Neil Gendzwill Posted December 27, 2021 Report Share Posted December 27, 2021 14 hours ago, Jack M said: 1997. It blows my mind that a car that was new the year after I graduated college is now a classic. My first car was a ‘73 Javelin. Thing is, it was only 5 years old when I bought it. All those 60s and 70s classic muscle cars are younger than me. The first generation of my Miata was still 7 years away when I graduated college. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 2:51 PM, Jack M said: Picked up this classic this spring… always loved them. The boy is using it for now. 1997. It blows my mind that a car that was new the year after I graduated college is now a classic. Duuuude!!! Love these! So rad! Functional, simple, effective, capable!! Also: yes. We are all classics now !! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Have to show you what my brother just bought. A replica 1955 Jaguar D Type. It's hidden but there is a passenger seat. The original is worth 3 - 4 million. He owned an XKE in the late sixties and always regretted selling it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 Wow, that is gorgeous! Is that built on a VW chassis or something like that or is it totally fabricated? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st_lupo Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 That is drool worthy! It would be so cool to build that on a small AWD chassis and drive it up to the local bump when going boarding! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said: Wow, that is gorgeous! Is that built on a VW chassis or something like that or is it totally fabricated? This was the writeup before he bought it. This Jaguar D-Type replica is said to have been initially built in the late 1960s and was completed under previous ownership approximately 20 years ago. It was acquired by the current owner in 2019 and was fitted with a replacement 4.2-liter inline-six sourced from a 1984 XJ6 in 2021. The car features fiberglass bodywork finished in British Racing Green over a steel and aluminum monocoque chassis. Power is sent to the rear wheels via a four-speed manual gearbox reportedly sourced from a 1967 XKE, and additional features include an XKE-sourced front suspension, a shortened Jaguar Mk II rear axle, triple Weber DCOE45 carburetors, four-wheel disc brakes, and replica 15″ Dunlop steel wheels. This D-Type replica is now offered by the seller on behalf of the current owner with a clean California title listing the car as a 1955 Jaguar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eboot Posted January 8, 2022 Report Share Posted January 8, 2022 9 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said: Wow, that is gorgeous! EXACTLY what I was going to say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 On 12/27/2021 at 8:15 AM, Neil Gendzwill said: My first car was a ‘73 Javelin. Thing is, it was only 5 years old when I bought it. All those 60s and 70s classic muscle cars are younger than me. The first generation of my Miata was still 7 years away when I graduated college. I'm so old that when I attended the University of Florida, the campus cops drove Studebaker Larks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 9, 2022 Report Share Posted January 9, 2022 4 hours ago, patmoore said: I'm so old that when I attended the University of Florida, the campus cops drove Studebaker Larks! And that was probably because they came with front seats that reclined for sleeping or other things campus cops were known to partake in ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuxdiesel Posted January 15, 2022 Report Share Posted January 15, 2022 RCR in Fraser MI builds those D-Type replicas. $35K for the chassis, so by the time you add the drivetrain, seats and everything else, you are in the $60-70K range. I would much rather have one of those instead of a Cobra replica. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishsurfer Posted January 16, 2022 Report Share Posted January 16, 2022 Thats beautiful :D! some replicas are just incredible ive always promised myself since i was a kid if i ever won the lottery or somehow became rich id get myself listerbell replica of lancia stratos. Some kids love ferrari's or lamborgini's but for me it was the stratos in the Alitalia livery 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 (edited) Update on my brother's Jag. A guy in Scotland said "I have to have it!" and the price was right so my brother shipped it from Breckenridge to him. I attended a concert the other night and parked my '99 Vette behind this '62 beauty I met the owner who told me that it had been used for drag racing when he bought it 35 years ago and restored it. Edited July 23, 2022 by patmoore 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted July 23, 2022 Report Share Posted July 23, 2022 Here's what my business partner bought, along with the race horses, after we sold company #2. I probably have a Dinky toy model of this, somewhere. It makes farty noises, but it's kind of 1970s inside, as I suppose it ought to be. