1973 Porsche 917/30 Pilot: M. Donohue Team: Penske Racing Race: 1st at Mid-Ohio, Road America, Edmonton, Laguna Seca and Riverside - Can-Am 1973 Minichamps - 436736006 (diecast)
Review HERE
REVIEW – 1973 Porsche 917/30 #6
Going to Italy?
You HAVE TO stop at the Museo Ferrari, at Maranello. From the web site:
The Ferrari Museum in Maranello invites visitors to live the Prancing Horse dream first-hand. It offers a unique and enthralling voyage of discovery, a story told through cars that have made automotive history on streets and circuits the world over.
The coolest part, of course, is to see the cars. Right now the current exhibition is called “90 Years”, celebrating Ferrari’s 90th anniversary in 2019. With that, you can see from the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider of 1932 to the Laferrari. So without a doubt there will be LOTS to see for the petrolheads. And to drool for.
REVIEW – 2002 Morgan Aero 8 GT #73
2002 Morgan Aero 8 GT Pilots: R. Hay, R. Stanton, S. Hyde Team: Race Sports Salisbury / DeWalt Race: DNF (GT class) at Le Mans in 2002 Spark - S0366 (resin)
Review HERE
Aston Martin: a 2fer deal
Earlier this year Aston Martin announced that they would produce the new DBS GT Zagato. This week they showed the car. Ice cool³ and all, but you would have to also buy the DB4 Zagato Continuation with it. Aston will build 19 sets of the cars, and you can’t have one without the other. Not counting the garage space, you will also have to come up with £6 million.
No mention about colors yet. So do I have to have them both in the same color?
REVIEW – 1937 Auto Union Typ C Stromlinienwagen (record car)
1937 Auto Union Typ C Stromlinienwagen (record car) Pilot: Bernd Rosemeyer Team: Auto Union Race: 1937 land speed record attempt Brumm - R352 (diecast)
Review HERE
Minichamps × CMR: an upgrade?
I had the CMR version of the Hippie Porsche, and specially after getting the missing Martini decals, I was happy with it. Well, the decal job was NOT stellar, but I was happy with the model. Last month I came upon the Minichamps version of the car, and a Minichamps is always better than a CMR… Right?
Well, about that… Take a look HERE.
REVIEW – 1994 Dauer 962 GT LM test car
Coming to a WEC race in 2020…
The new Corvette C8.R. It will substitute the current C7.R both in IMSA’s GTLM class and ACO’s LMGTE Pro. At least from here I see a lot of Ferrari in that car (almost can’t see Corvette in there), but the car looks fantastic. And now being a mid-engined beast it will sure spice up the competition.
So as I said in an earlier post, the 2020 WEC season, if nothing else, will look great.
Want to own a BRAND NEW Bentley Blower?
Earlier this year Bentley Motors completed 100 years. And among the commemorative editions of their current cars, they will also release something vintage. And I mean really vintage. Twelve lucky (and wealthy) customers will be owners of a brand new 4½ Litre Team Blower. The cars will be built with “a mixture of cutting-edge technology and traditional construction methods” to make them as close to the original ones as possible. The engine will be a perfect replica of the original 4.4 l inline-4, and of course with the Amherst Villiers Mk IV roots-type supercharger.
The construction of the 12 cars will start later this year, and is expected to take two years for all to be completed. So there’s still time to get the piggy bank out…
REVIEW – 1990 Jaguar XJR-12 #3
1990 Jaguar XJR-12 Pilots: M. Brundle, P. Cobb, J. Nielsen Team: Silk Cut Jaguar Race: 1st GC (C1 class) at Le Mans in 1990 Ixo - LM 1990 (diecast)
Review HERE