Maybe Peking to Paris someday?
Seems like a good car for that event.
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Seems like a good car for that event.
A German w113 Mercedes specialist that I met at his shop in Arundel Maine has done it in a VW Beetle!
I just need a co driver who can fix things, and a month vacation from work!
SOOOOOooooo bitchin'. La Carrera was a bucket list item for a long time and the only real choice is a Lincoln Capri! I did check out Hudsons and Oldsmobiles since they were stock class contenders. Besides, historically accurate German cars are beyond mere mortal's reach. BTW, is that at the Rev's Institute?Lucky you to be able to see it up close! Fabulous collection.
Anyway, the desire faded with time and other commitments, though I scored some sweet original swag way back when. This colorful window decal, also have an official's armband.
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Lincoln Capri - molto cool. It certainly has an Italianesque flair. The trunk looks big enough to carry a spare car, or double as the Lincoln motel.
I think you should redo that picture wearing 50's racer's overalls and looking back at the Mexican border with a job well done look on your face.
I think you should redo that picture wearing 50's racer's overalls and looking back at the Mexican border with a job well done look on your face.
Sounds fun
John - that motor was probably a 60k-70k build from Gamroth and there's no telling what the current condition of it or the transaxle is. It could be awesome or not. 90k is still a lot of jing with all those unknowns. It's expensive no matter how you cut it in the 911 world.
I fit half that bill, the vacation from work.
So, a bit of a diversion from this thread, but I like this story. In 2018, I attended for the first time the Lime Rock Historics event. I don't recall if Bugatti was the featured marque, or if there were a large number of Bugattis at the event because the annual gathering of the Bugatti club was planned in upstate New York a couple of weeks later, but in any event, a handful of us stayed at the Race Brook Lodge for the event with a bunch of Bugatti owners. Also at the lodge in support of the cars were some mechanics from Ivan Dutton's UK restoration shop and a professor and some students from the McPherson College automotive restoration program.
On Friday morning, whist having breakfast, Doug Dolan and I sat at a table with a lovely couple who owned one of the Bugattis in the parking lot (with the name Blanche inscribed on the boat tail in honor of the owner's grandmother, who bequeathed him the money for the car). The couple had been neighbors and friends, and after his wife died they began to do road rallys together in his car. That went well, so they determined to do the Peking to Paris run in his car. That too went well, so they got married.
I ‘d call it a hippie-style B&B.
Full of character but a bit too rustic for me.
Bugatti was the featured marque that year.
2018 with the Bugattis was the best Lime Rock Fall Festival I have ever attended.
My friend Alden Sherman had just turned 100.
My friend Alden Sherman had just turned 100.
(1) $89k is the asking, not the selling number
(2) condition might be fresh enough to be a buy and drive c
The market is still a bit soft so $75k might get her done. As you say, it’s still a a lot of jing, but I see folks spend this much on a new child shuttle vehicles all the time (BMW X5, Audi Q5, Cayenne, Range Rover, etc). I’d rather drive a 5 year old minivan and have this to play with on the weekends.
My other BMW is a 1972 2002 I bought new in Charlotte, NC 49 years ago. I lived in Hickory,about 65 miles away and had the only BMW in the town. People used to say British Motor Works, or BM What? I traded in my first brand new car,a 1969 Fiat 124 Spyder, for the Bimmer. My first car was a 1964 Triumph Spitfire MK1 with a metal hardtop for Winter driving,and the frame & soft top that fits into the trunk.
It only took me 47 years to get the BMW I really wanted after seeing one on that showroom floor in 1972.
Back in 1983 I went with the BMWCCA to visit all of the BMW factories in Germany & Austria. I bought about $1000 worth of 2002 parts in Germany for the 2002. Most of them are still in the garage loft including a Clardy A/C kit.
Now I spend the time and $$ on the Coupe while the 2002 is under a cover in the garage.
It only took me 47 years to get the BMW I really wanted after seeing one on that showroom floor in 1972.
Back in 1983 I went with the BMWCCA to visit all of the BMW factories in Germany & Austria. I bought about $1000 worth of 2002 parts in Germany for the 2002. Most of them are still in the garage loft including a Clardy A/C kit.
Now I spend the time and $$ on the Coupe while the 2002 is under a cover in the garage.
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where are those photos from? Near Moab?
Sedona Arizona. The rental jeep company has an office in Moab though. Great outfit and a fun time. Now I want a jeep again.
my dad was an early adopter, he had a slightly used 2002, a 1970 model made in late 1969
It was the only one in town (only BMW), and people did call it British Motor Works
People would ask "what is it", A, a BMW, "oh, who makes that?"
Paris to Peking is a great idea. If you are looking for a more "Northern" experience, the Alcan 5000 has been running from Washington State, into Canada, through British Columbia and the Yukon Territory into Alaska to the Arctic Circle. An amazing experience, where the outside temperature is the same in Fahrenheit OR Celcius, @ -40!
That would be amazing!!!!!!!
And there is the South America rally…
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Lucky you to be able to see it up close! Fabulous collection.
Anyway, the desire faded with time and other commitments, though I scored some sweet original swag way back when. This colorful window decal, also have an official's armband.
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We ran the Carrera five times in the early 2000's. Once in a 65 Vette and 4 times in a 64 Nova. My driver Gerie Bledsoe was the North American co-ordinator for the race. We won the Historic C class in 2002 in our Nova.
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So how do you rate the danger of the event?
Can you do it and drive at 7/10s and not be disqualified?
I love the idea of doing it in a Nova or Falcon or maybe an Alfa Giulia Super