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    No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action

    56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!

    Forget Those Newfangled Amazons And Race A Volvo 544!

    Cooperstown Flxible-Volvo-Sears Combo Covers All Possible Road-Trip Needs
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Murilee, you will be out there too when you get your little MG butched up.


    As for this gallery--all I can say is, if there's a heaven, there's a large section with a great track, it's always sunny and mild, and these beauties are always running.

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    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Two Anglias ! Perhaps the awfulest, worstest and slowest car ever made ! I know because my dad had one. Bravo for he or she who dares to drive one at speed...Assuming one can get any speed out of such a car.
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    03/23/09

    @offyatindy: I'll see you and raise you an Austin Marina.
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    Image of Matthew Cremona Matthew Cremona
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Here's something you get to see on a daily basis down on the drag strip round 'bout here:

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    03/22/09

    @Matthew Cremona: Some sweet Escorts in that vid, but I was really expecting a Falcon or two...
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    Image of metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal metal face eagle premium is not from So Cal
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    <3 <3 Vintage British is what I grew up on. A PF544 is fine too, though :D
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    03/22/09

    F? PV544.
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    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    That 69 Escort in the lead photo is just outstanding.
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    03/22/09

    @gone fishin' with eggwich del fiero: I think it's the missing grill and headlights that give it that ominous look.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Tell me more about that White Alfa Taxi in photo #1. Is that a Berlina maybe?
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Don't get me wrong. I love this stuff, and it's much more like proper racing than what I'd like to see, but...


    Give me a Malaise race series! Full-size and "personal luxury" cars, no emissions gear, blasting around a track designed for little 510s and Cortinas and whatnot? Limit it to domestics between, say, '74 and '84? I would watch the hell out of that.

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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    03/22/09

    @A promenading performer: They don't have a Malaise series, but I can think of something fairly close to it.
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    03/22/09

    @A promenading performer: That would be sweet. A Dodge Mirada squatting on a set of Minilites and an uncorked 318 under the hood? Yes, please!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/22/09

    @theeastbaykid: Yeah, but come on. I don't wanna see a Miata or a CRX winning, I wanna see a Volare or an Aspen!
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    That lead photo makes me tingly in my naughty bits. There's something about these little old three-box compact sedans that just looks so... right. The BMW 2002, the Datsun 510, the Mk1 Escort. They just look great.


    I may have to go find me one of these again.

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    Image of Armand Armand
    03/22/09

    @Deartháir is going to miss you: Dude, go for the Hillman Imp. It's a three-box compact sedan... but it's got a Coventry Climax motor sitting behind the rear wheels. And you'll notice that in the picture, Imp #30 is ahead of two Alfas.

    Of course, if you get tired of the three-box look, you could get a Ford Anglia and have that weird late-'50s/ early-'60s vibe, with the odd little tailfins and the backwards-raked rear window. Or, if you like that aesthetic but want something a little bigger and tougher, you could become my hero by getting a Sunbeam Rapier.
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    Image of Deartháir II Deartháir II
    03/22/09

    @Armand Bengle: Actually I think that silver Alfa coupe in photo #9 is the new object of my lust. I know, it's an Alfa, so it won't actually operate as a motor vehicle, but damn that sucka's pretty.
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    Image of BTLFED BTLFED
    03/22/09

    @Deartháir: I don't even think I have seen an MK1 Escort down here in the states. I'd like to though. Those cars are so cool, especially in race trim.
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    Image of The Black Bottle The Black Bottle
    03/22/09

    @Armand Bengle: What about the Consul Capri? A much forgotten British classic. Sigh..



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    Image of Armand Armand
    03/22/09

    @The Black Bottle: A Consul Capri? My friend, you must be just as crazy as I am. I think it's one of the only British Ford products to approach my beloved Rootes cars in cool stylistic strangeness.
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    03/22/09

    @BTLFED doesn't want Deartháir to leave: It's the dog bone.
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    Image of William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshire
    03/22/09

    @Deartháir is going to miss you: Really? I can see a marvelous MGA in one pic, not even the e-type (also in its regular form) has anything on that. All I can say is:

    all the stars may shine so bright

    all the clouds may be so white

    but when you smile, oh how I feeel so goood...
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    Image of Jon Jon
    03/22/09

    @William_III_Earl_of_Dastardshi...: Agreed. If you've ever seen an MGA coupe in the flesh, you'll be in love. Just hook your finger through the door pull, and you're hooked.


