Frenche
Leaving Skid Marks
Somedays I really like my job, on Friday the engineering boss decided that we engineers all deserved a bit of a break and a thankyou for putting in some long hours recently (16 hour days for some of us) so treated us to a day of go-karting followed by a visit to one of our customers classic car collection, of course the customer just happens to be Lindsay Fox and he seems to have a pretty nice collection .
I tried to take as many pics as I could (only had my phone with me so not the best quality) but spent most of the time gawking like a school kid over the cars, nothing like being right up close and personal with some great iconic cars (Porsche 959, Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50, Ferrari 288 GTO, Jag XJR-15 and XJ-220, etc, etc).
For me the highlights were the F40, 288, XJ220, XKR15 and that Merc 190E, (always loved sport sedans from the late 80's early 90's like the 190E, M3, Sierra Cosworth, Alfa 75, etc, etc) plus the "moden" rolls that is one of only 2 made (it's a design study or something) but it does have the full Bently turbo running gear in it which could be fun to drive. You can see the supervisor for the team I work for staring into the XJ220 engine compartment trying to figure out just how to cram that engine into the front of his Datto 1600. The little A-class merc may seem a bit weird to have in the collection, but it is one of only 3 in the world that has twin AMG tuned engines in it. Apparently it is rather fast and has slayed quite a few cars at the traffic light grand prix. I missed pics of a lot of cars, too busy talking sh1t and perving on them but had a great time.
Anyway here are the pics, hope at least somebody enjoys them.
I tried to take as many pics as I could (only had my phone with me so not the best quality) but spent most of the time gawking like a school kid over the cars, nothing like being right up close and personal with some great iconic cars (Porsche 959, Ferrari F40, Ferrari F50, Ferrari 288 GTO, Jag XJR-15 and XJ-220, etc, etc).
For me the highlights were the F40, 288, XJ220, XKR15 and that Merc 190E, (always loved sport sedans from the late 80's early 90's like the 190E, M3, Sierra Cosworth, Alfa 75, etc, etc) plus the "moden" rolls that is one of only 2 made (it's a design study or something) but it does have the full Bently turbo running gear in it which could be fun to drive. You can see the supervisor for the team I work for staring into the XJ220 engine compartment trying to figure out just how to cram that engine into the front of his Datto 1600. The little A-class merc may seem a bit weird to have in the collection, but it is one of only 3 in the world that has twin AMG tuned engines in it. Apparently it is rather fast and has slayed quite a few cars at the traffic light grand prix. I missed pics of a lot of cars, too busy talking sh1t and perving on them but had a great time.
Anyway here are the pics, hope at least somebody enjoys them.