Two weeks ago, in association with the Petersen Automotive Museum, Bruce Canepa showed a video tour of his garage/collection. Though mostly specimens from Porsche, there’s basically something for everyone there, from BMW to Ford to McLaren, race and street versions. And last week he released the second part of the tour.
All in all, an hour of awesome machines that will make any gearhead drool. HIGHLY recommended đ.
1968 Porsche 909 âBergspyderâ Pilot: Gerhard Mitter Team: Porsche KG Race: DNR (âTwo-seatersâ class) at the Gaisberg Hill Climb in 1968 Norev (Provence Moulage) - PM0068 (resin)
Review HERE
1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (C3) Pilots: B. Darniche, J. Greenwood Team: IMSA Camel Race: DNF (IMSA) at Le Mans in 1976 Spark - ? (diecast)
Review HERE
Stumbled upon this short film last night. The big deal is that it’s high quality footage, so the image is really good for something shot in the 60s. It’s almost seven minutes of very enjoyable old-school racing. In fact, if not for the helicopter shots instead of drone footage you could almost think this is current footage of a vintage racing event.
On Friday Petrolicious aired a fantastic story about a 911 GT3 sporting a Herbie, The Love Bug livery. And even cooler, not just the paint scheme, but with various bodywork details to make a 911 look similar to a vintage VW bug. And as the cherry on top of the cake, the car actually raced at Spa!
I’m REALLY wanting to see this in 1:43… đ
RUF just posted this to their YouTube account about an hour ago.
Totally awesome!!! đ
Ever been through this? You find a nice model for a good price. A model that you wanted and thatâs not exactly common. The price is (very!) good and when you ask the seller, he says that the model is âin perfect conditionsâ â a true collectorâs item. And since the seller has good feedback you hit the BIN button.
Well, that story did not have a happy ending when I got the model đĄ. In the end, however, I think I came out on top. How? Read here.
Mercedes has a HUGE (and fantastic!) museum at Stuttgart. The museum counts with around 1100 cars, and for a gearhead it’s basically paradise. And to maintain all those cars, they have a team of highly specialized technicians and mechanics exclusively dedicated to the museum’s cars. Last Tuesday Petrolicious aired a very nice article about the museum’s workshop.
Interestingly though, the director of Mercedes-Benz Classic recounted the story about why the paint was scraped off the W25 to get the car at the maximum 750 kg limit. However, that’s a confirmed fairy tale made up by Alfred Neubauer in his autobiography. Nothing against a little embellishing of an historical event, but I would expect that the head of such an endeavor as the Mercedes-Benz Classic department would be more factual.
Fairy tales aside, Petrolicious’ article (full of photos!!) is a treat.
1998 Ferrari 333 SP Pilots: G. Moretti, M. Baldi, D. Theys Team: Moretti Racing Inc (MOMO) Race: 14th overall (LMP1) at Le Mans in 1998 Minichamps - 430987603 (diecast)
Review HERE
