peterson

Ronnie Peterson "SuperSwede" Swedish Formula One driver renowned for his exceptional speed and daring driving style. Peterson's life was tragically cut short following a multi-car accident at the start of the 1978 Italian Grand Prix Monza

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Göran : "SuperSwede." Ronnie Peterson

RennMeister exceptional talent lost too soon.
RennMeister While Hunt, Regazzoni and Depailler managed to free Ronnie from the burning Lotus wreck it was the Italian doctors that failed his leg operation and Ronnie was gone.
German Car Fan F1 cars were death traps back then.
Andreas it was a different game. The good thing today is the sport is about as safe as it can. In the other hand I'd rather stare at paint drying than F1 race.
OddSpot and such a Cool car!

Pope

Pope is dead, long live the Pope. This in not the new yankee pope.

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Jiggalige : Pope

Americana Yankee Pope...

Storiche BMW crashing

Very bad things happen. Driver was sick and crashed his beautiful BMW. It fatal, sorry say.

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Giovanni : Storiche BMW crashing

Neglected Mercedes Benz 220SE Coupe...

A Neglected Mercedes Benz 220SE Coupe that spotted a while ago.

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Gottlieb : Neglected Mercedes Benz 220SE Coupe spotted

Coltrane So it's the same model I posted earlier on.
Nemo only that it has seen the world...and then some
Andreas With the looks of it we have a 220se with w112 300se chrome trim.
German Car Fan Low grill 280se bumpers.
Andreas Actually, they come from a w108 not a flachkühler.

Potus lotus with James Dean's Porsche engine

Potus, the Lotus Mark IX with James...

After James Dean’s tragic crash in his Porsche 550 Spyder (chassis 550-0055), the wrecked car was declared a total lossbut the engine survived. Dr. William F. Eschrich, a SoCal physician and racer, bought the 1.5L Type 547 “Fuhrmann” engine and installed it into a Lotus Mark IX chassis.

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RennMeister : Potus, the Lotus Mark IX with James Dean's engine

Käfer Guy Why not, with 110hp and light weight it pretty much dominated 1.5 litre class.
Nelumbo Nucifera Coventry Climax 1,460 cc FWB would have been a superior engine, only available 1956 and in very few numbers.
Nelumbo Nucifera Raced in 1956 by Coopers. it was one of these cars winning the British Grand Prix of that year.
Nelumbo Nucifera They only made 35 FWB units!

Cortina MK1 Snowed in

No way to treat such a classic, is it? I'll promise to take it indoor soon!

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Fordson : Cortina MK1 Snowed in

Giovanni Ooo dio mio
Nemo wounded warrior will rise again for sure...
Type 49 Nice door latch ; )
Coltrane Jimmy Clark has left the building.
Adam Actually it does not seem too bad.

Cutaways are cool

Nice cut away showing the structure of the Lotus Esprit.

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Carluccio-69 : Cutaways are cool

Nelumbo Nucifera Yes and no. What it doesn't clearly show is the backbone chassis quintessential to Lotus of the era.

Porsche 356 Speedster Heckflosse

Porsche 356 Speedster with Heckflosse -This fella thought it was much groovier with fins and continental kit...#zuffierod

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Zuffie Puff : Porsche 356 Speedster Heckflosse

Nemo Sometimes bad enough turn good, but this time??
Heckflosse Heckflosse..ha haa!
Sir Dancealot Well..Seemed like a good idea at that time.
Adam People are hard to comprehend.
Uncle Harry Federalized version.

Old men car chart

Ok, here's to all of you old men with sox in sandals. A chart to choose you fav model. naturally the quintessential old man's make, Vette. Cor Vette.

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JoyRide : Old men car chart

Americana Ouch!

World's most butchered Ferrari 25...

The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, chassis 0758TR, has got to be the most butchered, disrespected, and downright ugliest Ferrari 250 TR to ever exist. It started life just fine, racing in smaller events around the Caribbean and South America—nothing too glamorous, but hey...

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American Racer : World's most butchered Ferrari 250 TR

Adam You're not kidding...that is as ugly as they come.
Adam Great reading by the way! Thanks.
RennMeister No joking that is the fubar of all fubars!
Abroc People, what are they thinking?
Streamline Nothing remotely sensible by the looks of it

Another Swedish Vintage Ferrari

I'm quite sure this is an early Ferrari 250 TdF , long wheel base.

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Göran : Another Swedish Vintage Ferrari

Adam I think most TDF had flared in headlights, didn't they?
Nemo Later ones did.
West Hills Kid I hope this survives today as well!
Streamline Check this one: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Gottlieb/352

Scuderia Askolin Ferraris; Swedish GP in Kristianstad

Three Ferraris by Finnish Scuderia ...

Three Ferraris for the Finnish Scuderia Askolin team competed at the Swedish GP in Kristianstad on 11 August 1957. From the left: 1957 Ferrari 500 TRC s/n 0702MDTR, driven by Curt Lincoln and Heimo Hietarinta, finished in 9th place overall.

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Saluta Fennica : Three Ferraris by Finnish Scuderia Askolin

Saluta Fennica 1956 Ferrari 500 TR s/n 0610MDTR, driven by Lars Finnilä and Seppo Rikkilä, finished in 15th place overall.
Saluta Fennica 1957 Ferrari 250 GT TdF s/n 0723GT, driven brand new from the factory by Curt Lincoln, secured victory in the GT race. The nose and colour resemble those in the sales brochure i.e. two tome gold!
Saluta Fennica Behind the Scuderia Askolin there's a Ferrari 335 S, was driven by Phil Hill to the 2nd place and Mike Hawthorn to 4th place
Saluta Fennica More about the 0610; https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Saluta%20Fennica/970
American Racer That's some lineup from Finland! Private team?

