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Grace Kelly, the beloved American actress, who after marrying Prince Rainier in the spring of 1956, became Princess of Monaco, fashioned an Hermès carre as a sling for her broken arm at one of Aristotle Onassis’s yacht parties in 1959.
Appropriately, it was the Deo Juvante Monaco HERMES scarf, which was issued in 1957/1958. The artist is unfortunately unknown and the scarf is less common.
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Nice, but not sure about those exhaust pipes?!Quote:
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Yeah I agree with you, would look much better without them. :yup:
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LT4!!..Very nice,....it'd be a bit quicker than when originally built!Quote:
Originally Posted by whitels1ss
But apart from that, the amount of dollars that goes into some of these "restomods" etc is simply beyond my comprehension. Some of the TV shows like Iron Resurrection with Joe Martin & his crew demonstrate what can be done, but the bill must be humungous.
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I believe these are the biggest fins ever to appear on a "factory" U.S. car.Quote:
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:headbang: . Was going to use the drool emoji , but I couldn't find it.Quote:
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For anyone interested in the history of drag racing, this is a very good clip indeed.Quote:
Originally Posted by whitels1ss
The atmosphere portrayed appears to be very similar to that which existed in the early days of drag racing in Melbourne, at the old Fishermans Bend Air strip.
You will note the absense of safety barriers etc, I can remember watching Ash Marshall start a run in his 2000HP hemi powered AA fuel car, I would've been standing about 10' away from the car on the line!
In these times, 2000HP with a S.C. 392 Hemi was about the top level, with people like Ash Marshall, Graham Withers, & top times were in the 7 second region, a far cry from today. Edie Thomas was another regular.
Ron Harrop was a regular competitor, & a great numbers of guys would be in their modified early models, EH Holdens, customlines etc, & plenty of hot rods,..one car that comes to mind is a R.R. Merlin powered early model Holden, the driver of which sat through the rear window!
Anyway, IMHO, a pretty good film clip (don't think we called 'em "videos" in those days!), well worth a watch if ya've got the time.
Pickles.
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Glad you enjoyed it Martin! :cheers:
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I hear you .. I was taken as a young bloke ( about 12 yo I think I was) to the FBend strip by my father in 1965 (or was it '66?) to watch the action there
... this new (to him) motor racing activity called drag racing. Amazing... ! the sight, smell, smoke and noise I loved it*
Doing my 1st car up, Graham Withers Speed ship on Nepean Hwy, Cheltenham was close by and I bought cams from Eddie
Thomas' shop (later Speco Thomas when Brian Sampson bought 1/2) in suburban Caulfield (so ..living in Bentleigh was a bonus)
As a result, my first involvement/attempt at motorsport.... motor racing was drag racing
*ps.. my mother hated when we went to FB drag racing, both of us came home 'stinky' she used to say
alcohol fuels, open exhausts putting out raw fuel, tyre smoke... yeah stinky says it all
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has to be the BIG engine (6.3 I think they were) version to be cool. ..... otherwise its just a German taxi :eeew:Quote:
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Yeah the 6.3 litre was quite a special car back in it's day, a mate of mine had one same silver for many yearsQuote:
Originally Posted by Smitty
but as it got older it had lots of things going wrong with it & it was very expensive to repair so he sold it about 12 years ago.
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my (now ex thankfully tosser) son in law had one of those in a soft powder blue colour ... absolute money pitQuote:
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spent more time in the workshop than on the road ...
he used to dribble, talk drivel about how bewdiful it was ... how great it was!
DEF had small dick syndrome that bloke
Yes, the 300SEL 6.3 was pretty special. Reg Hunt had a white one, & said it cost more to maintain than his light aircraft,...it was sold some time ago.Quote:
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My mate Graham's worst problems were when all the suspension started leaking its fluid from everywhere. :shock:Quote:
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