02-10-2006, 05:46 AM
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Top Gear Episode Last night Aweseome!
Last night that had an expose' on the Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferarri 575, Aston Martin DB9, and the Pagini Zagoda.
Excellent show!
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02-10-2006, 07:58 AM
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I caught the last few minutes of the show as a driver was putting the Lambo through its paces. :dance: Right after that I flipped to the weather channel only to find that a Nor'easter is expected to hit here tomorrow night and started crying.
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02-10-2006, 09:25 AM
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That was a great show was on the discovery channel for 3 hours here. Haven't see it in some time......... :dance:
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02-10-2006, 09:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Rail26
Last night that had an expose' on the Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferarri 575, Aston Martin DB9, and the Pagini Zagoda.
Excellent show!
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Hi,
And don't forget the Muira! The Grandaddy of all SuperCars! And the very 1st thing I'm going to buy if a Lottery Ticket ever pays off - 1971 Muira SV - Yea Baby!! ...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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02-10-2006, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Rail26
Last night that had an expose' on the Lamborghini Gallardo, Ferarri 575, Aston Martin DB9, and the Pagini Zagoda.
Excellent show!
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I watched it also, great show usally 
Last night I especially liked it when he called the Porsche 911 a " Ferarri wanna be". I did here that right?
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02-10-2006, 10:02 AM
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The Miura, a fine car indeed designed by Marcelo Gandini who also brought us the Lancia's, DeTomaso's, Lamborghini Countach, Lambo Diablo, Maserati Quattroporte and even had a hand in the BMW 5's.
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02-10-2006, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
The Miura, a fine car indeed designed by Marcelo Gandini who also brought us the Lancia's, DeTomaso's, Lamborghini Countach, Lambo Diablo, Maserati Quattroporte and even had a hand in the BMW 5's.
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Yep... Transverse mounted V-12 w/ six 2-bbl. Webers (1 bbl. dedicated to each cylinder). It also has no Tranny case, this is integral with the Block casting and uses the Engine Oil, rather than a separate Tranny Sump.
The Inspiration for this set-up was the Mini-Cooper (Gandini was so fascinated by it, he thought Lambo should incorporate a similar design). Also, the inspiration for the BodyWork was the Holman-Moody GT-40.
A little bit of Auto Trivia: There was never any official FORD GT-40.
FORD was concerned about liability at LeMans since there were numerous instances where Cars had careened off the Track and into the Stands killing Spectators (Mercedes, Ferrari). So, they decided not to register the Car as a FORD Product.
They selected Race Tuner Holman-Moody to produce the Cars and each Chassis is actually registered as a Holman-Moody, not a FORD, to shield FORD of any Liability.
No total production number was ever established by FORD, so Holman-Moody registered many more Chassis numbers than were actually produced for FORD. So, in the early '90's, Holman-Moody began producing the Cars, in limited number, using the Chassis registrations they had set aside from the LeMans days in the mid-'60's making these Cars Genuine GT-40's, and not actually reproductions - they are termed Continuation Models. They are all-alloy, just as the originals, same 428 C.I.D. Side-Oiler Dry Sump Engines, and command prices equivalent to original GT-40's, not repros...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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02-10-2006, 12:44 PM
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That's interesting considering Ford weren't allowed to call the Cam Pardo designed new Ford GT40 "the GT40" they were forced to change the name to just the "Ford GT". First they didn't want to be associated with the LeMans winner now they can't.
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02-10-2006, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
That's interesting considering Ford weren't allowed to call the Cam Pardo designed new Ford GT40 "the GT40" they were forced to change the name to just the "Ford GT". First they didn't want to be associated with the LeMans winner now they can't.
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That's exactly right. Holman-Moody owns the rights to the name GT-40...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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