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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: DelBoy on January 17, 2007, 06:21:15 pm

Title: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: DelBoy on January 17, 2007, 06:21:15 pm

I have been delving through my archives, and came across this beasty which raced at LM. 

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a266/delboy9/LMPic.jpg)

Del

Title: Re: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: Steve Pyro on January 17, 2007, 06:39:42 pm

Briggs Cunningham.  1950.  Cunningham Cadillac engined 'Le Monstre'.

I saw it run at the Goodwood FoS a few years ago.

Title: Re: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: Steve Pyro on January 17, 2007, 06:48:12 pm

Here it is a Goodwood FoS.

(http://home.freeuk.net/mgussin/Goodwoodweb/pictures/images/CunninghamLeMonstreDSCN2471byMarkGussin_jpg.jpg)

Title: Re: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: DelBoy on January 17, 2007, 08:22:05 pm

Spot on Steve - hole in one.

The same year, he also ran a standard Cadillac 62 saloon with 5.4-litre engine with modified carbs, stiffer shocks and better brakes.  Miles & Sam Collier drove the saloon to 10th overall, and Cunningham and Phil Walters drove Le Monstre to 11th place.

Del

Title: Re: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: Dirk3D_NL on January 21, 2007, 09:47:15 pm

noy bad for such an ugly car!

Title: Re: Who, WHAT and when
Post by: Lorry on January 21, 2007, 09:57:48 pm

It does look like its a prototype for "Thunderbirds".  One of the little pieces of LM history