A few of the comments that stood out to us yesterday:
“@Billy Scaglietti is owned in name by Ferrari (though it was once independent and prolific), but they took many Pininfarina designs and built them into the cars we see today with PF insignias, in part because the design on paper was done by Pininfarina, but the actual build in 3D was done at the Scaglietti studio.
In those days side, front, and rear view drawings were done and a great deal of the proportions and surfacing was up to the actual panel beaters. Many of these skilled workers are…”
“A Factory Lotus 59! WOW! Now THIS, will be welcomed at any vintage race in the country. An awful lot of careers started in Formula 3. The nice thing about Formula 3 is it was designed to be inexpensive so that lots of drivers and teams could afford to run them. As with any race car, you should go through it just so you know everything is good. Really easy on this car. I am surprised by outboard rear brakes. Lotus was one of the first to go inboard. Easy to work on. That Ford was also part of…”
“I too like the ’91 SE in British Racing Green, but this is my favorite NA6 (1990-93 1.6-liter) Miata. It has many of the go-fast parts that came on the ’94-’97 R-package cars, but it included what I consider a welcome addition for a street car: Anti Lock Brakes.
I have a ’94 Laguna Blue R-package Miata that I love and drive on the street and I can think of at least one occasion when someone pulled out in front of me in the rain when ABS would have been nice to have. Fortuantely no…”
from The best vintage and classic cars for sale online | Bring a Trailer https://bringatrailer.com/2018/04/10/yesterdays-comments-of-note-283/
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