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We have a lot of car fans here, what are some of the cars you've had the privilege to witness in person?
Some of the ones I've seen :
Porsche 959, saw it in the early '90s at the Crescent hotel in Dallas. It was silver, parked like it was any other ordinary car. This remains the only 959 I've ever seen, and it makes me a little sad, as it's one of my all-time faves for being so far ahead of it's time.
F40 / F50, I see one of these once every year or two, they seem to be invariably red 🙂 My brother has a pic of Mark Cuban driving his F50 in Oak Lawn.
The last surviving fully intact / original Ford RS200 Evolution Spec-B rally car. This was at RUF, and such a wild looking creature. The turbo was as big as a small engine, the tires were epic, and it just looked strangely beastly. At the time I had no idea of the brain-melting performance the thing was capable of, but I looked up details later and holy shit on a popsicle stick those suckers were fast.
Late-50's Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe. Very elegant and unique vehicle, surprisingly difficult to drive.
Vector W8, saw it parked at ID's mesquite building in the late '90s. Just bizarre, it looks like the entire decade of the '80s on super-steroids. I took some 35mm pics of it, but they came out pretty crappy. I waited around for about an hour hoping the owner would come out and start it up, but eventually I had to leave.
Reventon, Enzo, and CTR3. The beauty of working down the street from RUF USA 🙂 These were parked together for a photo shoot, I have some crappy cell phone pics that I will see about posting, but wow what a set of amazing cars. Three utterly different design philosophies and three ultra-low-production halo cars at once. The only thing that could beat this would be to add a Veyron to the mix.
With RUF down the street, most Porsche models, even the awesome Carrera GT, have become a commonplace sight, outside of the '50s models and the 959 of course.
Anyway .. please share 🙂
Some of the ones I've seen :
Porsche 959, saw it in the early '90s at the Crescent hotel in Dallas. It was silver, parked like it was any other ordinary car. This remains the only 959 I've ever seen, and it makes me a little sad, as it's one of my all-time faves for being so far ahead of it's time.
F40 / F50, I see one of these once every year or two, they seem to be invariably red 🙂 My brother has a pic of Mark Cuban driving his F50 in Oak Lawn.
The last surviving fully intact / original Ford RS200 Evolution Spec-B rally car. This was at RUF, and such a wild looking creature. The turbo was as big as a small engine, the tires were epic, and it just looked strangely beastly. At the time I had no idea of the brain-melting performance the thing was capable of, but I looked up details later and holy shit on a popsicle stick those suckers were fast.
Late-50's Mercedes 300SL Gullwing Coupe. Very elegant and unique vehicle, surprisingly difficult to drive.
Vector W8, saw it parked at ID's mesquite building in the late '90s. Just bizarre, it looks like the entire decade of the '80s on super-steroids. I took some 35mm pics of it, but they came out pretty crappy. I waited around for about an hour hoping the owner would come out and start it up, but eventually I had to leave.
Reventon, Enzo, and CTR3. The beauty of working down the street from RUF USA 🙂 These were parked together for a photo shoot, I have some crappy cell phone pics that I will see about posting, but wow what a set of amazing cars. Three utterly different design philosophies and three ultra-low-production halo cars at once. The only thing that could beat this would be to add a Veyron to the mix.
With RUF down the street, most Porsche models, even the awesome Carrera GT, have become a commonplace sight, outside of the '50s models and the 959 of course.
Anyway .. please share 🙂
