Spa Classic (pics)

GJ · 28th May 2012, 01:17 PM

Last Saturday I decided to go visit Spa on Sunday.
I had a nice drive (about 2 hrs) up there. The weather was treating us well!

Arrived in Spa and parked right next to David Scaife's car, the only GT40 I saw in the classic car parking lot.
Later that day I met David and his son. We had a nice chat before he left off to GB. (@ David: I hope you had a good trip home)

I also ran into Paul Brameld just before he set off for his track session.
Also nice meeting him after he did me a favour a couple months ago, bringing both our gearboxes from Frank Catt to Chris Cole to get the Quaife LSD build in. (@ Paul: Did you get home with a cool gearbox?)

Brotherly parked next to David's GT40

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Paul's track time

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Walking through the paddock, I met Claude Nahum. He a very nice and lucky man owning 2 original GT 40's (P1078 & P1060) and an exact replica of P1075.
He was there to race P1078. Unfortunately he retired from the race after just a couple of laps due to some kind of mechanical problems.

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Another GT40 (didn't get the chassis nr)

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Going up Eau Rouge...

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And a couple of Lola's T70 going up Eau Rouge

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Again a couple of Lola's T70, together with a Chevron B16

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Looking forward to LMC !!!!

Mark · 28th May 2012, 02:22 PM

Nice pics.

Randy V · 29th May 2012, 05:56 AM

Very nice... The sites and sounds of an event like that are quite memorable!

Thans for taking the time to take the pictures and share with us!

GJ · 29th May 2012, 04:23 PM

Here 2 youtube vids
My apologies for the (iPhone) quality.
BTW, the sound doesn't even come close to the real thing

Spa Classic 2012 - YouTube

Spa Classic 2012 - Start-finish, 1st lap - YouTube

George · 29th May 2012, 07:34 PM

Nice photos.

Is that Silver GT40 the same silver as the one in my little avatar?

Whats the name for that particular color code?

GJ · 30th May 2012, 06:50 AM

It's P1078 and has Strathaven Livery.

Look at this thread:
P/1078 Strathavan Livery

George · 30th May 2012, 07:12 AM

David S · 30th May 2012, 12:31 PM

G-J,

Great pics!

Arrived home safe after a good run to Calais without Fridays stream of big trucks on the road.

Must now replace the side window the villians smashed overnight.

See you at Le Mans Classic.

David.

GJ · 30th May 2012, 06:04 PM

David, I still feel a little embarressed about the hooligans that smashed your window.
I wish, we mainland people, could give you, the Islanders, a save feeling on the mainland. But there are always some that spoil it all.
I hope the LMC can make it up!

GTRene · 2nd June 2012, 05:11 AM

lovely pictures, great sounds...what a place to be.

Jeroen · 3rd June 2012, 04:13 PM

https://picasaweb.google.com/1022594...Nb_5v_spqSg8QE#
I hope the link works. Maybe too mutch pictures, the more you all enjoy

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Greets
Jeroen

GJ · 4th June 2012, 05:45 PM

That's a very nice collection of pics.

Thanks for sharing!

Paul Brameld · 7th June 2012, 04:41 PM

A few more shots from a great SPA Classic.

Paul Brameld · 8th June 2012, 09:42 AM

Few more of Claude's car.
Battle scar.
Tyre rotation on wheel...........red marks should be in line !!
Rear end

Jimmy P · 8th June 2012, 12:27 PM

Thanks Paul. Nice Stuff. Just goes to show...the GT40 looks pretty damn good in just about any color. This is an unusal color so Kudos to Mr. Nabaum for keeping it real.

Paul Brameld · 9th June 2012, 03:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc Horror

Last Saturday I decided to go visit Spa on Sunday.
I had a nice drive (about 2 hrs) up there. The weather was treating us well!

Arrived in Spa and parked right next to David Scaife's car, the only GT40 I saw in the classic car parking lot.
Later that day I met David and his son. We had a nice chat before he left off to GB. (@ David: I hope you had a good trip home)

I also ran into Paul Brameld just before he set off for his track session.
Also nice meeting him after he did me a favour a couple months ago, bringing both our gearboxes from Frank Catt to Chris Cole to get the Quaife LSD build in. (@ Paul: Did you get home with a cool gearbox?)

Hi G-J,
Good to meet you at Spa, you will be pleased to know that the gearbox had not suffered, just the linkage (cables) that had been roasted and made selection a problem! There was also a little too much heat radiated from the (unpacked) silencers, directed towards the gearbox. Wealden sorting all these issues in good time for the LMC & Ring & Faye de Bretagne.
Look forward to meeting up again at the Classic.

GJ · 9th June 2012, 07:55 AM

Indeed good to hear that ;-)
How was your track session?

Paul Brameld · 10th June 2012, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Doc Horror

Indeed good to hear that ;-)
How was your track session?

Hi G-J
The Friday session was great, using all 6,000 rpm and the new extra ponies but without knowing the circuit that well, could not make the most of it.
The following 2 sessions were OK to good. One session had a lot of traffic whereas the other was clearer but had limited myself to 4,000 rpm just in case of problems in the gear department. At least in this session we could explore the potential of the new Avons which showed much promise - along with high levels of grip & predictability

So roll on LMC

Kim Carter · 19th June 2012, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc Horror

Last Saturday I decided to go visit Spa on Sunday.
I had a nice drive (about 2 hrs) up there. The weather was treating us well!

Arrived in Spa and parked right next to David Scaife's car, the only GT40 I saw in the classic car parking lot.
Later that day I met David and his son. We had a nice chat before he left off to GB. (@ David: I hope you had a good trip home)

I also ran into Paul Brameld just before he set off for his track session.
Also nice meeting him after he did me a favour a couple months ago, bringing both our gearboxes from Frank Catt to Chris Cole to get the Quaife LSD build in. (@ Paul: Did you get home with a cool gearbox?)

Brotherly parked next to David's GT40

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Paul's track time

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Walking through the paddock, I met Claude Nahum. He a very nice and lucky man owning 2 original GT 40's (P1078 & P1060) and an exact replica of P1075.
He was there to race P1078. Unfortunately he retired from the race after just a couple of laps due to some kind of mechanical problems.

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Another GT40 (didn't get the chassis nr)

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Going up Eau Rouge...

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And a couple of Lola's T70 going up Eau Rouge

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Again a couple of Lola's T70, together with a Chevron B16

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Looking forward to LMC !!!!

Those pics are awesome. I loved the car with 12 written on it, the most.

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