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September 20th, 2008, 09:15 PM
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Rep Power: 9  |  I was able to visit the Lamborghini, Ferrari, and Ducati factory last year -Took Pix Lamborghini Outside  Giotto Bizzarrini V12   Miura   Miura concept   The very First Countach  The very Last Countach   Espada  LM002  Diablo    Diablo GT wheel  V8   Diablo GT-R   R-GT   F1   Concepts     Ferrari I do wanna apologize as i let a friend take most of the pix at the Ferrari museum and they cam out blurry. Sorry. Fiorano Test Circuit    F1 Wind Tunnel  Museum    Ducati Museum Puppy  1098     Sport 1000 S   750 F1  1993 Supermono   Loris Capirossi Motogp Machines        Desmocedici Motogp Engine  L Twin  916 to 999 / Fogarty to Toseland  4 time WSBK Champ Carl Fogerty's Dainese suit.  Carl Fogarty - 1994 916 World Champion Bike  Carl Fogarty - 1995 916 World Champion Bike  Troy "The Alligator" Corser - 1996 916 World Champion Bike  Foggy 1998, Foggy 1999, Bayliss 2001 (All #21)   Neil Hodgson - 2003 999 World Champion Bike  James Toseland - 2004 999 World Champion bike  13 World Superbike Championships and 2007 MotoGP Champion  |
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September 20th, 2008, 09:30 PM
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| I'm not Moe  Joined: Dec 1st, 2004 Last Online: 05:25 AM Location: University of Michigan Age: 19 Posts: 7,782
Car: 1996 Grand Am SE sedan, and dad's 2006 S60 2.5T Rep Power: 43   | Everything you posted if faptacular.  Is there anything interesting from the Ferrari museum?
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September 20th, 2008, 09:32 PM
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Car: (as soon as I get my license) 2001 Focus 1.8D Rep Power: 34 | Quote:
Maybe because the Larrouse-Lamborghini combination yielded more results. Oh... and why did they have a picture of that death-trap Lotus-Lamborghini 102 that nearly killed Martin Donnelly on the wall?
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September 20th, 2008, 10:01 PM
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When driving around the factory we say all 3 new Ferraris go out on their road test. I also say the Maserati Gran Turismo before i had even seen it in photographs. We arrived in front of the Ferrari main gate right when the employees were heading out for lunch and they were all dressed in Ferrari dress. It would make me so proud to be there. It was so fantastic and i would recommend everyone that is a car nut make at least 1 pilgrimage in your life. Quote:
I do want to give special thanx to the tour company that made all this possible. Our tour guide was a former employee for the Ferrari F1 team and used to work at Lamborghini as well. He worked in the aero dept and even should us some of his tools. He had scale doen replicas of F1 pistons and valves and a wrench for the F1 1/3 aero model. http://www.motorstars.org/ Here is the tour guide Francesco -- Ace guy....absolutely wonderful.  | ||
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September 21st, 2008, 01:26 AM
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Rep Power: 9 | Something from another forum i wanted to share. Quote:
Oh and if you ever do go......car or bike.....get on the Futa Pass...it is one of the greatest driving roads in the world. Watch these episodes of Twist the Throttle to know what i am taking about? Part 1 & 2 Ducati passion http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jZ6...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSUYI...eature=related Part 3 & 4 is all about the incredible Futa Pass http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJQ3jaYKeIM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyojF...eature=related  | |
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September 21st, 2008, 03:14 AM
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| Mantastic!  Joined: Jan 8th, 2005 Last Online: 06:49 AM Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 33 Posts: 10,641
Car: 2006 MY07 Astra SRi Turbo Rep Power: 82 | Hmm, my keyboard appears to be covered in drool... cleaning suggestions?
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September 21st, 2008, 08:10 AM
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Car: 2005 Toyota 4Runner (Parents car...) Rep Power: 15   | what is that car?
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September 21st, 2008, 08:37 AM
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Car: 1997 Audi A6 Avant 2.8 quattro Rep Power: 40 | Quote:
I love the badass badge on that. Quote:
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z...ject-P140.aspx Although there are some subtle differences. Also the ConceptCarz article says that the car was rebodied by ItalDesign and shown off as the 1995 Lamborghini Cala concept. So does it mean that Lambo went back and rebodied the Cala back into the original?
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September 21st, 2008, 08:38 AM
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Car: '84 Pontiac Parisienne, '93 Chevy Caprice Rep Power: 22 | It's a P1409 Prototype, apparently. http://www.lambocars.com/archive/others/p140.htm Edit: Beaten by 1 minute
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September 21st, 2008, 10:50 AM
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Rep Power: 28 | It reminds me of the Lotus Esprit.
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September 21st, 2008, 04:47 PM
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Rep Power: 9 | It like so many other great Italian cars was designed by Marcello Gandini * Alfa Romeo Montreal * Alfa Romeo 33 Carabo * BMW 5 Series * Bugatti EB110 * Citroën BX * Cizeta Moroder V16T * De Tomaso Pantera 200 * Ferrari Dino 308GT4 * Fiat 132 * Fiat X1/9 * Iso Lele * Lamborghini Countach * Lamborghini Diablo * Lamborghini Espada * Lamborghini Jarama * Lamborghini Miura * Lamborghini Urraco * Lancia Stratos * Maserati Khamsin * Maserati Quattroporte IV (1994–2001) * Maserati Shamal * Renault 5 Phase 2 * De Tomaso Biguà/Qvale Mangusta |
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September 21st, 2008, 06:40 PM
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September 21st, 2008, 06:43 PM
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Car: (as soon as I get my license) 2001 Focus 1.8D Rep Power: 34 | Quote:
__________________ BRING BACK THE 3.5 L V12 ENGINES TO F1!!!!! "Racing at Le Mans is the equivalent of cramming an entire Grand Prix season in 24 hours." (Martin Brundle) The history of F1 engine awesomeness: one engine model, 155 GP wins over 18 distinguished years of activity. Mika Hakkinen is the Stig... | |
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September 22nd, 2008, 08:39 AM
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September 23rd, 2008, 05:08 AM
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| Joined: May 19th, 2005 Last Online: 03:02 AM Location: Canoas, Brazil Age: 29 Posts: 3,572
Car: Fiat Palio 1.6 16v Rep Power: 40 | So, that means Felipe Massa is in the Finalgear forum under the username EJ25RUN? |
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September 23rd, 2008, 03:38 PM
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 I got that picture from his website. Here are some more. Bini Francesco. He was our tour guide and is the most knowledgeable man about the brands i have ever meet. I mean he did work for the Ferrari F1 team. lol He even showed the variable intake tunnels he helped design for the 1995 Ferrari F1 car. Great Great Guy. Motorstars.....go to their website to see all the tours....they do Pagani, Alfa Romeo, and Maserati too!    | |
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September 23rd, 2008, 04:59 PM
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