Bathurst--anyone watching?

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

as I said, Hell mwahahahaha

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

Lakeland, sometimes I watch the older cars racing, when I can find what channel it is on, but it makes me sad when they prang them.

[kennedia_nigricans]

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

Lakeland, sometimes I watch the older cars racing, when I can find what channel it is on, but it makes me sad when they prang them.

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that is just plain vandalism.

[lakeland27]

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@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:

Lakeland, sometimes I watch the older cars racing, when I can find what channel it is on, but it makes me sad when they prang them.

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what about the classic races in the UK at somewhere like Goodwood. one race featured at least half a dozen ferrari 250 GTO's worth many millions apeice. they believe in using them as intended, and there's quite a few specialists capable of building new parts or the entire car as long as you have the money and engine and chassis numbers written down somewhere

[joz*garage]

LL, ferrari themselves restore old ferrari classics, saw a doco on tv about it

each and every model produced have been documented and theyve got all the tooling to reproduce old parts too, blew me away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmvdZ8t71IE

[lakeland27]

thanks joz i did know that, but i hadn't seen the clip. Aston martin and companies like bristol used to offer that service, park ward mulliners or someone could do it for a rolls or bentley. big money though.

[joz*garage]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

thanks joz i did know that, but i hadn't seen the clip. Aston martin and companies like bristol used to offer that service, park ward mulliners or someone could do it for a rolls or bentley. big money though.

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yep big money alright, theyre considered works of art now, well, all ferraris

[kennedia_nigricans]

you still can't eat them.....

[joz*garage]

don't mind horse races, at least you can eat the loser.

hehehe, i think it was a kiwi who organized a motorcycle race bewteen a couple of fellas on a horse race track, somewhere in W.A, the beginings of motorsport (so i heard)

[kennedia_nigricans]

errrhhhh the first motor car race happened in ...uuhhmmm the **bleep** end of the world?

geez can't even quote famous aussie politicians here...