Dkw F89 Roadster

Who would have imagined! Inside a humble DKW f89 there is almost beautiful roadster. I have no idea who did the modification though!

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Adam : Dkw F89 Roadster

German Car Fan It looks good!
German Car Fan Very good!
Winterbottom Frankly I always thought so called hot Rodgers lack imagination repeating the same formula over and over again. I would take this over any ol'32 hiboy or other cliche-rod
Gottlieb East German IFA
Andreas Outstanding

Swedish Ferrari 250GT Lusso 50 year...

Ferrari 250GT Lusso more than50 years ago along next to an ambulance / fire engine.

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Göran : Swedish Ferrari 250GT Lusso 50 years ago

TGK-69 Were you able to buy this for the same price as new Saab or Volvo?
Spinner I think so, yes.
Andreas Splendid!
Chris Quinn The swedes had the sweets
Nemo Oh so sophisticated

Random photos of Swedish Ferraris ...

Ferrari 275GTB in Sweden over 50 years ago!

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Göran : Random photos of Swedish Ferraris 50 years ago

Nemo Mud flaps, really?
Göran Gravel roads...You do what you have to!
West Hills Kid I've never seen anything like that. I bet they were there to serve a purpose, not the looks!
Streamline definitely not the looks!

"Light" the Woodstock VW hippy bus

Back in the summer of '69, Dr. Bob Hieronimus got a cool gig painting the Woodstock Light Bus for his buddies in the Baltimore rock band, Light. He worked his magic by a lake just outside Baltimore, and this groovy VW bus set off on its epic journey to the legendary Woodstock festival.

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Sherwood John : "Light" the Woodstock VW hippy bus

Chris Quinn Imagine going to a festival and being high all through out it.
Chris Quinn On the roof of it...naturally
Americana Looking at these photos makes me sad.
Americana Not because of what it used to be but what it has become.
Chris Quinn Love bro!

Peter Helm's Army Green 250GT Calif...

Here's a couple of screen shots from Peter Helm's 8mm home movie starring 250GT California Spyder Pete and his Ferrari driving buddies decided to paint army green.

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Rickman : Peter Helm's Army Green 250GT California Spyder

Italian Job That's a flashback, thanks. First time I ever saw photos of the car.
Italian Job Before this it was red with a black hood.
Italian Job Peter's Ferrari gang at the time consisted of Tommy Rettig of Lassie fame( in the background), Stephen Mitchell etc... Stephen used to have a 250GTO which nowadays belongs to Ralph Lauren's collectionof static pieces -nuff said?
Jules Intriguing! Drugs involved?
Giovanni NO do thatta!

Lamborghini Countach L150 Prototipo...

In the mid-'80s, Lamborghini had big plans to modernize the Countach with the L150 project, led by Giulio Alfieri. The goal? Fix the Countach’s quirks—better comfort, improved cooling, and sleeker styling.

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Black Angus : Lamborghini Countach L150 Prototipo, 1987

German Car Fan They went for bling not performance.
Nemo Poster car Vs. Faster car..

Unlikely Birth of the BMW E30 Touri...

The BMW 3 Series Touring owes its existence to an unconventional beginning—an old, wrecked E30 sedan and the vision of BMW engineer Max Reisböck. In the early 1980s, Reisböck found himself in need of a roomier vehicle to accommodate his growing family.

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Youngtimer : Unlikely Birth of the BMW E30 Touring

Heckflosse I did not know it was a private design effort!
Coltrane That's the spirit!
Kennebunkport Kustom Good, now chop the darn Bimmer!
German Car Fan chip-chop you stop.
Nemo I had no idea!

Great Pains Spirit 2m

She flies beautifully, very sensitive to weak thermals.

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Andreas : Great Pains Spirit 2m

Adam It's a good thing innit?
Andreas Absolutely is!
Göran it looks like model plane advertisement from the 80's or something!
Andreas Now that you mentioned, it does.
Andreas That is, photoshopped ; )

Heckflosse 230 W110 Hill Climb

Mercedes Benz 230 w110 participating a hill climb competition in Tenerife in the early 70's. 230 had a 6-cylinder 2.3 litre engine with twin carburettors and a special radiator inside the front panel.

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Heckflosse : Heckflosse 230 W110 Hill Climb

Speed Demon Looks like someone lost their engine in the very same corner.
Adam Tenerife, Canary Islands! what a place, ideal climate.
Adam Too many tourists these days, I'm afraid.
Adam And the car, that's fabulous too!
Andreas My ideal fantail would be a W110 230 with a 220S interior.

Bird of Time 3-metre Sailplane Scra...

It's been a long journey with too many odd gliders and projects in between. But finally the birds is starting to look like something, extended fuselage, 1160g sans the fabric, battery and possible ballast. We shall see..

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Andreas : Bird of Time 3-metre Sailplane Scratch Build Story

Adam I don't really understand how these can be made so light !
Adam And beautiful
Coltrane Such an elegant design. thanks for sharing.
Andreas de nada!