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted October 3, 2022 Report Share Posted October 3, 2022 A good friend stuck his 360 cam on the nose of my formula car for a run around a local autocross: Not my best work, but fun to be able to look around to see all the angles! Click on the video title to open YouTube to enable panning/looking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 22, 2022 Report Share Posted October 22, 2022 Nicely done! I have to use four different programs/apps to fully edit the footage I shoot with my GoPro 360 but the result is worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Missed that earlier, very cool Corey. I take it you didn't want the rear tires to break loose there near the end. The video makes it seem like you're going pretty quick, how fast do you get going on a course like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted October 30, 2022 Report Share Posted October 30, 2022 Yeah, that was a decreasing slalom - extremely tricky to get your decel rate correct. I never did get it right in 6 tries, but I got closer on other runs. This car is both humbling and exciting as my mind is the limitation in the whole system. Top speed is a bit of a guess. Likely around 120 kph (75 mph) for that course. There's some crazy speed amplification when your butt is 2" off the ground and you're practically laying down! (My toes are roughly between the silver and purple decals on the nose) The powerful street cars can have higher peak speeds, but the slicks and low weight means I have a higher average speed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 If you scroll up you'll see the replica '55 Jaguar D-Type my brother bought last winter. It isn't the most practical vehicle when you live in Breckenridge. A guy from Scotland got in touch with him and said, "I HAVE to have that car!" So, my brother sold it to him and shipped it overseas. Last week he went out and bought another replica - a Shelby Cobra. He already had a couple of vintage Porsches. My collection consists of a single 1999 Corvette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted December 2, 2022 Report Share Posted December 2, 2022 Nice looking C5! Love the Cobra too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 I can't see a Cobra without thinking two things: 1. What would I do to drive that on a closed course? 2. How hilarious the Throttle House review of a Cobra was. Find it if you haven't seen it! So much fun in this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kirk Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 I've not shared any photos of my autocross/canyon running car is some time. I built it in 2014 and have been racing it hard ever since and it's so much damn fun. I've been making improvements to it every year and it keeps getting lighter (1230 lbs now) so it goes around the corner like you're being swung around on a rope...and with 250 hp it pulls pretty darn well. Here's two shots with the car on street tires, one on its race slicks and one being driven at 10/10ths at an autocross event. The only thing that corners harder is a Kessler on chalky hardpack! dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TVR Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 6 hours ago, Neil Gendzwill said: Nice looking C5! Chevy did some interesting things with their 6.2L engines when they changed them over in the C8. By changing the crank to a flat-plane cranckshaft, they went from the typical max RPM of 6000 to well into the 10,000 RPM range. For anyone who understands the differences between cross-plane and flat-plane crankshafts and primary vs secondary balance vibrations in an engine, this was revolutionary with the Chevy V8's that have always had that deep throat sound, but such a limited Rev. With HP derived from Rev X torque, and their new engine still being a powerhouse of torque, the difference was noticeable. The sound is more formula one, but a small price to pay for the new, incredible performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 Ford beat Chevy to the punch with the flat plane crank in the Shelby GT350 a few years ago. Hopefully Chevy isn’t having the same oil consumption issues Ford had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 (edited) Corey - I checked out that Throttle House review of the Cobra and sent it to my little brother (he's only 72). Very entertaining! We bought the Vette at the beginning of the lockdown with the aim of visiting all 251 towns in Vermont. We've made a lot of progess. When we bought the car I asked the business manager if he'd take a personal check. He slammed it down on the desk, smiled, and said, "Didn't bounce!" We get some nice foliage here each October. Here's some footage I shot with my drone. Edited December 3, 2022 by patmoore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted December 3, 2022 Report Share Posted December 3, 2022 Throttle House is great and getting better with every video they put out. Their latest review of the electric 7 series BMW is a hoot. I have no idea how they keep getting these expensive cars to review when they call it exactly as they see it, good and bad. Also they are Canadian, even if they are from Toronto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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