stuny Posted August 24, 2013 Share #5361 Posted August 24, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) They will sell (perhaps already completely pre-sold) every one rather quickly even though its looks are controversial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted August 24, 2013 Posted August 24, 2013 Hi stuny, Take a look here Name this car..... I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Rona!d Posted August 24, 2013 Share #5362 Posted August 24, 2013 Stu, the rear mirrors are too old school. Some cameras would do better in such a high-tech car. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 24, 2013 Share #5363 Posted August 24, 2013 The front resembles a Mako Shark Corvette ... from 1961/62. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 25, 2013 Share #5364 Posted August 25, 2013 The front resembles a Mako Shark Corvette ... from 1961/62. dunk I would far rather have a Porsche 918, which is a car made to be used and enjoyed. I suspect the majority of these La Ferraris will be garage queens, which will be fauned over and stroked rather than driven. You only have to see how low the mileages are in the preceding Enzos which come up for sale. The sad thing is that due the complication and impenetrability of the systems of these cars, they will become unrepairable in just a few years. Sitting around unused does not help cars, especially the electronics. Every year when I come down to France, one or other bit of electronics has died over the winter. This year it is the hard disc PVR. Ferrari already have a major problem with some of their 1990's F1 cars being run for customers. The industrial laptops necessary to start them, have reached the end of their lives and the parts to repair these are very difficult if not impossible to find. I have bought a spare DME box (Digital Management for Engine) for my 1977 RS Porsche and had it rebuilt by a Bosch expert in the Netherlands, while the chips are still available. Without this, my old 911 is just a lump of metal and plastic which is going nowhere. Twice a year I change over the DME boxes, which live under the driver's seat and make sure that both are used. The electrolytic capacitors die if they are not charged up regularly. Struggling to find any photos of cars I have not posted before. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 25, 2013 Share #5365 Posted August 25, 2013 Here is one from my early days with my second Leica digital camera (a Fuji built Digilux 4.3). Make and model as usual guys. I hope I have not been too generous with the crop. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2405133'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 25, 2013 Share #5366 Posted August 25, 2013 (edited) Changed my mind ... cannot be a Bean Maybe a Bugatti 30-8 dunk Edited August 25, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 26, 2013 Share #5367 Posted August 26, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Changed my mind ... cannot be a Bean Maybe a Bugatti 30-8 dunk Second closer than first guess but neither. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5368 Posted August 27, 2013 Sunbeam/Darracq/Talbot ... ish ... dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5369 Posted August 27, 2013 Sunbeam/Darracq/Talbot ... ish ... dunk You are thinking along the right lines but in these days, less well known than the above. They curtailed their car manufacture in the early 1930's and had stopped altogether just a few years later, concentrating on the military market. Successful in racing in the 1920's. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5370 Posted August 27, 2013 Crossley 20/70 dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5371 Posted August 27, 2013 Go a bit south and a little bit east. Not British. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5372 Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Belgian ... maybe Métallurgique ... but cannot find a military connection. dunk EDIT ... no it isn't Edited August 27, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5373 Posted August 27, 2013 If this is a Panhard or Imperia somebody else has to find out the model. If it´s none of them, he also has to find out the maker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5374 Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) I think it might be a Lorraine Dietrich B 3-6 Le Mans dunk Edited August 27, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5375 Posted August 27, 2013 I think it might be a Lorraine Dietrich B 3-6 Le Mans dunk Indeed B 3-6, could be a 1927 Torpedo Sport. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5376 Posted August 27, 2013 Correct a B3-6. I think this one was a little bit earlier (maybe 1923/24). It was for sale in this museum in 2002, so I got them to take me out in it and let me drive. It had a reasonably strong smooth 3.5L 6 cylinder engine, not quite as powerful as a 3 litre Bentley I would have guessed and very good servo assisted brakes. This one was let down by having a very poor, noisy and fragile feeling 3 speed box. Finding the later and much better 4 speed box would not be easy. It was not in very good mechanical condition and would have needed a lot of TLC. I made them an offer (€33,000 from memory), which they did not accept and I would not increase the offer. I suspect it had been tricked up from a saloon car to look like a sports car by having a new body but still had the underpinnings of the saloon (the single carb engine and 3 speed box but strangely did have the big finned brake drums). Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2406757'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5377 Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Wilson, that's an interesting marque - the first to win Le Mans in two consecutive years. Here's the next puzzle ... it's European and this particular car has a significant post-production Japanese influence to improve its performance. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Good luck dunk Edited August 27, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Good luck dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2406845'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5378 Posted August 27, 2013 Hmmm - 3 x HS6 SU's Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5379 Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Slow reveal continues Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! When taking photos of parts of this car at a recent "car meeting" the owner asked me, "Are you doing a restoration yourself?" I then explained the purpose of the pictures ... and he explained the 'Japanese' connection with/to the car. Best wishes dunk Edited August 27, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! When taking photos of parts of this car at a recent "car meeting" the owner asked me, "Are you doing a restoration yourself?" I then explained the purpose of the pictures ... and he explained the 'Japanese' connection with/to the car. Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2407007'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 27, 2013 Share #5380 Posted August 27, 2013 Austin Healey 3000 - probably a Mk.2 Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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