Mercedes Benz 600 Landaulet

You can tell a fella has imoecaple sense of style when they decide to wear red maga caps while taking a ride in a 600 landaulet

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JoyRide : Mercedes Benz 600 Landaulet

Nemo It's an American thing no matter where you go even highest profile Amelia island / Pebble beach there is always a bunch of boomers with cheap Chinese baseball caps...
Gottlieb That's true!
The Chap The problem is they are not in a Phantom!
American Racer Mercedes 600, the dick()tators' wheels.
German Car Fan They may be maggots or not but the car is fabulous,

Widebody

I'll just leave this here, dunno why really...

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Youngtimer : Widebody

No Problemo! My O' My that's yammy!
JoyRide Hell Yeah!
Jules Ones wide body, the other not.
Youngtimer That was 30 years ago so... you figure it out ; ))
BoyWonder Straight off my bedroom wall...

Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing in the...

Metallic Green Mercedes 300SL Gullwing doing a bit of trackway fun in the 70's in Sweden.

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Göran : Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing in the 70's Sweden

Adam That could be DB396 metallic blue. What ever it is it looks fab.
Nemo Red Ferraris and Silver Gullwings...a tad boring choice if you're asking me.
Hans Baumaster Not sure but this looks better than the traditional silver.
Saluta Fennica That's a proper classic!
TGK-69 I wonder how expensive these cars were back in the day?

Jaguar E-type with a CAMPER!

Ha Ha Haa..Take that and party. Jaguar s1 FHC yeah..thats Jaguarish for coupe they put in fron of a bloody camper..yeah camper!

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Adam : Jaguar E-type with a CAMPER!

American Racer Racers we accept, campers not : )
The Chap It's a bloody caravan, burn it!
Andreas There are things you know about, and things you don’t, the known and the unknown, and in between are the caravan doors
JoyRide The British concept of high life.
Caveman in Suit Holy Britton! That's just batshit crazy stuff!

MB l 319 art-work

Artwork, both the van, it's interior and these old paintings of it!

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Heckflosse : MB l 319 art-work

Adam Lovely, just lovely!
Nemo In a drawing a least!

Graupner Super Cirrus Scratch Build

With Sunny and Blue Phoenix off my table I thought it might be a good moment to scratch build a Graupner Cirrus, with a twist. I'll be utilizin KeilKraft Elmira airfoil and a vintage GRP fuse I managed to pick up last summer, shortly after selling my original Graupner Cirrus.

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Andreas : Graupner Super Cirrus Scratch Build

Andreas https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/1243
Nemo Wow Wow...easy tiger!
Nemo As great as these are, I think you should get back to the E-type https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/5
Andreas You know what...sometimes I feel the same way.
Andreas Not often though.

W113 630SL M100 Pagode

Erich Waxenberger’s brainchild w109 300SEL 6.3 managed to reach production but his w113 Pagode never did due to serious handling issues due to heavy nose and massive understeer accompanied by tail happy barking tendencies . Here the car is tested in 1967 at the "Ring" lapping 10.40 at its best.

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Hans Baumaster : W113 630SL M100 Pagode

Hans Baumaster The engine was standard but removing the compressor due to coil springs brought the actual power up to 300HP
Heckflosse 300SEL 6.3 w109 is rated 250HP with the compressor. where does all that power go?
Hans Baumaster Those who know maintain the actual HP on an Euro 300SEL is closer to 280 than 250.
Andreas People will stone me for saying this but I always found M100 output figures disappointing considering the size and all the technology that went into it. Yes it's a stump puller but runs out of breath at relatively low revs.
Panu Ahtopaine 630SL never happened because it simply was not that good!

Best Looking Corvair Ever: XP 875

Best Looking Corvair Ever: XP 875

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ProtoTipo : Best Looking Corvair Ever: XP 875

JoyRide Not too shabby...Actually I like it a lot.
BMW Boomer That's super sleek for Corvair.
N:5069 It looks very Italian to me, which is good.
Andreas What a shame they did not have the courage to produce cars like this.
BoyWonder Gosh yes!

Daimler,Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft,Dmg

1894 Daimler Engine

Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft engine #602 that makes it a very early unit in deed, circa 1895, give and take a year or two.

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Andreas : 1894 Daimler Engine

Hans Baumaster That is the actual 602. engine DMG ever built.! must be one of the earliest 2-cylinder Daimler engines to survive !
Hans Baumaster aimler Motor-Lastwagen from 1898 has engine number 1607.
Hans Baumaster assuming they built one engine/ day 1985 sounds correct.
Chris Quinn one ancient hunk of iron
Coltrane There cannot be many older than that left, can there?

Ferrari 275GTB in Sweden

More of that oldie Goldie a yellow Ferrari 275 GTB in Sweden in 1972.

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Göran : Ferrari 275GTB in Sweden

Italian Job Great period photos, Sweden sure had the good stuff!
Chris Quinn as the GTB is 65 model give and take it was a relatively new car at the time.

Used Car Sales Lot in the 60's

A photo of a British used car sales lot in the 60's. One can instantly spot Jaguar E-type fhb, Mercedes, Bentley S2, Cortina Estate and last but not least Riley Elf or Wolseley Hornet

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The Chap : Used Car Sales Lot in the 60's

Chris Quinn With a village like that and cars like that the business must have been booming.
Heckflosse The second from left to me thank you!
JagMan There are better options too.
Nemo Bentley please, or perhaps vitamin-E
American Racer This photo goes to show just how low the original XKE is compared to a 4-door sedan of the era.

