Herre underholdning...

Apropos Black Friday ku' vi da lige tage en sang til at komme helt ned i gear til weekenden.



Hov, det er jo stadig fredag ...og så påstår kvinder at mænd ikke kan multitaske!

Den her vogn burde da vist stilmæssigt falde i flere af sidens brugeres smag. Med en 302" Boss under hjelmen er jo endda nærmest ren oldschool Bob Corn style.    Om det virker... tjoooo.

Hrmmm, det billede fra England den 22. NOV var lige gået min næse forbi. Men det er godkendt - troede faktisk at vinkingerne (læs vi) havde støvsuget de britiske øer for alle de gode eksemplarer

I S&W's grundlov er der bl.a indskrevet at videoer hvor i der indgår tunnel ram manifolder skal udbredes mest muligt!

Verdenen er fuld af samlere, Lenny er en af dem.....

Lenny's Garage from Peter Crosby on Vimeo.

Ford POOOWER og three pedals ....nøj det kan da kun blive en god weekend!

En classic fra arkivet........ mon man i øvrigt kan få nogen af dem der sværger til div. kaburatorstørrelses formler, til at forklare kurverne 5.15 inde i videoen ?  

Hvis nogen skulle komme til at kede sig i disse dage, var en mulighed at dykke ned i siden der linkes til herunder. Det kunne måske endda give emner til næste års julegave ønskeliste, da det vist reelt er en reklameside for en række bøger. Men det bliver indholdet på siden nu ikke ringere af og der er mere end man måske lige først tror.

http://www.musclecardiy.com/

Husmands Petrolicious.... Føler mig i øvrigt overraskende meget i synk med de tanker og meninger ejeren har. Incl den med at bilen aldrig bliver færdig, der er altid lige en ting mere man kan nuldre lidt med.

I kampen om at samle det fedeste skammel i en dynge må Scott Dapron da vist ligge helt fremme i feltet. Hold da k... en guld mine!

http://www.hotrod.com/features/1506-look-at-this-unbelievable-stash-of-factory-race-cars/

Motorrummet i den gamle T-bird findes der vist kun en passende kommentar til .... Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker!  

Sku' man lige slutte året lidt højtideligt og nærmest seriøst af med et Kilmister citat efterfulgt af en fin duet.


“Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.’ You can be as careful as you want, but you’re going to die anyway, so why not have fun?”

Tid til lidt fordybelse i bilhistorien?  

Søndags klassikeren: Den her video fik mig da godt nok lige transporteret flere årtier bagud i tiden. Faktisk så meget så jeg lige måtte i stakken af gamle Power blade og finde det nummer hvor der var en artikel om dette køretøj. Samme blad fra '83 rummer for øvrigt også en artikel om Seved Karlsson' røde Shelby, altså den med 427 cammer!

Det her var vel den ultimative headturner der først i 80'erne. Det absolut sejeste inden for datidens pro-street biler.  

Søndags klassikeren stiller i dag spørgsmålet om Top Gun filmen rent faktisk var et kopi produkt?

Årstiden og klimaet udenfor kræver vist et stemnings billed fra de gode gamle dage ...

Kvinde kvoter er vist populære i tiden og S&W vil skam ikke beskyldes for at overse kvinderne... Så her er lige noget rytmisk musik der både er gammelt, tungt og samtidigt meget mandigt!

Det er altid rart at have en gammel racer i garagen, ja altså bare for at ha' den! ..."I don't even know why i bought it" ....

TopGear-Original passer fint til søndags klassikeren.

Oldschool hotrodding ..... the british way altså!

Ikke så meget video her, men mange vintage billeder, jep, flere tusinde - og man søger bare på det som har interesse

Fandt f.eks et billede af den originale Gerber-Payne som kun levede 1½ sæson, hvorefter den blev skrottet totalt.

Har i mange år ledt efter bilen, i hel tilstand og det lykkedes altså her

https://revslib.stanford.edu/catalog/tw828ty2598

Udgangspunktet var her, hvor man jo selv kan starte hvis man har interesse i gamle originale billeder af alverdens biler og ikke mindst racerbiler:

https://revslib.stanford.edu/

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Og kopien, 50 år senere

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Har du betalt for billedet i den høje opløsning John ?

Apropos faldt jeg helt tilfældigt lige over denne lille notits i en SAAC artikel



Hele artiklen i pdf her:
http://saacforum.com/files/previews/0210-rmodel.pdf

Har siddet og kigget lidt på billederne i middagspausen og faldet over et par sjove detaljer ... feks (og meget apropos tidigere tråd om racerbilernes numre) vises Gerber Shelby'en altid med dørnummer 14 præcis som John's klon, men på billedet af den smadrede original har den nr 303, (og i øvrigt lidt andre forskelle på klistermærkerne)... er det fordi dette billede er fra en ny sæson (hvor den så i princippet har afsluttet den foregående sæson som nr 3 i gruppe 3) ?

Nå ja, og så lige en detalje omkring nr14 "livery'et"... YOU NEED THIS!! ... en detalje der vil gøre din recreation endnu mere detaljekorrekt end selv ExactDetail modelbilen




http://www.ebay.com/itm/7999315239?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT  

King of Bracket skrev:Har du betalt for billedet i den høje opløsning John ?

