Grinning from ear to ear watching this one. Skip ahead to 2:37 if you’re feeling particularly impatient.
Reader submission
•August 28, 2012 • 2 CommentsGuest contributor Carby shared the following:
Spring has just poked its head out here in Sydney and this suave cat (Sam) parked across the road from me today. I had the camera with me and went over to introduce myself and say ‘nice car’ (always had a spot on my list for a 105 of some description).
He is the original owner, imported it to Australia from Sicily in ’75 (it’s a ’72 GT 2000), paid nearly the price of the car to the local importer to do a LHD->RHD swap (4,000 AUD, new one at the time being 5,000 AUD).
Can’t see how any of us Gen X/Yers could ever be that swank in 40 years cruising in our barn find 997.2’s… only time will tell!
Cinematic cars: 1967 Shelby GT500 in “When You’re Strange” (2009)
•August 24, 2012 • 2 Comments
From the page owner’s description:
Jim Morrison driving his 1967 Shelby G.T. 500. The clip is from the film “When You’re Strange” (directed by Tom DiCillo) which is in turn borrowed from the movie “HWY: An American Pastoral” which Jim made in 1969 with some friends (Paul Ferrara, Babe Hill, and Frank Lisciandro). This footage is considerably clearer than my previous post of Jim driving the car. Go full screen with this clip, the resolution is killer. You can even see dust on the car it’s so crisp and clear.
I did a lot of research on the Shelby and all indications are it was trashed after Jim hit a telephone pole when he was drunk. He had clipped it before, but on that occasion he bent the frame, ending his time with The Blue Lady (his name for the car). Jim met the same fate as the Shelby two years later, though some think he’s still alive. It’s kind of fitting as some people are convinced this car still exists. Maybe he’s still driving it.
Shelby fans, note the car has no front grille emblem, no trunk emblem, small lettered Speedway 350 tires, uneven, hammered rear exhaust outlets, comfortweave seats, fender mounted antenna, and half the molding on the driver’s side taillight is missing. LOL. Best of all, it’s a 4-speed nightmist blue car with parchment interior and 10 spoke wheels. He knew how to pick ’em, huh? That’s the way I would have ordered it. If only you could go back in time!
An identical car sold at Barrett-Jackson auctions for $330,000 in January, 2008.
Bonus clip! Turn your sound way up for this one:
Bloody marvelous— a love song to LA if there ever was one.
Gratuitous slow mo, yes— but mighty impressive all the same
•August 23, 2012 • 6 CommentsJump to 12:46 and 15:20 (especially 15:20) for the proverbial money shots. Repeat.
Best viewed large.
For the videographers among you, can you tell us around what FPS you think those sections were recorded?
Sports car purists, don’t fret
•August 22, 2012 • 2 CommentsIf the genteel Mercedes Pagoda isn’t doing it for you, then this one’s for you.
Don’t worry, there’s nothing that would ever make us choose a Merc – any Merc – over a Neunelfer— plain and simple.
via German Car Scene
Pagoda
•August 21, 2012 • 4 Comments
Cripes this is a fantastically gorgeous car— we’re really starting love these more and more. To be clear, we have always appreciated them, but appreciation is starting to give way to bona fide infatuation. Kind of amazing to think that this car and the early Porsche 911 are more or less contemporaries. So different.
It looks absolutely great (and perfectly at home) puttering around the not-so-mean streets of New York City, as seen in this video:
And a slightly more substantive look (skip to 2:36 to go straight to the Pagoda):
Profile of an Espada and its owner..
•August 17, 2012 • 2 Comments..in this case, Car and Driver editor Aaron Robinson.
(Yes it’s our third C/D video this week, but as long as they keep producing good stuff, we are happy to promote it.)
A bit of Audi evangelism
•August 16, 2012 • 7 CommentsBut very well done all the same— those IMSA race cars were fantastic. And Herr Stuck makes a convincing pitchman. The erstwhile (and dearly missed) IEDEI blog would be pleased.
Motoring Con Brio 