Last Soaring Day of This Winter Wit...

One of my excess cars found a new home through ClassicDigest.com. I decided to reward myself with an afternoon off and went soaring with the trusty old Tommy. Oh boy, did she fly beautiful and high! A perfect day!

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Andreas : Last Soaring Day of This Winter With Tommy

Adam Which one... E-type? shark nose? Compton coupe?
Adam Is the sailplane still flying, it's not touching the snow.
Andreas You're right it's not touching the ground. As for the car it was none of those.
Andreas Which I am not planning to sell..ever.
JoyRide But I pay you very good price my friend...top dollar ; )

Mercedes O319 Panorama Bus

Mercedes O319 Panorama Bus found a few years back it was offered for sale but due to lack of space I had to refuse the honor. Unfortunately, the owner scrapped the bus due to no sale. I do regret not buying the bus, even if it was rough as hell.

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Gottlieb : Mercedes O319 Panorama Bus

Heckflosse Toll Bus, what a shame it was scrapped!!!
Adam That's the holy grail of micro busses and you let it slip through fingers - Just like that,
Adam The one that got off lightly: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Classic+Digest+Crew/102
Panu Ahtopaine Thinking man's sonderbus, shame about what happened to it though.
Käfer Guy nice try dude

Mercedes Benz 300SL in the 1970's S...

Mercedes Benz 300SL Roadster during a classic car club rally in the 1970's Sweden. light blue metallic with black hard top, very nice!

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Göran : Mercedes Benz 300SL in the 1970's Sweden

Coltrane Very nice photos of living with classic cars in the 70's. Mind you the cars were 15 years or so at the time!
Coltrane Isn't that a flat rad Morgan next to the 300SL?
Adam both are great
Adam but my heart beats to the SL
Hans Baumaster It is safe to assume these cars survive today., right?

Fiat 1200 Trasformabile

Fiat 1200 Trasformabile, two seater roadster in someone's backyard. Way back...

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Lumis : Fiat 1200 Trasformabile

Andreas That is a lovely little Spyder!
Andreas Quite desirable these days too...
Adam A bit of mini Caddy there...and Facel Vega
TGK-69 1200cc...not a real speedracer

Facel Vega Dragster

Once upon a time in my dear Sweden someone thought a Face Vega would make a great drag racer.

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Göran : Facel Vega Dragster

Lumis what a novelty!
Lumis Where was that jaguar E-type dragster again?
MaxPoke69 Frencie car with good ol' American V8 Hemi
Saluta Fennica I think this car today has been restored.

Historic Ferrari Race Car

What exactly is this historic Ferrari race car? I believe it used to belong to a Swedish team, perhaps?

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Göran : Historic Ferrari Race Car

Italian Job 750 Monza by the looks of it.
Italian Job Interesting livery
NewBie Was it really pink?
NewBie or is that colorisation error?
NewBie or because of old age of film?

MGE

Sir, this really is your E-type OTS, trust me! We changed fluids, served the brakes and it passed MOT with flying colours.

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The Chap : MGE

Jules Alors...c'est génial!
Coltrane I see no reason why it would raise any suspicion.
Panu Ahtopaine That went pretty smooth, didn't it.
Lumis Neat!
Marcus I thought I`d sniff at it but it`s kinda cute.

Mercedes 600 Pullman scrap yard

A six door Mercedes 600 W100 pullman in a scrapyard with a w124 land sitting on top of it.

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Heckflosse : Mercedes 600 Pullman scrap yard

Speed Demon some....rust
Coltrane By the looks of it, yeah!
Adam The 600 looks like it's beyond a feasible restoration.
Hans Baumaster Everyone seems to be missing the most valuable bit in the photo. ; )
Nemo And what might that be?

Classic cars in Demolition Derby

Rolls Royce, perhaps an early Phantom setting destroyed in Demolition Derby.

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Lumis : Classic cars in Demolition Derby

Adam Idiots!
NewBie no good

Mercedes 190SL Prototype

The story of the Mercedes-Benz 190 SL prototype began with a rather blunt dismissal. When Rudolf Uhlenhaut's colleague Nallinger proposed a lower-priced convertible based on the 180 sedan, legendary US importer Max Hoffman—never known for his patience—replied curtly: “That’s not going to happen.”

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Adam : Mercedes 190SL Prototype

Andreas Sure enough, when I was very very young and bought my first ever classic cars, a pair of 180/190 Ponton I soon had the idea of converting one to a cabriolet. The sketches I drew were not that different from this proto, in fact almost identical. I've never
Andreas The Ponton in question: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Andreas/218/1663
Andreas I've never seen this photo though before!
NewBie cute little Mercedes

Making canopy the easy way

Making clear plastic has been a drag, until now. Here's a super easy way to make a canopy using a PET, Polyethylene terephthalate, bottle. Naturally, you beed a form, in this case a Graupner ASK 14 form that I carved at the tender age of 14 out of a solid block of hardest birch wood I could find.

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Andreas : Making canopy the easy way

F3B res It will last a few century!

Max Hoffman and Porsche 356 Speedst...

Max Hoffman was instrumental in introducing brands like Porsche, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz to the U.S. market in the 1950s. The the 356 Speedster for example, Max persuaded Ferdinand Porsche to create a stripped-down, entry-level version of the Porsche 356 -Now the most desired version of any 356!

