1965 Le Mans film

Found on http://silodrome.com/1965-le-mans-24-hours/

Le Mans by Steve McQueen

 It's fantastic, to me, to see the car haulers/race car transporters

the cinematography and composure of the scenes was pretty damn good, above is an example

 Above and below, are more of the great photography I was impressed by.

one of 3 Corvettes of Briggs Cunningham's LeMans team of 1960, they won first in class with this trio

 how about this gauge cluster... why not make them this way from the factory? it's what the racers wanted, and isn't it what a sports car owner wants too?

 Anyone know about this unusual speedometer? With a clock on the inside... I don't recall ever seeing a 70mph speedometer before in a sports car, ditto ever seeing a speedometer with a clock in it. I've seen tachs and clock combos... anyway, odd gauge, if you know what the info on it is, please share. jbohjkl@yahoo.com

 cool little light to illuminate the car number

 Patina on the lettering.

Below is what another of the trio looked like. Thought you'd like to compare them.

just this last photo from http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z9082/Chevrolet-Corvette-LeMans-Racer.aspx

1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300, bodied by Zagato, winner of the 1932-'43 Le Mans, '32 and '33 Mille Miglia, and Spa 24 hour race in '32

if anyone knows what these bands are, please share the info! jbohjkl@yahoo.com

info from http://driven.urbandaddy.com/2012/05/02/1932-alfa-romeo-8c-2300/ who has a poster quality photo as well as the info. Love that site

If Darth Vader drove a car...

THE same people who brought you the Micra and the Almera have just fitted wheels to an SR-71 spyplane.

This, believe it or not, is not the next Batmobile, but a racing car which Nissan is going to campaign at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours. The DeltaWing, the company reckons, will weigh half as much as a normal racer and have half the drag. And, presumably, twice the wow factor.

Andy Palmer, executive vice president of Nissan, said:

“As motor racing rulebooks have become tighter over time, racing cars look more and more similar and the technology used has had less and less relevance to road car development. Nissan DeltaWing aims to change that and we were an obvious choice to become part of the project.

“But this is just the start of our involvement. Nissan DeltaWing embodies a vast number of highly-innovative ideas that we can learn from. At the same time, our engineering resources and commitment to fuel efficiency leadership via our PureDrive strategy will help develop DeltaWing into a testbed of innovation for Nissan.”


Admittedly, it's not a classified entrant - so technically, it can't win the race anyway - and it's only got a 1.6 litre engine, but because they've bolted an enormous turbocharger it still manages to pump out an impressive 300bhp. Not that any of that matters, because while it's purportedly acting as a technological testbed the thing absolutely everyone will be talking about is that body.

As a sort of cross between an SR-71 spyplane, a Le Mans racer and something out of the Star Wars films I think it looks fabulous.

You probably disagree. Let me know...

1946 Delage D6 factory Grand Prix race car that consistantly placed 2nd from 1947-1949 in various Gran Prix and 24 hours of LeMans

I ran out of time, and just grabbed these two shots when they announced they were closing, and I still had the entire upper floor to look at... the Mullin Museum closes at 3 in the afternoon... be sure to get there when they open so you have as much time as possible.. they have so much to look at, and if you are as slow and methodical at drooling over cool old cars as I am, you need the whole day.

Stereotypes=3 - minding it's own business at a car show Pontiac LeMans=0

 Nice as they come, looks great, just having a fine car show

 Then out of nowhere comes a Lexus at full speed into the car shop parking lot, right over the curb and through the shrubbery

 The Lexus plows into the LeMans so hard it pushed it into the 39 Ford parked next to the LeMans

Found at the loacl FM radio morning show blog http://www.sandiegojack.com/story/15074421/how-to-ruin-a-so-cal-car-show