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Showing posts with label race cars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label race cars. Show all posts

Sunday, July 10, 2011

the 1907 Spyker that competed in the Peking to Paris great race

Found on http://www.cardesign.ru/forum/diskussii/obschenie/1352

 the Italia that won the race is here: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/08/winner-of-1907-paris-to-peking.html

The challenge to drive from Peking, China (modern day Beijing) to Paris, France in 1907, using totally untested automobiles, was taken up by five men:
- Prince Scipione Borghese, accompanied by his mechanic Ettore Guizzardi. They were further accompanied by Italian journalist Luigi Barzini, Sr.
- Charles Goddard, accompanied by journalist Jean du Taillis.
- Auguste Pons and Octave Foucault, his mechanic.
- Georges Cormier.
- Victor Collignon.

On the 30th of August, twenty days later, the Spyker, followed by the two De Dions, arrived in Paris. Charles Goddard wasn’t behind the wheel of the Spyker; due to money-troubles, he wasn’t able to finish the race! But his car won second place and that was probably good enoughfound on 
http://scheong.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/peking-to-paris-the-original-amazing-race/

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

The California Shaker






I think the pinstriping design is great, but the humor of painting on a keyhole is terrific

Monday, June 13, 2011

Sunday, June 12, 2011

The Don Lee Special








Dual friction shock absorbers... I've never seen another car with them that I can recall


All these bolts appear to be used as possible weight holding locations, I've never seen this technique. The other wheels all had their weights on one bolt like this as well