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Adam : Max Hoffman and Porsche 356 Speedster

Andreas Simple and relatively light, I believe the rear of the body shares more with the Karmann built Notchback coupe than regular 356 coupe.
N:5069 It's a bit Leepu isn't it? really..
N:5069 It's a bit of chop job, let's admit that, shall we?
Lumis Era of elegance and style.

Opel GT spotting

Sweet looking Opel GT aka "the Mini Vette"

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Gottlieb : Opel GT spotting

Speed Demon Looks nice, lacks go though.
Adam Serious wheels!

Clint's ol'Ferrari

Back in 1975, this Ferrari 365 GT4 Berlinetta Boxer rolled off the line and into the hands of a lucky chap in Italy. Not long after, it crossed the pond to the States, where Amerispec Corporation gave it the full legal makeover – including those rather unfortunate American-style bumpers

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Coltrane : Clint's ol'Ferrari

F3B res No Grand Torino this time?
Adam Clint knew better and drove European mainly!

Mercedes w111 coupe crash

Very severely crashed W111 coupe

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Gottlieb : Mercedes w111 coupe crash

Hans Baumaster How very unfortunate..
Hans Baumaster Either it went into a slide or missed on coming traffic in a junction .
Göran Oh my. That looks very bad
Göran fatal even
Coltrane In deed it does.

Sagitta 900 The Rise, Fall, and Res...

Today, my Sagitta 900 had it's re-maiden. In exceptionally beautiful and freezing northern winter weather. There was a low hanging inversion layer or below which it was -15 Celsius and around -2 above.

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Andreas : Sagitta 900 The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection

F3B res This could be the most beautiful photo of a glider I've ever seen in my life.
Coltrane I'm so glad this photo was on the cover page as I would have missed it otherwise.
Coltrane it's almost unreal in its beauty. What a place you've got there!
Adam Winter wonder land, Santa's secret test facility
American Racer That sure ain't no California and this thing's not for the weak.

W201 Suspension

Here's one more for you "German Car fan"

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Adam : W201 Suspension

Streamline Lambo want their LM002 back!
Skunk at the Picnic just as ugly as LM : )
Speed Demon Mad max kinda thing.

Ferrari 275 GTB Compact

Ferrari 275 GTB Compact, very popular among the London newly rich folks

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JoyRide : Ferrari 275 GTB Compact

Gottlieb Horror!
Göran Rich folks don't care. someone, will slave away to restore their lack of racoon skills
Panu Ahtopaine Brilliant, instant Kamm tail!
Speed Demon Grand slam
Speed Demon If you race, these things will happen to you.

Opel limousine spotting

beautiful Opel, not sure which model Käpitan perhaps?

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Gottlieb : Opel limousine spotting

Göran Käpitan for sure.

Nissan Skyline coupe

Slightly tuned Nissan GTR spotting, JDM

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Gottlieb : Nissan Skyline coupe

Opel Rekord Coupe spotting

Another Opel with a fair amount of Americana in its design.

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Gottlieb : Opel Rekord Coupe spotting

Topaz II kit by Premier

For reasons beyond my comprehension, I've ended up with another old sailplane kit. This time a British kitted Topaz II.

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Andreas : Topaz II kit by Premier

F3B res Never saw one, must be quite rare.

Ford Ranger II Pick up concept

Designed by Syd Mead, who worked for Ford's Advanced Styling Studio in the 1960s, this unique Ford pickup was built on a 1963 Ford station wagon frame.

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MilkMan : Ford Ranger II Pick up concept

Jaguar E-type racer abandoned in a ...

Jaguar E-type racer abandoned in a back street, check the additional cooler in the bonnet, that's hood Travis

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Nemo : Jaguar E-type racer abandoned in a back street

Hans Baumaster wonder if that's massive oil cooler or auxialry radiator?
Andreas Dunlop alloys, there something going on here!
BarnHunter club racing in the 70s
BIG Z bad to the bone...
Streamline Big oil cooler under the hood I quess.

Yellow Lamborghini Countach production line

Lamborghini Contact Production Line...

A Yellow Lamborghini Countach body rolling down the production line in the 80's in Sant'Agata. A fitter is busy with the front suspension.

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Black Angus : Lamborghini Contact Production Line Photos

Nemo Cool!
Americana Let they try, let them learn.
Italian Job This too was different back then
Streamline I really love the fact it was this home made, not like today as they are just another division in the VAG cartel of same sh*t in different box.

Mercedes multilink suspension

Mercedes multilink suspension rig during pre production test of the best suspension solution so far

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German Car Fan : Mercedes multilink suspension

Cheap Tricks That would have sold like hot cakes in the US. HaHaa
Adam Here you go : https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Adam/1362/5719

MB 190 2.3-16 "Cosworth"

Mercedes 190 2.3-16 Cosworth in the Woods, where many fine classics have found their destiny.

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Andreas : MB 190 2.3-16 "Cosworth"

Gottlieb With m117 visco fan.
Nemo Its carbon footprint in under zero. Greener that EV, which are not that green in reality.
Adam Well....It's art now.
Speed Demon For something that was initially designed to win B-group rallies and then dominate DTM it look quite stationary.
Lumis Priceless patina!

Mirage III inside a mountain

The Mirage III, a French-designed delta-wing fighter, was widely used by the Swiss Air Force from the 1960s to the early 2000s. These aircraft were stored and maintained in hardened mountain bunkers and could be deployed rapidly in case of conflict.

