93fxdl
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Sept 7, 2011 20:53:00 GMT
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if you have incredibly deep pockets how about this little gem www.bonhams.com/eur/press/6016/a serious piece of motoring history an ex lemans racer that was involved in an immense crash that cost a lot of lives and changed the course of motor racing mentioned in books and clips on youtube ttfn glenn |
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Sept 7, 2011 21:31:05 GMT
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Didnt realise that this is THE car that caused the 1955 Le Mans disaster  |
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Didnt realise that this is THE car that caused the 1955 Le Mans disaster It isn't, as it didn't cause it. It was involved, which is very different. |
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Sept 8, 2011 11:04:18 GMT
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well okay, it was one of the factors that caused the crash
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1993 Fiat Panda Selecta
2003 Vauxhall Combo 1.7DI van
2006 Mercedes Kompressor Evolution-S AMG SportCoupé
"You think you hate it now, wait til you drive it"
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Sept 8, 2011 12:10:04 GMT
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Wow, I don't think I'd ever heard of the 1955 Le Mans disaster before, bloody horrifying.
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Been lurking for nigh on ten years now, thought it might be time to try posting every now and then!
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scruff
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Sept 8, 2011 12:24:01 GMT
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Look for the documentary on it, it's frightening. Espcially the pics where the have merged the before and after pics looking across at the pit lane, taken a few seconds apart, you can see the same people before and after...  |
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1994 Lotus Esprit - Fragile red turbo with pop up lights.
1980 Porsche 924 - Fragile red turbo with pop up lights.
I spy a trend...
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nofrills
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my wings are made of Steeeeeeeel!!!
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Sept 8, 2011 15:57:37 GMT
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the 1955 le man crash, was one of the worst motorsport accidents in history, they couldn't even tell how many people actually lost there lives that day, as some people were so badly torn apart they could not distinguish between them the number they quote is a very good estimate, there was a programme on this accident i believe on itv4, absolutely in depth and really showed the cause of the accident. horrifying to watch and some of the images were quite disturbing but an amazing incite in too what happened that day
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B-8-D
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down to one car!!
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Sept 8, 2011 18:05:35 GMT
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Ha ha.. I was just talking about this car the other day.. quite an interesting history..
Will be interesting to see how much it makes..
Si
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Sept 8, 2011 20:08:19 GMT
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I learnt about the crash from that documentary, unbelievable stuff and the race carried on I believe! Even if I had that much money, I don't think I could buy it simply because of that, even though it didn't cause it, but it is still kinda nice to know it still around. Does that make sense?!
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2006 Mondeo ST daily
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Sept 8, 2011 21:34:11 GMT
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its at 1.43 in this vid... Seen the footage a few times now. Still very horrible to watch  Pathe news vid |
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