Bugatti & Carburettor Ferrari Pur Sang Rally.

Wonderful pics, Rob. Thanks for sharing!

 

ummmm....everyone?

 

except the thursday drive crew.The dust did push the friendship.Lot of long standing AFR/FCA people at yesterdays lunch,you should have come along and sat with me and Grant.

 

what was that green HOS in the first photo ?

must have been built by Ghia when they were an Italian design house as there are a lot of features that are on my 2300S except that mine looks nicer than that.

 

why, were you guys designated as the assassins ??

 

Aston Martin DB2

 

refer my private email from last night.

 

was designed by Ghia though ??

looks a bit like those boring Bristols as well .... god the English made some ugly cars, you could only think a jag looks good if you've never seen a Ferrari

 

850cc..


the ulimate engine capacity...

 

designed by Frank Feeley.

 

and it went well too.

 

great pics Rob. keep em coming.

 

thats about it was to hot to spend the time out side,missed a few cars including a bugatti 37a.Even with the heat NO cars broke down and some did up to 250ks.I had a great drive following the 212 of Dutton's,great to follow ,fast and is set up on crossplye racing Dunlops.Gets a good looking drift up,for its age and engine size (V12 ,2.5 litre) its fast.Many of the owners have owned their cars for a long time.Few young people ,was great and well they were in the 356's with wifes.

 

Lovely car - but who did the air intake surround?

 

I like it for me has that 250LM look.

 

Rob, current (Jan 07) issue of Octane, Duncan Hamilton has a cream S3 Conti, on VIC rego JJJ333 for GBP85K. Is this your old car?

 

lovely pics Rob...soo many OHOS!

liking the heritage plates on the last shot

 

Yes,sad to see her leave Aussi as she was one of three to come here new.Other 2 bought new by the O'neill brothers.great car on the open HWY.

 

We are in one of those periods when the UK classic market is racing ahead of the Aussie market. There is so much easy money around in the UK now and their property market laws don't encourage investment in rental properties, so cars get a lot of focus. Eventually Aus will catch up, but it can take years to happen.

I think "real" Bentleys (now applies to pre-VW rather than pre-Rolls Royce) will continue to have strong growth in the UK.

Happily, there is also lots of demand for pre-Fiat Ferraris and virtually any car up to early 80's with a competition history.

 

Hi Ian what did you think of the little Arbath,in this thread.

 

It looks remarkably complete - the Italians would go nuts for it. The 850 was the car that put Abarth on the map and I've never seen one as meticulously restored as this.

You need to be a masochist to drive one though...

 

the owner has owned some great cars over the years.well known in the Ferrari movement,ie 850 Monza and Super america

 

A telling photo in Yea....no mechanic as back up but First Aid van,drivers more unreliable than cars?

Thanks for taking time to post pics Rob,good to see 212 out and being enjoyed.I would like to see 308's if you have got any pics.

dd

 

lol first aid van,fires.Will down load tomorrow 308 photos but not from sundays run.two 308s on run one a red car black trim fiberglass very nice car that was prepared,restored by Black Stallion Motors.Must say if i didnt have the boxer that would be my next choose a glass 308.

 

Agree that glass car is usefully lighter, better performance and handling. But you have to buy a UK car with the dry sump motor. Aus delivered cars were wet sump and have limited collector value. The steel frame under the glass rusts, very difficult to repair and the cars aren't worth enough to justify doing it properly (for most people). Unless you find a glass car that someone else has done the full restoration on, a steel carby car is a more practical ownership proposition and they go quite well with the hot-up kit installed (pistons & cams).

Even a stocker is way faster than an E-type