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HellCat : Mirage III inside a mountain

HellCat The overhead crane system visible in the image was likely used for maintenance and efficient aircraft handling within the confined underground space.
Nemo That looks like something out of star wars
Lumis Yeah, the imperial fighters stored like that.
N:5069 Clean and precise as it should be, they are Swiss after all.

P51 Mustang wooden wheel

P-51 Mustang with British RAF markings During the war years rubber was of shortage so they an attached wooden whees to stroll around the factory at North American Aviation, Inglewood California,

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HellCat : P51 Mustang wooden wheel

Nemo Do not inflate...
JoyRide For hard landings strictly
MilkMan Flintstones edition
Nose Art Did P51 have four cannons? or A-36?
HellCat In deed, The " British " Mk IA/P-51 used four 20 mm Hispano wing cannons. And yes the Allison engine.

Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Saoutchik...

Hi, i am Ragnar and this is Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Saoutchik Coupé. Not the most beautiful 30's Mercedes or Saoutchik body there ever was.

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Ragnar : Mercedes-Benz 770 Grosser Saoutchik Coupé

JoyRide Wickedly fugly
Panu Ahtopaine Well...it's different I give you that much.
Gottlieb That's horrible!
Adam I'll pass this time, thanks anyway!
Nemo hump tail...

Mercedes 300SL racing seat belt

Check out the safety equipment, the stylish helmet and the very peculiar massive racing lap belt. Never seen one like that before! were they common at the time?

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Adam : Mercedes 300SL racing seat belt

American Racer I would not call them common, never seen one quite like that.
Lumis safety first!
Ragnar That's a hefty one! Still he'll hit his head on the steering wheel

Alex Cunningham Commodore Special

A.Cunningham Opel Commodore Special was a one-off special for Alex, then general manager of Adam Opel AG and later a candidate for presidency. Flash body modifications were in-house job while the performance bits came from Irmscher-Tuning

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Hans Baumaster : Alex Cunningham Commodore Special

German Car Fan Toll! you found color photos! I only had these b&W: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/German+Car+Fan/283/1919
Adam Different color, license plate, wheels and no bubble flares. Same car in different iteration or another one?
NordMan This is the better version! no question.
Andreas Look at Opel now¡
Giovanni Verry good!

Wonderful Times Ahead with W111

Beautiful dash in a w111 220S sedan with webasto manual sun roof

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Heckflosse : Wonderful Times Ahead with W111

Andreas Lovely!
Denise Stylish!
Adam Life is good for the fella.
Heckflosse in deed
Gottlieb true style and standard

Scheibe Spatz

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Andreas : Scheibe Spatz

Lumis It looks huge!
F3B res They tend to look bigger indoors, That's around 4 meters.

Paddock Photographic Tales

Mercedes W196r #22 with #18 in the paddock.

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RennMeister : Paddock Photographic Tales

Americana Slick cars
Jules as beautiful as fast these cars
American Racer If there was one racer I could have, I think this is it. W196 is just the ultimate combination of speed and beauty.
Italian Job Amazing what the Germans were able to deliver, before boredom became their paradigm.

Jaguar E-type S1 as a towcar

Here's something you don't see every day if ever -Jaguar E-type S1 coupe used as as a towcar for what looks like MG TF. Brands Hatch in mid sixties.

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JagMan : Jaguar E-type S1 as a towcar

Coltrane Wow! That's a scene! The story is this E-type FHC used to belong to Ivor Arbiter, an instrument maker and businessman as well as avid race driver. His biggest achievement may however be the drop-T in Beatles logo. allegedly paid 5 Sterling for the design
Adam People You Ain't seen nothing yet! https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Adam/748/3109
American Racer There was a guy named Hardy Prentice that used to compete in SCCA Runoffs that had his XKE tow the TR3 racer across the US.
The Chap Mega!
RennMeister Very nice photo.

Obscure stuff

Plymouth Super Bird Minivan No idea who where or why?

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Göran : Obscure stuff

American Racer For a wheelchair perhaps?
Italian Job Looks that way.

Wheel in the air Gallery

Triumph TR3 lifting its wheels.

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RennMeister : Wheel in the air Gallery

Nemo You cannot really push any harder than that. Brave soul!
Coltrane I wouldn't have the nerve. that of course goes without saying!
American Racer Go Team 3, Go!
Streamline Pedal to the metal!
Italian Job Take on prisoners!

Raymond Loewy BMW 507

If BMW 507 had anything going for it that was its looks. This Raymond Loewy version of the BMW 507 though...I'm not sure what to think of it, other than give me the original, please!

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Adam : Raymond Loewy BMW 507

Streamline The moustache!
Italian Job Kit car Corvette, anyone?

World's Slowest Rally

It was the slowest rally known in the history of mankind.

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Nemo : World's Slowest Rally

Andreas take your time.
American Racer Yeah! hah
Adam setting the pace.

Pilot Q.B. 1800 laser cut kit

Back in the days, this was the the fleet of our gang. All by pilot ok model, Tommy, QB 1800, QB 2500 and Flying Feather: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/Andreas/657

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Andreas : Pilot Q.B. 1800 laser cut kit

Coltrane I bet you have a lot of great memories.
Claudius-76 Time before smart phones
Coltrane That!
American Racer Nice hobby, you should come to California without one of those.

