Pete McCluskey.
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This is from the 70's. Unsettling German video from the 1970s resurfaces - Autoweek
Hey Dad can I borrow the car?
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flatchat(Chris)
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Eeer, NO son, its a rear engined car and it won't handle very well:laugh:
Got to love track days !
Reminds me of Langley Speedway about the same time , tape the headlights , remove the hubcaps , then 2 x 2 - 5 laps drag race / self demo derby with cars that had no business being on the track .
My neighbor's wife bought a '73 Mustang Mach 1 one saturday morning , and he totaled it at the track that night .
Not really sure why they stopped having those races , but I can tell you my neighbor got more injuries when he got home than when he crashed the car !
Reminds me of Langley Speedway about the same time , tape the headlights , remove the hubcaps , then 2 x 2 - 5 laps drag race / self demo derby with cars that had no business being on the track .
My neighbor's wife bought a '73 Mustang Mach 1 one saturday morning , and he totaled it at the track that night .
Not really sure why they stopped having those races , but I can tell you my neighbor got more injuries when he got home than when he crashed the car !
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Ooh, you naughty boy!
I thought that the Vedubs stood up particularly well compared to the other cars.
Anyone know what corner that is? Something else noted....the film looks to have been shot around the same time, meaning the same day/weekend. The weather looks the same, the people running on to the course look the same......surely this couldn't have happend all within the space of a weekend could it?
If you check out this video posted here http://www.gt40s.com/forum/386240-post70.html, I think you will see Malcom break very hard in the exact spot, at 45 seconds in? I think it is in Adenauer Forst. I have circled the area in yellow on this map.
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you almost never see a GT40 at the Ring :drunk:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDVZ1jgWjWA]ford gtd40's tearing up the nurburgring - YouTube[/ame]
here a full lap in a 40, maybe you can spot the corner, I've only been 4 times over there and can't remember much, last time was about 3 or 4 years ago.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYhMLCOGwE]GT40 at Nurburgring In-car Video - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDVZ1jgWjWA]ford gtd40's tearing up the nurburgring - YouTube[/ame]
here a full lap in a 40, maybe you can spot the corner, I've only been 4 times over there and can't remember much, last time was about 3 or 4 years ago.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJYhMLCOGwE]GT40 at Nurburgring In-car Video - YouTube[/ame]
Apparently VW beetles and fiat 850s handle like crap at the Ring....
Surprising number of yard sales there too.
Surprising number of yard sales there too.
Glenn M
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Yes Mark, I agree, I wasn't saying that they weren't strong; it was just their eagerness to turn turtle that had me a little perturbed.
Glenn
The corner where my slide was I think different to the ones in the video. I seem to recall it being much tighter radius than where most of those cars rolled. Could be wrong though. The approach was generally uphill. However it still must have been a good place to watch as I do remember a crowd there. Lots of trees grown up since the 70's to when I went in early 90s. Scary how fragile those cars are to what we take for granted today. Good to see progress. At least the speeds were lower than today which is probably what saved most people from more serious harm.
I shudder to imagine ever having the balls to take my P4 there whenever it gets finished. Surely not???
If only the old Spa was still open, the thought of taking the Masta kink flat out, four wheel drift, is enticing!!!
Shown here at 1.11
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9mZg5V6Ik[/ame]
If only the old Spa was still open, the thought of taking the Masta kink flat out, four wheel drift, is enticing!!!
Shown here at 1.11
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9mZg5V6Ik[/ame]
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