Nej og derfor sætter jeg det heller ikke ind her. Jeg har det dog i fuld størrelse i eget arkiv nu

Havde aldrig før set den Firestone sticker på skærmen og er i syv sind, om den skal på bilen eller ej. Skal den på bilen, bliver jeg jo også nødtil at finde et par stykker i forhold 1:18 og det bliver jo ikke let

Nummersystemet man kørte under den gang, er nemmere at kopiere forklaringen på, i stedet for at forsøge selv at redde det ud selv, så her er hermed en forklaring, som ligeledes fortæller hvordan Gerber's (303) lider sit endeligt i 1966.

The race record reflects that at the 1966 SCCA American Road Race of Champions (ARRC) at Riverside, held on Thanksgiving weekend, Mark Donohue was one of the invitees representing the SCCA's Northeast Division. The way the SCCA worked back then (and pretty much still does) was that National races were scored by a points system. By the end of the year, the top 3 drivers with the most points were invited to the year-end run-offs. The SCCA divided the country up into 6 divisions and the number each entrant ran on their car reflected their division (the first digit) and their finishing position within that division (second digit; if the race had two different classes, one class had one digit and the second class would have a zero ahead of the second digit). In most races there were two different classes. A/P and B/P ran together; the A/P cars were gridded at the front and after they got the green flag (they were all standing starts in those days, not rolling starts), 30 seconds later the B/P cars were flagged off. The number on Donohue's R-Model (SFM5R105) was #104. This indicated that he was from Division 1 and had finished 4th in points in that division (if one of the top 3 finishers could not attend the event, the next best finisher was invited so there would be 18 cars in each class).

The A/P - B/P race was the big one everyone was waiting for. It came near the end of the day on Sunday. The cars were loud and exciting and everyone was expecting a pitched battle between the Cobras and big block Corvettes and between the small block Corvettes and the GT350s. And it was expected by the end of the half-hour race they would all be battling each other. It wouldn't take long for the fastest B/P cars to make up 30 seconds and overtake the slower A/P cars.

The race was a good one as the 427 Cobras jumped out ahead. After about the first third of the race there was a horrendous accident on the front straight right in front of the paddock. Don Yenko's small block Corvette tapped Dan Gerber's red GT350 R-Model (5R100) sending it spinning at about 90 mph into the retaining wall. Several other cars were involved and Gerber was seriously hurt. Despite both of his ankles being broken (among other injuries) adrenalin enabled him to jump out of his car and take a step before collapsing. It was pretty exciting. I was standing at the top of the retaining wall, overlooking the exact spot where it happened. The track was about 10 feet below and there was a raining at the edge where crews hung over to hold chalkboards to send messages to the drivers. I was there crewing for Mel Wentzel's 289 comp Cobra, CSX2127.

The race was red-flagged so the safety crews could tow the cars away and clear the debris, and dry the water and oil that had leaked from the broken race cars onto the track's surface. That took about 10 minutes. SCCA rules stated that the 30-minute race was calculated from green flag to checkered flag and yellow or red flags did not stop the clock. The race was still running, even as the cars went around on one more lap (under a standing yellow) and were re-gridded on the front track for a restart. Their positions were unrelated to their class.

The crews had all come down onto the track to be with their drivers during the race's temporary halt. After the track was cleared the signal was given to start engines. Our Cobra would not start because of vapor lock. We had experienced starting problems all weekend when the engine was hot, so I had a spray can of ether in my back pocket. When the 289 cranked but wouldn't fire I opened the hood, sprayed a shot of ether down each of the Weber's stacks, and the engine fired right up.

Mark Donohue was gridded right next to us and his GT350 also would not start. I offered the ether to his mechanic, Dick DiBiasi and he popped the hood and squirted the plenum. Donohue's car exploded to life. We buttoned up the hoods, stepped back out of the way, and watched the race (or the 10 minutes that were left) when the cars were green-flagged.

After the race, one of the marshals found us and notified us that we had been disqualified because someone other than the driver had worked on the car during the race. We were stunned. Neither of us had memorized the finer points of the rule book so we didn't know this was a no-no. But as they say, ignorance is no excuse. Donohue was, likewise, disqualified. Funny how things work out. At the time, Mark Donohue had been happy to use that ether. I remember the big smile he had when I passed it to his crewman. In fact, looking him in the eye that day, smiling back, and giving him the "thumbs-up" signal will be forever etched in my mind. Had he lived, I'm sure he would not be looking back at it with quite the same fondness.

Kilde:
http://saacforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=92eo3e7ds2s8kj2t8u25s6ls52&topic=78.msg410#msg410


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Et par billeder til historien (ka man lige skimte et halvt Firestone mærke på forskærmen)

Ved nærmere eftertanke er det ikke Firestone mærket man kan se på billederne.

King of Bracket skrev:Et par billeder til historien

Helt utroligt hvad der pludselig dukker op.... wow.... Har i snart 10 år set dette race for mig med lukkede øjne, efter at have læst Rich Kopec's beretning fra dagen, hvor han selv var øjnvidne, meget tæt på og efterfølgende beretter så livagtigt, 40 år senere.

Fantastisk at få sat billeder på fortællingen og så billeder som ikke ødelægger ens indre opfattelse hvordan dette crash må have set ud.

Fantastisk og godt fundet