|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
AutoBahned
|
75th anniversary of the Silver Arrows
gosh - I wonder who designed these things?
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/mercedes-to-celebrate-silver-arrows-at-goodwood/?hpw |
||
07-03-2009, 12:24 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Max Sailer and Rudi Uhlenhaut.
|
||
|
07-03-2009, 09:36 PM
|
|
|
AutoBahned
|
anybody else involved??
|
||
|
07-04-2009, 11:59 AM
|
|
|
Un Chien Andalusia
|
Are you thinking of the other great silver Grand Prix cars?
It was the Auto Unions that Ferdinand Porsche was responsible for if that was what you were thinking. The Auto Union Type C...  ...and Type D  
__________________
2002 996 Carrera - Seal Grey (Daily Driver / Track Car) 1964 Morris Mini - Former Finnish Rally Car 1987 911 Carrera Coupe - Carmine Red - SOLD :-( 1998 986 Boxster - Black - SOLD 1984 944 - Red - SOLD |
||
|
07-04-2009, 08:31 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Thousand Oaks, California
Posts: 367
|
Got a brass pair, baby? 'Cause that's what it took! Minimum ante.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqEUhMAa1YM |
||
|
07-04-2009, 08:46 PM
|
|
|
Registered Usurper
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 13,824
|
Indeed, wondrous machines they were:
       
__________________
'82 SC RoW coupe |
||
|
07-04-2009, 08:52 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered Usurper
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 13,824
|
Quote:
 Unlike today's rear/mid engined cars, which, through hi-tech tire, suspension and aerodynamics technology, are planted, the Auto Unions raced in the era of drifting, calculated through the seat of the pants, which was conventionally located practically between the rear wheels allowing a feel for what the rear end was doing relative to the intended direction of travel. Move that position forward and, coupled with a higher polar moment of inertia associated with mid-engined cars, that direct connection becomes remote and the car is spinning out of control before the driver has a clue. That fact was well recognized and, yeah, it took a BIG brass pair!
__________________
'82 SC RoW coupe Last edited by DARISC; 07-04-2009 at 09:22 PM.. |
||
|
07-04-2009, 09:09 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 1999
Posts: 8,673
|
Some of the Auto Unions had dual rear tires (like a semi) to help with the rear end problem.
There was no such thing as a 'wide' tire in those days. Can't find a pic at the moment. |
||
|
07-06-2009, 09:09 AM
|
|
|
AutoBahned
|
higher polar moment of inertia associated with mid-engined cars...
you meant lower, right? |
||
|
07-06-2009, 09:44 AM
|
|
|
Registered Usurper
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 13,824
|
Quote:
PBS, on their Great Cars series, did a show regarding the planned Christie's auction of a 1939 Auto Union D-Type awhile back. Worth watching if you can find it. http://www.greatcarstv.com/news/auto-union-racer-auction-back-on-track.html Lottsa videos if you Google YOUTUBE. "1929 Auto Union D-Type, e.g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqEUhMAa1YM&feature=related
__________________
'82 SC RoW coupe |
||
|
07-06-2009, 10:48 AM
|
|
|
You do not have permissi
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: midwest
Posts: 39,985
|
Reading "We at Porsche" the autobio of Ferry. He said the Auto Unions were disadvantaged against the Mercedes until they put in lsd's.
|
||
|
07-06-2009, 04:31 PM
|
|
Carrera
