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Offline Dirk3D_NL

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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #15 on: January 10, 2008, 06:22:14 pm »
and again: lovely :D
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #16 on: January 10, 2008, 06:23:09 pm »
sweet,
nuff said  ;D :P
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #17 on: January 10, 2008, 07:51:58 pm »
Damn fine looking car that  ;D

And we'll be able to spot the works team a tad easier this year aswell.
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2008, 01:53:16 am »
And here's the new Prodrive line up for Le Mans 2008 !  ;D
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2008, 02:39:03 am »
The finest colours to ever grace a racetrack! ;D Far better than the factory Tench colours....
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2008, 09:21:17 am »
Quote from: John Boy on January 10, 2008, 06:07:30 pm
OOh, Do I like Orange and Blue.

Now getting very excited and its still 6 months away

errrrr, you can get even more excited as its now only 5 months away....
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2008, 10:29:13 am »
Dam it he right....   ;D

Sorry,  pointless post but after 3 years that my 50 chalked up.
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2008, 11:07:22 am »
Here's my twopennyworth.

 As much as I like the Gulf Racing colours, and there have been some stunning examples over the years, I don't like thr DBR9 in it. I have been coming back to these pictures since they were posted hoping that I would get to like them, but no, they are not for me. Keep them British Racing Greenish I say.
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2008, 11:18:05 am »
True, all Aston Martins should be Aston racing green.



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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2008, 11:27:39 am »
Great to see the Gulf colours on a beautiful car, but it just doesn't look right somehow. You know, with the funny orange outline at the nose, the stripe on the engine cover being a cone, no orange on the roof...
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2008, 11:43:40 am »
Teams running in Gulf colours have had little except misfortune in recent years. Think burning McLaren F1's etc.  :o

I'm on Bob's side, I don't really like it. The curvaceous Aston doesn't lend itself to the iconic Gulf blue and orange colour scheme, which is best suited angular designs like the GT40 and Mirage Ford IMO.
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2008, 11:45:36 am »
Quote from: Petra on January 11, 2008, 11:27:39 am
Great to see the Gulf colours on a beautiful car, but it just doesn't look right somehow. You know, with the funny orange outline at the nose, the stripe on the engine cover being a cone, no orange on the roof...

What about the orange on the nose of the green aston ???
The Gulf colours look great and I think it is a very good marketing move for Gulf too.
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2008, 12:53:58 pm »
An open question to all of you that like the Aston in Gulf colours.


Imagine this.

   Your circumstances are such that you are in a position to be able to cash buy a DBR9. This is a dream come true. You intend to cruise down to Le Mans in it, turn up on the campsite on Wednesday morning and watch the admiring looks as you proudly park it next to lesser cars. You feel absolutely fantastic. You have driven to the World's greatest motor race in one of the World's greatest cars.

  A week earlier you arrived at the Aston dealer and he had a choice of two.

  One is in a beautiful shade of metallic green that perfectly reflects the history and racing heritage of a famous British marque. A colour that will always be associated with British motor sport.

  The other is in a Putrid wishy washy gay hairdresser shade of sky blue.

  Which one ya gonna buy?
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2008, 01:20:54 pm »
i wonder as the astons are sponsored by gulf - they will fill the sodding thing up - unlike 2006  ::)
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Re: AM to race in Gulf colours
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2008, 01:54:24 pm »
Quote from: BOB U on January 11, 2008, 12:53:58 pm
   Your circumstances are such that you are in a position to be able to cash buy a DBR9.
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   A week earlier you arrived at the Aston dealer and he had a choice of two.
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   Which one ya gonna buy?

I'd buy the one that is quicker to be delivered, then race it off to the nearest car painter and have it painted a beautiful shade of metallic pink 8)
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