250 lm
 

my all-time favorite...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270151453.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...g/DSCN3683.jpg
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y18...g/IMG_0006.jpg

... and now back to our regularly scheduled programming...

The race course has officially been re-christened.
Both directions.
In the dark.
As it should be.

Drove Dekker yesterday behind a F430

Steve

heh heh. Looks like I was there a little bit after you...

Ready?
 

Ready for a thrill seeking ride Derek? I owe you one. ;) (tires are broken in, thanks to Dave B.)

The road's still quite dirty and slippery. Might let regular traffic clean it up for a week or so before you let your car out on the Race Course, Chris.

So The City has a crew there repairing the roadway for weeks, tons of asphalt and equipment for putting it down. Do they fix the pot holes while there with all that stuff, nooooooo. Not even the one 8 inches from the new asphalt.

How about a road sweeper to clear the mud and debris?.....guess......and all of this for a road that once open was ON THE NEWS where the whole world gets to see what kind of job you can do.

Mulholland inspection
 

Thanks Alereck, good advice. Will do personal inspection later today.

Yeah, it will have to wait I think. As Alarick said, there is a very fine layer of what-have-you over the road from construction and not having cars driving on it for a while. Not too dangerous, but not the most confidence inspiring.

Failure repair detail
 

This is the repaired section of Mulholland which is located in the lower part of the Sweeper in the Racecourse.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270854241.jpg

Closeup of repair shows method of construction;
I-Beams sunk deep (probably 25 feet) into the hillside, followed by cement slabs that are lowered down inbetween the slots of the I-Beams.

This same method of repair has been done on Mulholland before like the Tennis Court failure located just past The High Ground on the south side.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270854268.jpg

Same area before repair was started.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270854314.jpg

View from back aways looking at failure area.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270854350.jpg

Same view shows how nice repaired section is.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1270854383.jpg

Note: There is debris on the shoulders like gravel, sand, etc. Also a few minor rock/mud slides are still laying partially on the road surface.

World's fastest Car?
 

This looked too interesting. Check out the specs on this little puppy.

We have seen and talked about many fast cars here on this thread.

This vehicle is unique. Looks kind of like a Ducati spaceship on training wheels.

Do you think it would corner well enough for Mulholland?

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To me, it looks like a death trap -- or a scam! Note that there are no videos or images of anybody actually DRIVING the thing. Of course, this sort of car is an old concept in Germany:



http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1271021629.jpg

Uh-oh, Jalopnik has found us. Now we'll all be tagged as hoons.

The Good Ol’ Days Of Mulholland Racing - Mulholland drive - Jalopnik

Kurt O.

It's about time!

Circa 1978
 

Doing some spring cleaning, found this
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...2/DSC00917.jpg

John H. in his 68 911 L, Bart R shotgun with me trailing in the Zakspeed Crapi. Note the stock widened steel wheels on Caldwell bias ply recaps, and period correct Don Brewer from GFR look on Mr R.:)

E/B Mul between Beverly Glen and Benedict Cyn ,circa 77-78

Nice photo. I remember John's 911. Wasn't the license plate 912 NOW? It was something like that and he insisted that was just the random plate that was issued to him, not a personalized plate. Don't know why I remember that tidbit, just one of those random things stuck in a corner of my steel sieve of a brain.

Kurt O.

Great photo!
Thanks for posting.