    I see the MGA. I even see an MGB. All that's missing is a Bugeye Sprite.

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    03/22/09

    @Jon:


    SOVREN Fall Finale 2008 IMGP4885


    SOVREN Fall Finale 2008 IMGP4657

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    Image of The Black Bottle The Black Bottle
    03/22/09

    @Armand Bengle: Armand, there's no longer a preview feature and this was the sexiest photo I could find of the back end of the original Capri: I hope it appears.


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    03/22/09

    @The Black Bottle: This was from a period when mainstream British cars tried to look like Americans as opposed to the modern trend of European styling dominating the current global market. history is a cyclical thing, what goes around comes around, etc, etc, ya da, ya da: but Ford and GM might be able to bring back a proper Americana feel to automotive styling through the development of their Lincoln and Buick brands. Retro is dead: its time for new identities to appear!
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    Image of Armand Armand
    03/22/09

    @The Black Bottle: Mainstream British cars appealing to American sensibilities, huh? Imagine the possibilities...
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    03/22/09

    @Armand Bengle: Damn this missing preview button!!! That last post was supposed to show a rear view of my Sunbeam Alpine, complete with razor-sharp tailfins.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/23/09

    @The Black Bottle: Wow, that thing is fuckin awesome.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    03/23/09

    @Armand Bengle: Careful, you'll poke your eye out.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    "'69 Ford Escort looks amazing on a race track" as it does on a rally track.
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    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    I'm not really up on Brit cars- what's the #31 green sedan? Looks Ford Falconish..
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    03/22/09

    @Slantsick, with Infinite Improbability Drive: That´s a Cortina MK II
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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Any road racer that can pull the inside front tire gets my respect.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    03/22/09

    @WilliamG.: Yeah.
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    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    Wow...I wonder if there's a tanker of Lucas Replacement Smoke standing by on site?


    Obligatory Lucas joke aside, that's some pretty cool stuff.

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    Image of WilliamG. WilliamG.
    03/22/09

    @☠Grяrяrяrяrяrяrя's 1997 Sonoma has gone an entire 254 miles...: For this guy's sake, I hope so:


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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/22/09

    @WilliamG.: That car requires Magnetti Marelli smoke. If you try to replace it with Lucas smoke, all hell is gonna break loose.
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    Image of crinklesmith crinklesmith
    03/22/09

    @Mike the Dog will work for a Preview Button!: You can run Anglo smoke in the Mediterranean stuff. Just add 2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil in aerosol form to every cubic yard of smoke needed to refill the harness. For Ferraris, smack the left front fender three times with a loaf of stale asiago bread, and shout "A correre e cagare ci si immerda i garretti." Works every time.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/23/09

    @crinklesmith: You get a ♥ for this.
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    Image of Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable Serious Mopar Jones- Incurable
    03/22/09

    In reply to No Prince Of Darkness Jokes, Please: British Vintage Race Cars In Action
    That's a lot cooler than I would've expected from an Escort with Omni engineering..
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    01/19/09

    In reply to 56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!
    Seriously, this was riveting video. Just amazing. People, cars, scenery, purpose--just riveting. Why didn't they show us this film in Driver's Ed way back when? It's everything you need to know about cars, including the dangerous bits.
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    Image of SadgunaActaeon SadgunaActaeon
    01/19/09

    In reply to 56 Teams Battle For The 1958 Alpine Cup: Coupe Des Alpes!
    How did everyone miss the Denzel. Austrian built competitor to Porche based on VW chassis.
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    01/20/09

    @SadgunaActaeon: Well I had to leave something for you, now didn't I?......;)
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