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Since it isn’t engine parts I couldn’t really tag it with the “engine pR0n” label, but here on the work bench is a cornucopia of sexy vintage parts. Fuel filters, with glass bowls, gearbox parts, what looks to be an oil pump, and an old two-row timing chain. Likely from Ferraris given that it was photographed in the Markowski’s shop.
Enjoy.
Foretelling the McLaren F1 by almost 40 years, here was a prototype 3 seat supercar from Ferrari that combined many of the features found in race cars of the day into an amazing GT. A center driving position, howling V-12, mounted at the mid-position (the first time a in a non-racing Ferrari car), all wrapped up in an iconic Pininfarina design. That design in many ways will be echoed the Dino 246, which arrived on the scene two years later.
I found this car in the Saratoga Auto Museum, which was a stop on the 2008 New England 1000 rally.
I saw this car in a museum, and the marque is a dead giveaway, so if you guys don’t guess it fast I’ll be shocked. Once it is revealed I’ll share more photos of it, as it is a pretty cool car. The lighting was poor and the museum had a “no flash” rule, so apologies for the burry shot.
My “review” of the E-type has been published over at The Truth About Cars this morning. Go over and have a look. It differs quite a bit from my original after the editorial process. I’m OK with that. As a more of my work is published it seems to happen more and more. Goodness knows I need a good editor! Mr. Farago has been fun to work with so far.
This is not a great photo sorry… literally a snapshot taken in less-than-ideal conditions. It is however a beautiful car. It is a UOP Shadow CanAm car. I *think* this is one of the 1973 ones, not the 1974 cars that won the last CanAm year. Reputed to have between 800 and 1000 HP, it makes beautiful noises when driven in anger. Powered by a twin-turbo Chevy V-8 and weighing very little this car must really GO. It was piloted by George Follmer, a genuinely nice guy I was lucky enough to meet at a vintage rally we both attended. Very soft-spoken, he’s one of very few, if not the only race driver to have driven in, and won many types of racing: NASCAR, Sports Cars/SCCA, Formula 1, Indy/USAC, CanAm, Trans-Am, etc.
I had the pleasure of seeing this car run at Pacific Raceways, in the same field as an old Tyrrell/Elf F1 car, a Ferrari F1 car, a couple of F5000 cars… a sort of vintage “Formula Libre” run. It was heavenly to just HEAR it happening.
I found this over at Jay’s Garage and had to share. This is the famous “Short Wheelbase Series 3” car, a one-off creation of Jason Len from XK’s Unlimited where he shortened a 2+2 Series 3 car down to the original size of the Series 1, complete with the Series 1 rear tub and covered headlights (though still with the Series 3 grille.) Mr. Leno bought it from Mr. Len 15 years ago and in this video talks about its creation and takes it for a test drive. The best part is the latter half of the clip where he talks about sports cars in general and their designs. Enjoy!
I can not recall exactly what machine these carbs and intake manifold came off of, but I suspect it could have been a Bentley. They obviously come from a time betwixt the Brass & Classic eras. Perhaps Steve Markowski can chime in and let us know, as they were in his shop last time I was there.
I don’t know about you guys, but could look at stuff like this all day.