Aquila Flying

Another beautiful windy day and Aquila coping with gusts of 10 metres a second and more

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Andreas : Aquila Flying

Coltrane Your photos just keep getting better. How many sailplane are you flying currently?
F3B res And how many Aquilas?
Andreas Three Aquilas plus three other operational sailplanes ( Tommy, FF, Eclipse) scratch built BOT, Sagitta 900 mod and my original vintage design under construction.
Andreas and PIK20, Marks Model's BOT NIB that I will never built.
Andreas And Paragon.

Scrapyard Rolls Royce Camargue

Rolls Royce Camargue may have been the most expansive car in its day but it also takes to scrapyard like a fish to water or Jimmy to gin, cheers to that!

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JoyRide : Scrapyard Rolls Royce Camargue

Youngtimer I think they look like a pile of....it.
Youngtimer So scrapyard might no be a bad place for one ; )
American Racer I don't fancy one of those.

Steve McQueen -Prince of cool- and ...

Prince Of Cool Steve Mc Queen tossing a frisbee during a break on Bullit film set.

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Coltrane : Steve McQueen -Prince of cool- and his cars

Nemo With hubcaps and all..
Speed Demon This Charger had about 12 hubcaps, give and take a few.
Speed Demon prince of cool though?
Göran Nizeee!
Americana The man!

Mercedes C124 as Porsche Mule

Someone on this page said Porsche had the coolest mules. I fully agree! This is not a wide body C124 AMG but a mule for a V8 Porsche that never happened. O'boy is it cool or what?

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ProtoTipo : Mercedes C124 as Porsche Mule

Youngtimer Looks a lot like Mercedes-Benz 300 CE 6.0 32V AMG would...I'm baffled!!
American Racer Looks like fun!

Covid-19 Corona SM?

Covid-19? Corona? SM? never herd...what are they? Think I'm good though, mate!

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JoyRide : Covid-19 Corona SM?

Panu Ahtopaine Be safe!
Andreas Quite handy these days.
Hans Baumaster I would be more afraid than feel safe.
Abroc I could live with that:
Nemo I know people that are into this thing.

FSO 1100 Coupé prototype like Espr...

What looks like 70% Lotus Esprit and 30% Fiat 1/9 is actually Zbigniew Wattson's FSO 1100 Coupe Prototype.

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ProtoTipo : FSO 1100 Coupé prototype like Esprit

Jules Looks very modern to me.
Hans Baumaster stunner
JoyRide Commies will not tolerate.
BIG Z Not that bad, shame about their government!
Jules bad politics! lousy regime

Ferrari 275GTB art car

Ferrari 275GTB art thing that I know absolutely nothing about other than it's pretty cool and most likely lived in France of all the places!

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Adam : Ferrari 275GTB art car

JoyRide At least it's not boringly red this time!
w123-Fahrer Special
Coltrane It's bonkers and I love it
Streamline refreshingly different
Italian Job A hero car of a French film nouveau.

Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta

ex-Fred Ducato's light metallic blue / navy blue Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta at Pebble beach in 1955

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Streamline : Ferrari 375MM Berlinetta

Nemo Not beautiful in traditional sense but stylish and interesting.
Jules yes
Jules it is

The most produced bomber B24 Libera...

During World War II, Willow Run was a powerhouse of production, turning out 428 B-24 Liberators at an astonishing rate. Between April 24 and April 26, 1944, a record 100 bombers took to the skies from the plant. By 1945, Ford was responsible for 70% of all B-24s, manufacturing 6,972 of the 18,482 to

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HellCat : The most produced bomber B24 Liberator

Nemo machines of death and terror
Jules Yes but..On good guys side

Packards and Steam engines

Way too cool not to post! Packards and Steam engines vintage ads.

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Bill McKenna : Packards and Steam engines

Hans Baumaster Both are extremely beautiful.
Streamline Could it be anymore beautiful?
Streamline Hardly!
Nemo were these just concepts / art works of actually build into cars?
Jules I hope real, not sure?

Citroen DS

Beaty of the 60s visualised in one photo

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Jules : Citroen DS

Shelby Cobra & camera rig Cannon Ball Run Movies

Shelby Cobra with camera rig Cannon...

Shelby Cobra 427 with a camera rig holding no less than three film recorders Cannon Ball Run Warner Bros behind the scenes!

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Americana : Shelby Cobra with camera rig Cannon Ball run

Nemo To my amazement they use rigs like this even today! One would think smaller cameras would suffice.
Elfkungen Shaky old thing

Volvo 245 cut-away

Volvo 245, probably the best STW of all times.

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Göran : Volvo 245 cut-away

w123-Fahrer Correct, right after Mercedes S123 ; )
Nemo In the 80's and 90's every university professor in a Hollywood film used to drive Volvo SWT (or Saab 900) What does that tell us?
Andreas Highly utilitarian.
Elfkungen A legend!
Streamline That sofa though!

On the way to Finland / Auf dem Weg nach Finnland

W109 300 SE L 6.3 -70

Long way home: From factory Stuttgart to US. Then back to Germany, Berlin. Then to Frankfurt and finally to Finland. Ab Werk Stuttgart nach US, dann zurück nach Deutschland, Berlin. Dann nach Frankfurt und schließlich nach Finnland.

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Timo_S : W109 300 SE L 6.3 -70

Andreas Ein echte autobahn-stürmer!
Giovanni Big motore 6,3 really?
Henry Use the force luke: )
Andreas So What's up with this monster Timo?
Timo_S Slowly but steadily it comes together. Some progress picturess added.

