Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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DethBeard

Infamous Alfa 155 from the glory days of BTCC is up for sale.

Back in the mid 90s, cars looked almost stock and spoilers were largely banned.
Alfa "secretly" sold 2500 models to meet homologation regulations, which came with front splitter and large rear spoiler (tossed in the back, wasn't actually fitted!) and gave a massive, yet legal, advantage over the rest of the field

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ElGonzo in reply to @DethBeard

Woah, that is a bit special.
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lynx in reply to @DethBeard

Secretly...it was a silverstone edition ;)

On those cars, look how the rollcage is intergral to the cars shell and how the rollcage goes through the engine bay bulk head in to the engine compartment.

@ElGonzo Yep, a really famous racing driver has farted in the car/seat ;)
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ejay2.0 in reply to @DethBeard

I'm quite friendly with the bloke who infamously caused Tarquini to put one of those 155's into a big barrell roll.
Tim Harvey s my bosses best mate .

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