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Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« on: November 30, 2010, 08:37:11 pm »
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2010, 08:48:07 pm »
I have the DVD of Grand Prix.  Never tire of that soundtrack!!
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2010, 09:20:45 pm »
If SirO doesn't mind, let's turn this into an old race machines run again thread!!  Never tire of this old stuff.


Kenny Roberts in 2009 at the Indy Mile on the infamous TZ750.  No parade lap here!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8hJWKIVNs

Gan-San driving the Hakosuku GTR . Turn up the volume!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6hi6orsiBU

Kevin Schwantz on his RGV500 in 2009 at Indy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxXzGBqN_U&feature=related

Porsche 917 at Goodwood  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPiHWEp1ia4

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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2010, 09:35:06 pm »
That's cool SirO...thanks for posting.

Lots of folks bash NASCAR for being hicks-ville...here's a neat bit I'd never heard of - The Wood brothers, famous in NASCAR helped with Jimmy's 1965 win.  Ford asked the Woods to pit the car...and pit the car they did, saving a tonne of time.

http://nascar.speedtv.com/article/cup-wood-brothers-leonard-wood-fueled-success-in-nascar/P1
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2010, 09:46:11 pm »
One for the airplane people....


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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2010, 09:57:27 pm »
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2010, 10:02:41 pm »
Mike Hailwood 1966 250cc 6 cylinder Honda race bike. I actually saw this bike run on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal in a couple of demonstration laps in 1980 or so. (2nd or 3rd F1 race on the island) It was louder the the F1 cars!

18,000 rpm redline, not bad for 1966, 4 valves per cylinder too. They probably needed jewelers to work on this thing. Quite a few videos on Youtube, but the sound on this one seems better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBrb93O_Xg0&NR=1

Another one at the Isle of Man, with the fairing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWy1vY6nN-M&feature=related

Truly outstanding bike!
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2010, 10:12:08 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on November 30, 2010, 09:20:45 pm
If SirO doesn't mind, let's turn this into an old race machines run again thread!!  Never tire of this old stuff.


Kenny Roberts in 2009 at the Indy Mile on the infamous TZ750.  No parade lap here!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k8hJWKIVNs

Gan-San driving the Hakosuku GTR . Turn up the volume!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6hi6orsiBU

Kevin Schwantz on his RGV500 in 2009 at Indy  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFxXzGBqN_U&feature=related

Porsche 917 at Goodwood  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPiHWEp1ia4


I don't mind at all!

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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2010, 10:21:18 pm »
Quote from: Guy on November 30, 2010, 10:02:41 pm
Mike Hailwood 1966 250cc 6 cylinder Honda race bike. I actually saw this bike run on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal in a couple of demonstration laps in 1980 or so. (2nd or 3rd F1 race on the island) It was louder the the F1 cars!

18,000 rpm redline, not bad for 1966, 4 valves per cylinder too. They probably needed jewelers to work on this thing. Quite a few videos on Youtube, but the sound on this one seems better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBrb93O_Xg0&NR=1

Another one at the Isle of Man, with the fairing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWy1vY6nN-M&feature=related

Truly outstanding bike!

That is outstanding!

I'm diggin the sound of the RGV and TZ too!

Those front engined rails at Cracklefest are awesome. I really like the styling they did in those days.
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2010, 10:28:50 pm »
Quote from: Guy on November 30, 2010, 10:02:41 pm


Truly outstanding bike!

Agree!!!  The RC166 is one of the loudest bikes EVER!  The only bike I've heard nearly as loud was the Ducati 990cc MotoGP bike.   Enjoy these pics!!



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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2010, 10:33:27 pm »
^ It's like a scale model of a real engine!  ;D

Very impressive engineering.

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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2010, 10:37:37 pm »
Honda NR750.  8 Valves per cylinder.   ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVngeuThFM

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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2010, 10:39:16 pm »
Race car or bike designers never run out of imagination!

Thanks for the pictures of the RC166 engine rrocket, never seen those before.

Pistons in my R1200S must be somewhat bigger!  ;D
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #15 on: November 30, 2010, 10:44:50 pm »
Quote from: rrocket on November 30, 2010, 10:37:37 pm
Honda NR750.  8 Valves per cylinder.   ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzVngeuThFM



There's one for sale on eBay for 115,000 British pounds, that's $183,000 !!!  :o

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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #16 on: November 30, 2010, 10:45:49 pm »
SAAB 96 two stroke!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXVRdSbKDT8

The sound of these always makes me grin! ;D
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #17 on: November 30, 2010, 10:47:12 pm »
Quote from: Guy on November 30, 2010, 10:39:16 pm
Race car or bike designers never run out of imagination!

Thanks for the pictures of the RC166 engine rrocket, never seen those before.

Pistons in my R1200S must be somewhat bigger!  ;D

I had a picture of the piston beside a thimble and a 50 cent piece for scale...but can't seem to find them...
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #18 on: December 01, 2010, 07:07:57 am »
Quote from: Sir Osis of Liver on November 30, 2010, 10:45:49 pm
SAAB 96 two stroke!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXVRdSbKDT8

The sound of these always makes me grin! ;D

Yeah, as 1 of the comment on the Youtube page, with that sound you expect the car to arrive at 100 mph or so.  ;D
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Re: Dario Franchitti Drives Jim Clark's 1965 Indy-Winning Lotus 38 Ford
« Reply #19 on: December 01, 2010, 07:27:08 am »
Quote from: rrocket on November 30, 2010, 10:01:28 pm
Quote from: Winklovic on November 30, 2010, 09:57:27 pm
Cacklefest
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Some of those old cars are scary...LOL

They're scary because they're EVIL!  >:D And that's why we love them.
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