Showing posts with label race track. Show all posts
Showing posts with label race track. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Elkhart Lake's first race promotional ad

Sunday, April 12, 2009

I forgot all about Mopars at the Strip!


http://forums.neons.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=337745&start=0



There isn't much photo coverage of the event out there.. .sorry I couldn't make it and take a full flipping good gallery of the Mopars!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Mike Mitchell "World's Fastest Hippie"






The 2nd car to the right, in the twisty rainbow colors, is Mikes Barracuda (also seen in this post, 5th from the last photo)











Monday, March 23, 2009

Fiat Lingotto factory



You'll probably recognize this view from the original "Italian Job" movie with Michael Caine in 1969

Once was a car factory, constructed by Fiat. Built from 1916 and opened in 1923, the design was unusual in that it had five floors, with raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level, where there was a rooftop test track.

It was the largest car factory in the world at that time. For its time, the Lingotto building was avante-garde, influential and impressive— Le Corbusier called it "one of the most impressive sights in industry", and "a guideline for town planning".

80 different models of car were produced there in its lifetime, including the famous Fiat Topolino of 1936.
The factory became outmoded in the 1970s and the decision was made to finally close it in 1982.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingotto
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