No he's back... and he went to Paris... he was taken up the Eiffel tower... I restored an Aston DBS V8 back in 1990.... truck... nice engine though.
he's got a mind like a steel trap for the performance figures but can't understand why these OHOS can only do 140mph young boys, they only want the latest and greatest, no appreciation for class
140mph? He hasn't read up on some of the old racers then. Those 512M's did a tad more than that down the Mulsanne straight !
They don't have young Asian schoolgirls in Paris? He seems to find them everywhere............... poor Fion !
due respect to Carl but also said the Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was a good car,now their is a heap of ****,$20,000 will get you the best one in Australia,but you will need $20,000 a year to run it.
Are they really that bad?? There is one here in Mount Isa. Never gets driven but. There is another one in Cloncurry that is being used a TAXI!! No sh*t!! Will it cost this guy a mint will it?
been around Rolls Royce cars all my life,problem on Shadow is the chassis/mono frame,shockers,steering.drive a old premier holden you will get the idea.The previous model the Silver Cloud 3 and its sibblings,best car RR ever built.The old Bentley continental s3 I just sold overseas was awesome 130 mph car and just great on the open hwy,sad to sell but i wanted to sell a car for room and money.Wish the bb had gone instead,oh well **** happens.
Just spotted Chris Amon in the 1969 AGP at lakeside in the Tasman Dino racer...leading the pack! I saw him last night in the P4 at Warwick beig whipped by Frank Matich in the SR3 too. Keep an eye on Late Night Legends on ABC2. Frank Gardner's just retiring the Mildren Alfa in a cloud of smoke
Driven a RR 20/25 (from memory) late 1920s car and it was much nicer to drive than the Shadow 1 I drove. Nasty wallowing thing. Rindt's Lotus has just expired too...edit - Hill's Lotus is smoking now and it's not Gold Leaf! (see how many oldies get that connection!)
Now Graham Hill's rear wing has fallen off and he's still going! No wonder they banned those high mounted wings... BTW - where's the Red Bull Air Race thread? I expected you to start it by now...
Goes to show how effective they weren't, too If I started it, all it would say is "OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG" for about three pages Edit - my mate at the BP refinery in Kwinana said he's been watching them doing aerobatics all day outside his window! Not fair
