We’ve had the clown shoe on here before, as well as the Z4 M coupay (a number of times), but never the roadster.
Now’s the time.
At the end of the day, we like the Z4 M Coupe over the Z3 M Coupe, but prefer the Z3 M Roadster over the Z4 M Roadster. We think it looks really, really good here.
(Photo: Arnoud Wilbrink)
Yum.
Photo credit: bobgarage
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A Kinks tripleheader! Each one is about two minutes long, haha.
Great band- the music still sounds fresh today – possibly the third best band to come out of England in the ’60s after the two obvious ones (in our humble opinion).
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The Ferrari 330 cars are the successor of the 250, first introduced by Ferrari in 1963. Production ended in 1968 with the introduction of the Ferrari 365 series…
The 330 GTC and 330 GTS were more like their 275 counterparts than the 330 GT 2+2. They shared the short wheelbase of the 275 as well as its independent rear suspension.
The GTC berlinetta was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in March, 1966. It was a 2-seat coupe with a Pininfarina-designed body (source).
Photo credit: Arnoud Wilbrink
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..from the great record producer and photographer, Francis Wolff.
Jazz cats might recognize that some of these made their way onto album covers (or at least into liner notes) for Blue Note Records, which produced some great, great cover art (and music).
Here’s a small selection of some of our favorites.
Miles:
Max Roach:
Herbie Hancock:
Grant Green:
Ornette Coleman:
Art Taylor:
Trane:
Miles again:
See the full set here.
And, apropos of this post, a bonus clip for your listening enjoyment. Groovy.
Thanks to Paul H. for the tip.
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Not much to say about the car in terms of facts and figures, since other people do that better (this is why we could never be journalists). See here and here for a couple of quick primers.
So where do we place this car on our personal pantheon of desirable vintage* Bimmers? Not an easy exercise by any means, but taking a stab at this, we come up with the following:
* We’re going to arbitrarily make the E30 and E34 the cutoff as to what can be considered “vintage”- so anything newer (e.g., E36, E39) would be disqualified. We’re also disqualifying the M1 and its likes because price and exclusivity basically make them nothing more than a pipe dream. We are talking about reasonably attainable cars here.
A mid-pack finish in that tough lineup is certainly an impressive showing. And we suspect that the ordering is fluid anyhow- we can see ourselves preferring the E28 M5’s potent, M1-derived inline-six to the 2002tii’s four-cylinder on any given occasion. Yes, we are entitled to change our minds!
More pictars after the jump.
This great photo comes via ColdTrackDays.
Jackie Stewart (front) and teammate Graham Hill (rear) airborne through Pflanzgarten at the Nürburgring in 1965.
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We’re not bikers, but damned if we don’t also love things on two wheels- from brawny cafe racers to vintage Italian scooters to folding commuter bicycles. Here are some nice photos for your eyes to feast on.
Photo credit: 陳 清
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File under: Cars we love.
Photo credit: David Chiang
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Motoring Con Brio 