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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 27 June 2014, 12:53:08

Title: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: Rods2 on 27 June 2014, 12:53:08
Graham Hill's 1968 Lotus 49B F1 car is up for sale. It has a dash board like a car not a computer game. ???

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671189/When-F1-just-man-car-Graham-Hills-1968-Lotus-sale-1m.html (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2671189/When-F1-just-man-car-Graham-Hills-1968-Lotus-sale-1m.html)
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 27 June 2014, 13:43:42
I once had the model made by Corgi.

No idea what happened to it. :(
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: Varche on 27 June 2014, 13:50:45
No speedo! How did he know how fast he was going....

In those days the drivers got blisters from changing gear so many times in a race like Monaco.

That seat(if you can call it that) looks damn uncomfortable too.
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: Kevin Wood on 27 June 2014, 15:27:51
Yep, a man's dashboard. None of this CID malarkey. How hot is it? Has it got fuel? has it got oil? Am I revving the nads off it? What else do you need to know?
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: dbug on 27 June 2014, 15:52:39
No speedo! How did he know how fast he was going....

In those days the drivers got blisters from changing gear so many times in a race like Monaco.

That seat(if you can call it that) looks damn uncomfortable too.

No need to know how fast you are going in a race car ;)  All you need to know on an old racer is as Kevin says above.
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: Varche on 27 June 2014, 16:01:54
No speedo! How did he know how fast he was going....

In those days the drivers got blisters from changing gear so many times in a race like Monaco.

That seat(if you can call it that) looks damn uncomfortable too.

No need to know how fast you are going in a race car ;)  All you need to know on an old racer is as Kevin says above.
T'was a joke ;D ;D
Title: Re: When men were men and cars were cars.
Post by: dbug on 27 June 2014, 16:08:08
No speedo! How did he know how fast he was going....

In those days the drivers got blisters from changing gear so many times in a race like Monaco.

That seat(if you can call it that) looks damn uncomfortable too.

No need to know how fast you are going in a race car ;)  All you need to know on an old racer is as Kevin says above.
T'was a joke ;D ;D

Whoops - sorry  :-[