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Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:21 PM

So, this Labor Day (as usual) was the 26th Rolex Vintage Festival at Lime Rock Park in CT. I went with some friends from school and we had a great time. From my house its a great ride down there, and on the way back the GPS brought us down some really great roads (they also happened to be traffic free).

There were some really fine cars from all marques. Per usual I was stunned by the cars in the parking lots and the hospitality of the race teams. Its awesome being able to crawl over the cars, talk to the owners, and sit in them.

Anyways, now for some pictures!

Before we left, my '74 with my good friend Mike's warmed-over Corvair. We have spent so many hours pouring over that car getting it to cool right.



Parking next to an Italian market Dino. The owner's wife was complaining that they brought the wrong Ferrari. Poor people, as poor college students we didn't have too much empathy. Very nice people though.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:22 PM

Did BMW make a 2002 'vert?



Now some more classic cars out of the lots:

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:24 PM

Beautiful Jag.



A gorgeous Continental Orange Carrera 3.0. The owner was a younger English guy who bought it upon his move to the states as a 4 door replacement for his Elise.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:26 PM

Now into the Paddock:

Beautiful hand pounded aluminum.



Coming off the track:

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:30 PM

This car had open pushrods and rockers. I think he said it was an aircraft-derived engine.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:33 PM

Now for some Bugatti action:





Me in car (not a Bugatti) with my CFR shirt. Disclaimer: Wasn't expecting this picture.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:35 PM

Ferrari's:




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Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:37 PM

Cool Ferrari with a really neat rear view mirror:




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Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:39 PM

Morgan.








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Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:40 PM

M1







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Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:45 PM

And now for the Porsche's:

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:48 PM

This 911 was pretty holding up pretty well (considering its run group). It was a little like running a new GT3RS against a RS Spyder.




This was my favorite of the vintage Porsche racecars.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 06:51 PM

http://www.greatcarstv.com/news/final-results-of-rolex-vintage-races.html

That's all for now folks . . .







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Posted by: plymouth37 Sep 2 2008, 07:32 PM

What an amazing collection of cars!
Thanks for the pics!

Posted by: turboman808 Sep 2 2008, 07:37 PM

I'll try to get around to uploading some video from the event.

I forgot to bring my camera so only s few snap shots.

Posted by: Cevan Sep 2 2008, 08:12 PM

Here's a few I took. My longest one day drive in the teener (170 miles)! Parked in the Porsche padock.

The mother of all supercars (or at least the most expensive) 250GTO. A woman raced this car.






I couldn't identify this one:

Posted by: Cevan Sep 2 2008, 08:15 PM

A couple more:

Posted by: Cevan Sep 2 2008, 08:18 PM

Didn't see this car until we were leaving. It didn't race as far as I could see.

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 2 2008, 08:20 PM

The 250GTO was amazing. A friend and I were standing literally 5ft from it when she was driving to the staging area. Wicked cool exhaust note . . .

Posted by: beech4rd Sep 2 2008, 09:10 PM

This is a real Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa and is absolutely gorgeous. The large and not so gorgeous Testa Rossa of the early 1990's was named after this car.


And this is a BMW 2002 cabrio by Baur. The Baur company made all the cabriolet BMWs in Europe until BMW noticed how many were selling and then the ultimate tanning machine hit the streets


This was a great car show. My favorite (affordable) car was this Lancia Fulvia 1600HF. Kinda makes one wish that VW/Porsche had hired an Italian to design the 914

Posted by: championgt1 Sep 2 2008, 10:25 PM

Cool pictures! I love those Lotus Eleven's.

Posted by: Cevan Sep 3 2008, 06:29 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHzaPjP7p14 is a quick video shot with my camera of the 250GTO and a few other cars in that group.

Posted by: Gustl Sep 3 2008, 06:52 AM

and this is a really rare on (if original) !!!

they only built 200 units in 1971
because the body was too weak they decided to do a Targa Version after this small production

here's the 2002 Targa (they built it until 1975)



from 1967 to 1971 they built the 1600-2 Cabrio

Gustl

Posted by: jd74914 Sep 3 2008, 07:26 AM

That's really neat. Thanks guys!

It looked original. The seal channel on the top of the windshield looked like it was factory stamped.