Re: Snapey's 1935 Racing Biposto
Posted by Matt snape On 2011/8/17 7:12:41
Ah yes Guscha - those are the men I am talking about. I had the honour of meeting Fangio when he was in Australia some years ago. It was a big deal for a young boy brought up on the tales of the great racing heroes and I still have the autograph he gave me.
With pictures like that feel free to hijack this thread any time!
And just so it is not such a hijack - it is interesting to note that after the success of the Auto Unions and after they ran in the USA a man named Lee Oldfield designed and built something very similar using a Marmon V16 and Cord FWD components. It was no beauty and did not qualify for the 1937 Indy race it was entered for but it sported inboard brakes and full independent suspension all round. The below is the only photo I have ever seen of it - this is one car I would dearly like to find in a chook shed somewhere. It is the sort of concept that with some tinkering could be made very fast and very loud indeed!
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With pictures like that feel free to hijack this thread any time!
And just so it is not such a hijack - it is interesting to note that after the success of the Auto Unions and after they ran in the USA a man named Lee Oldfield designed and built something very similar using a Marmon V16 and Cord FWD components. It was no beauty and did not qualify for the 1937 Indy race it was entered for but it sported inboard brakes and full independent suspension all round. The below is the only photo I have ever seen of it - this is one car I would dearly like to find in a chook shed somewhere. It is the sort of concept that with some tinkering could be made very fast and very loud indeed!
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