iconic race liveries

[Nordic]

Termie,
Like what you said about hanging on to the crappy, grainy, blurry old photos you took when you were a kid.  I've got stacks of photos I took with my cheap little Kodak Instamatic from Mid-Ohio Can-Am, F5000, and Trans-Am's, and Indy (when the Indianapolis 500 was a man's race).  I take one glance at those and it puts me right back in 1972 or '73.
Fax

Fax,
You have to scan them and post a few. As termi has already said, photos from that era, and from the right side of the fence are worth many words.

[Lancs Se7en]

Rosmary + Baby ('ies)

[termietermite]

and from the right side of the fence

There was a fence?   Amazing to think that between me and JC (first Lotus Cortina pic' I posted - taken at Oulton) there was just a rope - oh, and maybe the odd hay bale!

[Nordic]

and from the right side of the fence

There was a fence?   Amazing to think that between me and JC (first Lotus Cortina pic' I posted - taken at Oulton) there was just a rope - oh, and maybe the odd hay bale!

Too true.....

I will bore you with another from my collection!

The Iconic Otis Rondeau from 81 (the only ones I have from 80 are taken thru a fence!) taken on the the run up to the dunlop bridge before it was ruined by the chicane and you could feel the wind as the cars passed and smell the hot gasses.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p2767310.html

[termietermite]

Lovely, not boring at all.  And talking of "Classic Race Liveries" - here's one I have a real soft spot for

It's not that nice really, but there's no mistaking what it is...

[championaudi]

this topic has got me all misty eyed!!!
 just bought this old AUTOSPORT  on ebay from john watson's mum!
 july 18th 1985, 80 pence in those days,
every car  on the front cover a iconic one 

[Boorish Grobian]

Termie, Nordic,
I'll dig up some of the old Can-Am pics and scan them.  Have a nice one of Mark Donohue in the 917/30 at Mid-Ohio from 1973, also some good Shadow photos (loved the UOP Shadow's, was always taking shots of Jackie Oliver's car).
Another iconic livery?  Al Holbert's Lowenbrau Porsche 962.
Fax

[mgmark]

Best livery, car and track for me has to be.... sums up the end of the era of developing and racing road going cars (albeit expensive ones...) before the pure prototypes came along (which ring the same bells but in a different way)

MG Mark

[oldtimer]

and from the right side of the fence

There was a fence?   Amazing to think that between me and JC (first Lotus Cortina pic' I posted - taken at Oulton) there was just a rope - oh, and maybe the odd hay bale!

 the the run up to the dunlop bridge before it was ruined by the chicane and you could feel the wind as the cars passed and smell the hot gasses.

That part of the circuit (and the run down from the bridge to the esses) really was fantastic...

[Andy Zarse]

But not any more... 

The pit straight's still okay and I enjoy Mulsanne corner and particularly Indianapolis at night, where we spent a good few hours this year. It retains the "old time" flavour and was enjoyabl;e enought for us to miss the CA poo bar gathering.

The rest of the official spectator areas are a crock of sh*t. Everyone else raved about the "new improved" Tertre Rouge and the viewing banking. Personally I thought it  far inferior to the old layout from a spectator point of view. Where am I going wrong compared to what everyone else can see?

[Lazy B'stard]

I have to agree Andy, I really missed standing under the old Tetre Rouge pine trees and ducking through the old tunnel in the early hours for a beer et frites in the early hours this year.
 I also think the pit straight lost a bit of its magic when the tower at the pit exit went too. I even miss trying to buy fags from the surly Bastards in the so-called welcome whilst slightly worse for wear. I guess its called progress matey!

[termietermite]

Yet another great brit.

All the chat about this car brought on a little shopping.....

[Andy Zarse]

Debs I still think you owe it to yourself to get a Dauphine!

[termietermite]

Sadly, Andy - thanks be to the lovely Mr Sarko - it seems that we who live here but aren't pensioners - are now going to have to have full private health cover, instead of paying into the French state health scheme.  So sadly, baby cars are the only ones I will be buying in the near future.... 

[Andy Zarse]

The Sun has been running a competition of favourite racing liveries.

See here
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/motors/article349614.ece

Needless to say, The Sun being The Sun, they had to have a little fun with the results and some some page 3 stunnahs!

http://www.page3.com/feature/racing/

I'm personally delighted that the Martini Porsche 917 won, and a close second was the Gulf GT40. Sun readers clearly have taste.