in the Black Forest…? having a coffee in a restaurant, when I said to the waitress? wow nice racing paintings, guess someone likes old cars. ?Yes? my dad, he will be here soon, you can talk to him. 30 minutes later I can?t believe I?m in deep discussion with a classic Lotus owner, not just an early S1, but an original 26R racer and an original Ginetta G4? bloody hell, how lucky was that. Anyway. invites me to look at his collection?.
have a look at these?
A MASSIVE thank you to Elio…
Nice cars and a nice tile floor!
just found a couple videos of the Ginetta in action at Spa
youtube.com/watch?v=VKPv-z4gvpQ
then “A normal pitstop from Coccia-Racing”
youtube.com/watch?v=8BW0V5NB800
normal pitstop ? using a fire extinguisher in the engine bay 
???
Watching the SPA video.
I have 2 questions for our collectively informed auto enthusiasts…
“1”…At the beginning of the video is the car in front of the Ginetta a GT40?
“2”…At 2:35-2:40 of the video…WHAT is that FANTASTIC CAR (silver in color)
I first thought it was a Mercedes Gullwing… THANKS for posting the SPA video!!!
Very Much Looking Forward to learning about the Silver car in the video!!!
yes, the white GT40 driven by Rene Weidig
we see the Nolte-Stippler one later, around Minute 3
E type low drag coupe
Coucou! nmauduit; Very Much Appreciate your timely reply & knowledge…Merci beaucoup!
Can’t even begin to fathom the collective value of the group of RARE Vintage Sports Cars on the SPA track!!!
Just watching the race video, I could feel my foot pushing on the carpet BRAKING!!!
That low drag Jaguar is a “Thing of Beauty & Wanted Dreams!!!”…Mark
mark - i also love those lightweight (low drag) jags; HOWEVER a well sourced 26R will always pass one of them stupid jags (sorry folks) - at 10% of the total cost!! sandy
Hello el-saturn; If I was driving my DREAM Sports car a 1955 Alloy Bodied Mercedes Benz Gullwing…
I truly won’t CARE if a 122 Volvo Sedan running on 3 cylinders passed me up 
[rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/ ... ing/180563](https://www.rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO15/Monterey/lots/r170-1955-mercedes-benz-300-sl-alloy-gullwing/180563)
prices sure have gone crazy… yet some people still drive these cars the way they were intended to be : Pierre de Thoisy for instance, whom I saw taking such a car to the same round the corner family garage where I had my daily cage for an oil change - yet with a different driving style -
youtube.com/watch?v=HJ6kiyQiAI0
just before the 2010 Panamericana where he drove the 300SL to the forth place
leblogauto.com/2010/09/panam … 00-sl.html
youtube.com/watch?v=mPtLFI9iWL0
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