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04/03/09
The use of Elektron was not really that remarkable except that it was obviously dangerous and probably expensive. The first VW Beetle prototype used 20kg of the stuff in the drivetrain, and many 1920s race cars used it. Magnesium use today is tremendous.
"The car was wrapped in sheets of Elektron, an ultralight and very flammable alloy of magnesium."
So both the chassis and bodywork were Elektron? No wonder Levegh's SLR torched so badly.
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Excellent line.
Road legal 300SLR?
Awesome. What would that be worth if it was still around I wonder.
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Ah. Didn't know that. Unlikely ever to be sold then.
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Of course it should be borne in mind that Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines, supplier to McLaren, Force India and Brawn GP are in fact what used to be Ilmor, based in Brixworth, Northamptonshire, England and acquired by Daimler-Benz in 2005.
That's a British engine that took the 1-2 (almost 1-2-3) on Sunday.
Nick
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They make so many damned cars and have so much damned these days, I wish they would send a team back to GP or Le Mans with something really radical.
Bring back the Silver Arrows I say!
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I wouldn't even know what to do with two stars. It just seems absurd.
04/02/09
Sterling Moss in the 300SLR at the 1955 Isle of Man TT
Karl Kling at the 1955 Eifelrennen
Pierre Levegh at 1955 24hrs of LeMans
Hermann Lang at the 1954 German GP
and, arguably, the best photo of Sterling Moss ever
all photos from my secret stash on flickr
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Forum-Auto's motor sport history section, which is almost entirely in French, has threads full of old racing photos from the Targa Florio, Mille Miglia, Liege-Rome-Liege and many, many more.
[www.forum-auto.com]
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