Cars And Related Things

[Primus pilus]

Designers at the time often gave the cars suggestive features. The 57 Cadillac was note for its front bumper's resemblance to the "front bumpers" of a woman.

When MG was forced to modify the front bumpers on the MGB roadster and GT models by fitting enlarged rubber over-riders to try to meet changing safety standards …

… they were quickly nicknamed “Sabrinas” after the British 1950’s pin up girl of the same name. Pp cannot imagine why

 

[Gibbs505]

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[thehangingtree]

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[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

 

[SkatingJesus]

If anyone is looking to upgrade this car is up for auction by Bonhams at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed on 5th July.

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If it isn’t immediately recognisable it is the Williams FW14B Nigel Mansell took to his only F1 drivers’ world championship in 1992. Mansell drove the car in 7 of the 16 of the races that year for 5 wins and a second before it was passed on to his team mate who manage another podium finish.is going to auction by Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed sale on July 5.

Word is that the Williams could go for around £3 million.

Mansell’s solitary F1 crown was overdue as it came in his last full season in F1 – when Mansell was pushing 40 – by which point he had finished runner-up three times.

The FW14B was a classic but well ahead of the game with sophisticated systems such as active suspension, a semi-automatic paddle shift gearbox and traction control. Many of these features were banned for the 1994 season, so the FW14B remains, even now, one of the most advanced cars to have competed in F1.

Want to hear how throaty F1 cars sounded like before they took away the V10 engines and replaced them with today’s food processors?

(It isn’t Mansell in the cockpit but the one with his boot on the throttle is near as hefty as Nigel)

What an awesome car, and what an awesome Era...

Good old times with V8, V10, V12, and 30 to 40 entries! I miss lemon cars like March, Coloni, Pacific, AGS, and Andrea Moda!

 

[Gibbs505]

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[Gibbs505]

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I think that the last one is Barb at the car wash!

 

[thehangingtree]

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Really??? Radial tires???

 

[Gibbs505]

Really??? Radial tires???

Hey, I'm not the motorhead, I just post them!

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

 

[Barbaria1]

Bet that was a marketing success

 

[messaline]

Our car : easy for our Summer crucifixions'shows ; we can bunk in it ...

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

Yeap...

 

[bellesouth]

It helps if you have the necessary to keep your pride and joy clean.

 

[Madiosi]

Typical Barb?

How accomplished you. destroy the new car?
I wanted tried the rocket mode.

 

[Crux-Emperor Baracus X]

Typical Barb?

How accomplished you. destroy the new car?
I wanted tried the rocket mode.

Incoming demerits !!

 

[Madiosi]

Incoming demerits !!

Not had for a long time.

 

[old slave]

It's in Dutch but the meaning is universal.

(And for those nations that like words on their signs, the circular crossy thing means "No stopping for any reason"
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[Dorothy Brown]

It's in Dutch but the meaning is universal.

(And for those nations that like words on their signs, the circular crossy thing means "No stopping for any reason"
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Typical Female Ploy, We Have All Done It
Hav`nt We Girls, Sometimes It Works
Sometime It Does`nt.