Pics: Legends at LeMans

[kwottr0]

From the 24Hr weekend. (I posted some more pics of boring modern stuff over in the LM thread)

The 'LeMans Legend' race was Sat morning, awesome all-out action with lots of priceless historic LM cars and old drivers, including Stirling Moss in a Porsche RS61...
See page with race info/entries etc here . There's also yewtewb links on that page to the whole race in 3 parts...this is an absolute must-see!

Anyway, I watched most of the race on the big screen in the viplodge and didn't make it into the historics parc until Sunday a.m., when a lot of the old dudes had already shot through, but I managed to shoot one or two pics and chat to a few of the blokes about their cars...If and when I'm back there for the 24Hr, I'll make this a priority!

'60 AM DB4GT:



'61 AM DB4GT Zagato



'47 HRG Le Mans lightweight



'51 Allard J2



'51 DB2, '56 DB3S, '53 DB2



'52 DB3



Noice ! Coupla Alfa TZ1s from mid '60s



'60 Austin Healey 3000



A brace of '60s Morgan +4s



'64 AC Cobra MkII

[kwottr0]

Indubitably my favourite in the paddock, David Piper's 1964 Prototype 365 P2! Looks sweet as, even though it's 'unfortunately not very reliable' at the moment, according to Mrs Piper whom I chatted with for a while, in the absence of her hubby. He only managed 1 lap of the race... but anyway the car's a stunner:














'65 250LM




'59 Lister Knobbly




'65 Bizzarrini 5300GT Competizione








'55 D-Type




Another 250LM ('64)

[Scuba-Steve]

Some beautiful metal there, for all the other advancements we have made we still haven't really improved much if any on the aesthetic side of sportscars.

[TJ]

nice!

[kwottr0]

Then there was the LeMans Museum !
There were just to many cars to photograph, and my canera battery died by the end of the exhibit...

The 'affiche' for the 1st LM 24Hr, in 1923. Bought a reproduction of this in the museum shop...




A still from of the 1st race




Early porker proto at the entry of the exhibition




'35 Singer Nine, 39 Simca Gordini




'49 166MM Barquette Touring




'61 "XIV" Elite




'67 GT40




Matra Simca. Outright winner in 1974. How awesomely French is this car ?! :D




"Le Jag", 2nd in 1990




Bewdiful 936, 2nd in 1980 driven by Jacky Ickx & Reinhold Joest





Bentley Speed 8 - Outright winner the 1st time I was at the 24Hr in 2003.
I was on the pit wall when Kristensen cruised this car under the chequered flag...

[Cal]

Awesome stuff! Pretty sure that yellow 250LM is also David Piper's.

[tremolo]

c'est magnifique!

Loving the Lister Knobbly

[itsnotagsr]

I went to the museum last year. So much history. Unfortunately I was there 3 days before the race and couldn't stay

[-Matt-]

Do you have any pics of the Renault behind the Silk Cut Jag ? One of my favourite Le Mans cars

[ChrisS]

Best thread ever!

[BeverlyHillsCop]

I've chatted with David Piper on many an occasion as they come out to South Africa each year for the annual historic race meeting..... they bring out some truly awesome machines... The matra pictured above came out a few times, it sounds mental!!

[RP_Automotive]

Love that Speed 8.

[TCR]

Wow, my urge to make it to Le Mans one day just got stronger!

Love those 250LMs and the '64 AC Cobra.

[MickyD]

Seeing these makes me more annoyed I cocked up my Le Mans trip so badly...

[Stefan52]

Great photos. :h5: