wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2019 Share #12321  Posted May 25, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Will look for a new car on Monday. Just setting off to watch F1 cars go vrooom round Monaco. It's starting to rain, so looks like it will be fun tomorrow. Luckily I will be watching from an apartment balcony right above the chicane, so I can go in doors if it gets too wet. Last time I went about 10 years ago, I ended up watching most of the race on TV anyway, as that is the only way you know what is going on. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hektor Posted May 25, 2019 Share #12322  Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) Wilson, take a photo or two. My vantage point was the Mirebeau, like you mostly on television, followed by an evening at Régine Edited May 25, 2019 by hektor spelling error Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 25, 2019 Share #12323  Posted May 25, 2019 I have only taken the 18mm lens on my CL, so it will be a general view. I have in the past taken lots of photos of F1 cars and historics from the same balcony but never look at them. I will be rushing off to catch my train, the minute the GP finishes, as with the crowds, the last time I did this, it took me three hours to get back to St Raphael-Valescure station, where I have left my car. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted May 25, 2019 Share #12324  Posted May 25, 2019 vor 5 Stunden schrieb wlaidlaw: I will be rushing off to catch my train, the minute the GP finishes, as with the crowds, the last time I did this, it took me three hours to get back to St Raphael-Valescure station, where I have left my car. Reminds me of my Le Mans days. We usually left the race track half an hour before race end to catch a helicopter from the Aéroport du Mans to fly to Paris. Watched the end of the race from the helicopter close to the pits. One year we had a nice looking thunderstorm over Paris, Tour Eiffel loked great with that ugly sky around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 26, 2019 Share #12325  Posted May 26, 2019 20 hours ago, Rona!d said: Reminds me of my Le Mans days. We usually left the race track half an hour before race end to catch a helicopter from the Aéroport du Mans to fly to Paris. Watched the end of the race from the helicopter close to the pits. One year we had a nice looking thunderstorm over Paris, Tour Eiffel loked great with that ugly sky around. Ronald, I was very lucky, the trains were all in a total mess this evening, running late or cancelled. I got a Grasse train from Monaco within a few minutes as far as Nice, then I saw that the Paris train from Nice stopped at St Raphael so went as fast as I could (not very fast) over to that platform. Of course as it was a TGV my TER ticket was not valid but the kind lady conductor took pity on me as I limped towards the train and said she would accept the ticket, as many of the other trains were so late and I was looking very tired but if someone turned up with a reservation for the seat I was in I would have to give it up. Nobody did before I got off at St Raphael, so in the end I got back to my car in record time. The last time it took three hours from Monaco. Bit of a waste of time really, as I ended up watching most of the race on TV, which I could have done in the comfort of my own house. Below is a crop from one of my photos I took from the balcony of the apartment. I was travelling light with the CL and 18mm pancake in my pocket, so no white eye'd close up of Max chasing Lewis in vain. 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! 3 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=3748178'>More sharing options...
Rona!d Posted May 26, 2019 Share #12326  Posted May 26, 2019 Wilson, lucky train story. Nice shot, now I know where your balcony was. TGV from Paris to Le Mans was always easy, but the shuttle bus (no AC) to the race track was always a nightmare. In later years we used a shuttle to a hotel first and from there scooters to the pits. Saw the Monaco race on a large screen from the couch, first time one of my little daughters was interested in for whom to keep the fingers crossed. That was funny.  Ronald 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted May 26, 2019 Share #12327  Posted May 26, 2019 Advertisement (gone after registration) Thank-you Wilson. I think your adventure was more interesting than the race. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12328  Posted May 27, 2019 Sorry folks last minute call for my services and I am just off to Molsheim to collect a car to deliver to the UK, so no time to look for new photo, let alone an interesting one. Given there is next to no luggage spare in the car, the only device I am taking with me is my iPhone. Not back in France until late Friday evening. Can anyone take over for me please? Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12329  Posted May 27, 2019 Silver car on the right please; although you are welcome to try the red one in the back-ground: 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=3748426'>More sharing options...
AZach Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12330 Â Posted May 27, 2019 (edited) Silver MB SL Gullwing body and red MB 170 (my grandfather had a black one) Edited May 27, 2019 by AZach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12331  Posted May 27, 2019 But which version of the "Gullwing". The red car is not a 170. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12332 Â Posted May 27, 2019 The MB is a 300SL racer type W194 I think - but vents/exhaust detailed more like W194 011...so maybe 1953 racer? Need to bone up on the differences... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12333 Â Posted May 27, 2019 Might be the last W194 before 011so would be 1952. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12334  Posted May 27, 2019 It is a W 194 replica which used as many DB parts as possible, such as an engine from a W 186 300 saloon. It was so good that at Pebble Beach the directors of DB thought it was an original. I have a photo somewhere of yours truly driving it, which as close as I will get to the real thing. The car in the background is W 187 220. 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! 1 1 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=3748458'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12335 Â Posted May 27, 2019 This one? https://www.oldtimeraustralia.com/wp_car_dealer/recreation-of-a-1952-mercedes-benz-type-w194-gullwing-prototype/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hektor Posted May 27, 2019 Share #12336 Â Posted May 27, 2019 Dear Nigel, That is/was a subsequent car which could not be finished as the buck had been sold. Cheers Hektor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted June 3, 2019 Share #12337  Posted June 3, 2019 If nobody wants to post a car, I have something suitable but not this one 🤣 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=3752690'>More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 3, 2019 Share #12338 Â Posted June 3, 2019 Chiron?!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham (G4FUJ) Posted June 3, 2019 Share #12339  Posted June 3, 2019 Trust you enjoyed the drive Wilson? Lots of Bugattis at Prescott for La Vie en Bleu the other weekend. Plus a few yesterday as part of the Bugatti International Rally. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NigelG Posted June 3, 2019 Share #12340  Posted June 3, 2019 Talking of exotica.....how about this one?  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=3752724'>More sharing options...
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