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A series of images highlighting details and portions of cars I have found interesting, significant, and to be admirable solutions to improve the product..... and a golden opportunity to display the ablities of the remarkable Leica optics.

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#1. 1930s two-seat Indianpolis racer - note there is no backing plate - the steering & brake mechanisms are attached to the front wheel carrier.

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Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa cockpit and gated shift mechanism with reverse lock-out.

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Ferrari  250 Pininfarina 'California' Spyder front fender vent

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Never saw this before.............1956 Porsche 356 Carrera Coupe with documented, factory-installed bench seat as opposed to the standard individual bucket seats.

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Another first and only sighting - four-barrel Weber carburators on a 1955 Pegaso 102 Coupe. The owner told me one of the carbs had been in damaged in a fire, and it took two year and US$35,000 to locate another one.

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Hood latch, Alfa-Romeo P3 GrandPrix racer

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288 cu. in. Rochester fuel-injection equipped Chevrolet motor in a 1958 Lister,.

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This is how to restore a historic race car - refurbished rear wheel carrier with titanium hub and attachment hardware - Penske / Donahue Porsche 917-30 CAN-AM race car.

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I wish my living room were half as beautiful, luxurious  & comfortable as this Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe interior.

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Exposed valve gear of 1909  Mercedes-Benz 'Blitzen Benz', the 'world's fastest car'for more than a decade.

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Rear suspension and solid disc brake with mechanical emergency brake - Ferrari 250 GT SWB  SEFAC 'Competizione'. Primitive, but Oh, so effective back in the day.

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Front of pontoon-fendered 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa TR250 prototype. 

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Rear suspension, 1937 Maserati 6C 'Monoposto' Grand Prix racer.

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After it had outlived its usefulness as a race car,  driven by Luis Chiron, a wealthy french enthusiast purchased this 1931 Type 51 Bugatti Grand Prix racer & had it re-bodied by Dubois Karrosserie, to enjoy as a grand touring toy.

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Annulkar disc brake - 1957 Porsche Carrera Speedster.

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Nice thread topic.  Are adding details in b/w's okay?  Your color images are wonderful.

Can't remember the name, but always liked this twin-plug three cylinder engine I spotted at a San Luis Obispo, California car show with the theme of "VW's to Cadillacs" a few years ago.  

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