Car Porn

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Mamma was a Alfa GTV, Daddy was Testarossa

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http://www.chron.com/cars/article/Final-Dodge-Viper-ever-East-Texas-10983887.php

 

Local collector. Going to buy the last saleable viper. To bad Chrysler/Fiat decided to stop making the supercar.

 

Eighty freakin' cars?

 

And people tell me I have too many.

 

Wait 'til I show then this.

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Not so sure this is the fastest, after all they were choking it down through those traffic cone chicanes.

 

Still looks like fun, watch it lay down tire as it claws for grip.

 

Looks like an X19.

 

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Another one. Looks like the Italian version of Pikes Peak.

 

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This looks like the same dude, on the same course. Video and sound quality suck, but it looks like he made it without biffing the hay bale.

 

 

 

I wonder if there are any hill climbs in the Northwest?

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Same course, in an Imprezza rally car.

 

 

 

The Subie is clearly faster. Not that the Fiat wouldn't be fun, but this guy is flat out where the other was on the binders.

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Finally nailed down the ID of a tiny car that I've been trying to pin a name and some history on for a few years. 

 

Automobilli Intermeccanica IMP 700GT. 

 

 

 

The first complete automobile manufactured by Intermeccanica in Turin Italy. Only 21 constructed. Later cars used american V-8 engines and were beautiful GT cars. Intermeccanica is still in business in British columbia, Canada and builds Porsche Spider and Roadster replicas and Kubelwagen (WWII German Jeeps) replicas.

 

I knew that this car was based on Steyer-Puch 500-650 mechanicals and had coachbuilt bodywork strikingly similar to the Abarth 500 coupe with coachwork by Zagato based on the FIAT 500.

 

 

Keep in mind that these are absolutely tiny little monsters with two cylinder race prepared engines. The Abarth has the inline 2-cyl from the FIAT 500 modified by Abarth and the IMP has the much more refined Steyer-Puch 2-cyl boxer engine. 

 

 

 

Note the elaborate hemi-head valve design. This is the Steyer-Puch sedan that the IMP is based on. Easily mistaken for a FIAT 500. 

 

A wolf in sheep's clothing with up to 40hp. Note the exhaust pipe on both sides.

 

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For hill climbs see http://www.nhahillclimb.org There all over the NW from north Cal to north Washington.

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                     I've run many NHA events.Most are about 2 miles in length.

Lots of fun.

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Look on you tube for mary hill hill climb in north Washington. Lots of fun with some danger.

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Across the pond, hill climb are their NASCAR. Big crowds and many cars some ware ever week in. Here in the states it small crowds and fewer car but still great fun.

[angliagt]

                  Probably due to insurance issues.

If you allow outside spectators,the costs go WAY up.

             Also look up the Knox Mountain Hillclimb,

in Kelowna,BC (I believe).  

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From the Ring Brothers Garage. 1948 Caddy on the outside, 2015 Caddy on the inside.

 

look at what these people have built, you will not be disappointed.

 

http://ringbrothers.com/builds.html

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The world famous "double bubble model"

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FIAT Abarth 750GT America

 

AKA

 

'Double Bubble'

 

Body by Zagato - late 50's - early 60's