Today was a pretty good day (Car-related)

[tdw28210]

I have a bit of a problem. - (at least according to certain people I live with). I like to acquire interesting automotive-related historic pieces. Nothing extravagant, but interesting and occasionally rare. I was fortunate enough to acquire a pretty interesting home movie of the 1966 LeMans race out of Germany earlier this year. It was a bit of a crap shoot when I bought it as the seller (an auction house) was not exactly clear as to what was on the Super 8 film and Google translate isn't always 100% accurate. However I rolled the dice and won the bid. The first 90 seconds is good. There is footage from the pits of the Ken Miles driven GT40 of "Ford vs Ferrari" fame. Also cools shots of Ferraris, Matras and Porsches. The last 2 minutes is unfortunately damaged.

Long story short - word of the film got back to the RK Collection and I got to meet the owner of the actual car (it's in Charlotte, NC). In addition to that car, the collection also contains Mark Donahue's 917/30 and the 1931 LeMans winning Alfa Romeo. Also had a chance to show the film and they are going to see if they can possibly restore the last 2 minutes of it.

As I said, it was a pretty good day.

[unclebilly]

Very cool! Very nice.

I had a similar week. I’m not posting the photos but my 10 year old boy got to sit in a Countach and a 550 Spyder. He was promised a ride in the Countach next spring.

[Sooner or later]

Nice

[Scott Douglas]

Very cool.

[kevin993]

Good day indeed. Rob has taken his car out to many public events - Rennsport Reunion, Porsche Effect, Amelia Island, etc. His car is chassis 003 which is not only a very successful ex-Penske car, but was the same car Mark Donahue drove at Talladega for the top-speed run. Otis Chandler owned the car for a long time. After Rob bought the car, he gave it to Canepa for an extensive restoration.

BTW, congrats on the film find!

[Shaun @ Tru6]

cool!

[astrochex]

Cool stuff. Nice pics!

[onewhippedpuppy]

That’s pretty awesome, good story.

[rwest]

Great story and I’m guessing for both parties, they probably had as much fun showing you the cars and talking about the film as you did looking at the cars and talking about them.

[masraum]

Sounds like a great week! cool score of the film.

[tdw28210]

Thanks all!!!

Originally Posted by kevin993

Good day indeed. Rob has taken his car out to many public events - Rennsport Reunion, Porsche Effect, Amelia Island, etc. His car is chassis 003 which is not only a very successful ex-Penske car, but was the same car Mark Donahue drove at Talladega for the top-speed run. Otis Chandler owned the car for a long time. After Rob bought the car, he gave it to Canepa for an extensive restoration.

BTW, congrats on the film find!

Yep the Talladega body work was sitting in the corner. Should have gotten a picture of that.

Originally Posted by rwest

Great story and I’m guessing for both parties, they probably had as much fun showing you the cars and talking about the film as you did looking at the cars and talking about them.

It was fun to just walk around a talk with Rob about the cars. His first big purchase was a Ferrari F40 - still has sitting there and he occasionally drives it. He also talked pretty highly of his 959.

Originally Posted by masraum

Sounds like a great week! cool score of the film.

It was and thanks.

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

That’s pretty awesome, good story.

Thanks.

I'd share the film here, but were holding it back until it is restored (hopefully) and determine how to best share it with a larger audience.