HeliTruck

The bearded fella (not related) showing off his stylish helicopter based off road adventure RV. How cool is this?

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JoyRide : HeliTruck

Coltrane when form follows function and availability is the master plan
Claudius-76 The supply of downed ruski choppers was rich.
Streamline Looks convenient

B17 Gallery wings of glory

f B-17 #42-32000 Assigned to the 524th Bomb Squadron, /379th Bomb Group WA-P Kimbolton 27/2/44. crash landed 4th of July in Felpham, Sussex, UK due to flack damage. The garden owner gave crew tea and coffee!

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Nose Art : B17 Gallery wings of glory

Claudius-76 Tea and coffee...
Streamline Things out of ordinary.

Stars and Cars

Barry Gibb famous for his high-pitched falsetto as witnessed by BeeGees fans trying hard to keep his Lotus Europa hatch from getting blown away by the wind.

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Coltrane : Stars and Cars

Streamline Got the wings of heaven on my shoes I'm a dancing man and I just can't lose...

My Daily Dose to Nostalgia Dragster...

My nostalgia dragster today is Sherman Allison Messerschmitt KR 200 Dragster, where Hemi has replaced the Sachs 2 stroke.

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Speed Demon : My Daily Dose to Nostalgia Dragsters

Nemo Nice way to run circles around any ol'Cobra
Fred Does it have a Beetle front axle?
F3B res Aviation to Motorsport.
RennMeister A ton of fun
Streamline Aww

Ferrari 512S FIA Homologation line ...

The line up of 25 Ferrari 512S for FIA Homologation in Maranello in 1969. The yellow one is the chassis #1030 for Scuderia Ecurie Francorchamps

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RennMeister : Ferrari 512S FIA Homologation line up

Nemo I wonder how many were really in running order that day ; )
JoyRide the first and last of the line!
Americana Who cheats the best wins, that's Motorsport for y'all.
F3B res Candy shop.
American Racer Most of them had an engine at that point anyway!

Ferrari 288 GTO factory test

Ferrari 288GTO wearing the famous MO prove licence plate, pre-production car.

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Spazzaneve : Ferrari 288 GTO factory test

Italian Job Ferrari 288 GTO Prototype number six, s/n 47711
Italian Job Notice 288 GTO emblem, which the production cars did not wear.
Italian Job Sold to a private individual unknown whereabouts, to me at least!
Lumis I understand the GTO has a longitudinal turbo engine and 308 transverse one but how difficult would it be to turn a 308 into GTO replica?
Italian Job difficulty is a matter of each individual capabilities.

Liberty Bell

In 1976, Bob and Doris Rich piloted a radio-controlled Sr. Falcon model aircraft, Liberty Bell, on a transcontinental flight to celebrate the U.S. Bicentennial. The journey began in Kitty Hawk, NC, on October 1 and ended in Oceanside, CA, on October 29. Over 3,026 miles, the aircraft logged 68 hours

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F3B res : Liberty Bell

Nose Art I take the RC was from a surveillance vehicle.
Nose Art Which was going pretty fast as the average speed was 44 mph
Nose Art I wonder how many landings that was?

Large executive sedan w124

Large premium brand sedan Mercedes Benz 300D behind which there is a tiny little Mini.

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Gottlieb : Large executive sedan w124

German Car Fan Fat cars for fat people.

AC Cobra ARTCAR

I think someone wrote an article on this AC Cobra artcar on ClassicDigest.com, I could not find the story though.

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Adam : AC Cobra ARTCAR

Coltrane Here you go: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/The+Chap/242
Coltrane I also love the very 300SL artmobile you shared previously: https://www.classicdigest.com/readers-stories/show-ad-detail/Adam/443/2306
Robert Klienge Amazing what a little pill can do?!
Années 80 I want one, I need one even if its too old for me, ha ha haaa
Lumis Ars longa vita brevis!

VW Käfer Oval Faltdach

VW Käfer Oval Faltdach, early beetle with a sliding roof in a barn, staircase to heaven?

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Gottlieb : VW Käfer Oval Faltdach

Käfer Guy a Gem!
Göran Good barn!
MilkMan I'm sure there is a taker for this car
Streamline In Germany and California..yes

Starstruck Mercedes 300SL

It seems 300SL Mercedes was the weapon of choice for many of Hollywood's stars in the late 50's early 60's Or was it just a promotional gimmick by the factory, go figure.. click on to see more stars in 300SL Mercedes.

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Adam : Starstruck Mercedes 300SL

Andreas obviously, Max Hoffman working his way in Hollywood...
Giovanni Glamour a Hollywood come ha usato per essere...
JoyRide Talk about pointing fingers , boldie!
NoOneFamous These cars! They literally are for rich and famous!
Coltrane Wasn't he Russian?

Ringo Starr rocking a Facel Vega

Tyre kickers beware! It's Ringo time! Here's Sir Ringo's other motor with stacked head lights.

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The Chap : Ringo Starr rocking a Facel Vega

Göran That's one very beautiful car!
Giovanni maybe kick broken car?!
Adam How many did they make, Facel Vegas I mean?
Jules 357pcs FVs & FVS, 842pcs FV&HK, 182pcs Facel II, in total 2,900 cars
Adam Thanks, Facel II is even more rare than I imagined.