Showing posts with label Rally Cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rally Cars. Show all posts
Monday, March 09, 2020
Friday, January 17, 2020
Hongqi Dakar racer
It never ceases to amaze me the ascendency of China as a superpower.
⚠🚨TV PICKED UP THE DAKAR HONGQIS🚨⚠@2Fast2Finkel pic.twitter.com/BlvuJo3qKK— Manny Suazo (@smokyburnout) January 15, 2020
Saturday, April 21, 2018
Peking to Paris 240Z
I think Matt Farah mentioned this car in one of his recent podcasts.
Here is the car's Facebook page.
Here is the car's Facebook page.
Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Monday, July 17, 2017
Saturday, January 14, 2017
Monday, January 09, 2017
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Renault Clio Williams test drive and review
Here are a couple of ads for the car.
And here's the one I spotted outside Retromobile on the street.
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Friday, February 03, 2012
Monday, June 27, 2011
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Dakar: Ines Sainz in, truck coverage out
I have been living under a rock. After watching Dakar coverage on Versus (U.S. cable station) for over a week, I just realized the reporter who has been presenting tourism pieces on the show is none other than Ines Sainz, the Mexican reporter embroiled in that mess with the American football team, the Jets.
The Dakar coverage is 30 minutes long, 22 minutes if you don't include adverts. The people at Versus decided to cut out truck coverage completely and inserted Sainz's travelogues instead. This is what we have to watch in the States every day instead of Kamazes (plural for Kamaz?) conquering impossible dunes:
And this is an interview with Sainz regarding the Jets brouhaha:
The Dakar coverage is 30 minutes long, 22 minutes if you don't include adverts. The people at Versus decided to cut out truck coverage completely and inserted Sainz's travelogues instead. This is what we have to watch in the States every day instead of Kamazes (plural for Kamaz?) conquering impossible dunes:
And this is an interview with Sainz regarding the Jets brouhaha:
Monday, April 19, 2010
Rally driving lights galore: Cibie, PIAA, Hella, and Viceroy!
If there is one thing I love more than vintage rally cars, it's the arrays of frisbee-sized driving lights up front. These are from a guy named Ariel on Flickr.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Tatra 603 Rally Car Vintage Photo
Check this out. No, not the two Eastern Bloc lads horseplaying. That's a Tatra 603 in a 1960s Polish rally!Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Mercedes W123 Promotional Video
W123s were a dime a dozen in 1980s Southern California. My neighbor, a sheriff's deputy, had a side business importing grey market Mercedes and always had at least three or four small-bumpered (and rectangular headlighted) W123s parked in his driveway. Today, you'll only find smelly bio-fuel lovin' hippies and cabbies from non-oil-exporting Middle Eastern autocracies driving these bad boys.
This promotional video has it all: muscle-bound guy, W123 hoonage, and even rally footage. The scariest part has to be the 0-100 km/hr time for the 200D: 31.0 (!) seconds.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Jules Rolls-Royce Corniche Dakar Racer
This Roll-Royce Corniche is the first Jules-sponsored Dakar racer. The idea sprouted from a dinner bet over whether a Roller could be raced in the 1981 Dakar Rally. A few months and 2,000 man-hours later, this car was born.
The body is made of polyester and the doors, hood, and trunk lid are aluminum. The tastefully crafted wood dash from the original car was kept. The four wheel drive system, suspension, and axles are from a Toyota Land Cruiser. The 4 speed manual is from a Toyota too. This Frankenstein has a 350 Chevy up front and a 330 liter fuel tank behind the seats.
The car was in 13th place when it broke down. It took a while for the car to be fixed so it was disqualified. Nevertheless, the team continued and finished the race.
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