2007 Panamericana pictures - Page 2

typ550 · 03-03-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shoepop

I 'THINK' I just remembered who was in the other jag, Alain De Cadenet. Didn't he wrap it around a tree @ Zacatecas pass, La Bufa? I will have to go through pics I think I have a pic of the crashed Gilmore car. If I remember correctly they air lifted him to Texas.

Yes, DeCadenet crashed another C-type into a tree (I have heard he was carrying a female passenger at the time

). I'm not clear if that was in the '90 or '91 race, though, as the Pink Floyd video contains footage from both years.

Love to see your pics from the event, especially any of the Gilmour or Mason cars.

Shoepop · 03-03-2008, 08:59 PM

Correct Chris, his navigator was female. The way I heard it his male nav got cold feet after stage 2 walked and she replaced. It was in the 1991 race.

LaCarrera · 03-03-2008, 09:53 PM

The Pink Floyd Video:

charleskieffner · 03-04-2008, 07:23 AM

this IS FOR SURE ON THE "LIFE DO" BUCKET LIST!

thanks

not very different from baja norte or baja sur.

LaCarrera · 03-04-2008, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by charleskieffner

this IS FOR SURE ON THE "LIFE DO" BUCKET LIST!

thanks

not very different from baja norte or baja sur.

La Carrera Panamericana is a road race that goes through colonial Mexico, which is very different from Baja. Think Italy. 5 star hotels and paved roads better than the states. Very different than the Baja events!

charleskieffner · 03-04-2008, 09:35 AM

very well aware of the race over the years and all its publicity. my wrench works on a couple of the porsche entries.

g/friends dad is foaming at the mouth to go see it. i mean BADLY FOAMING AT THE MOUTH to go experience the race.

my comment about baja was architecture/background dezert pics.

been to mexico city as a kid and acupulco and matzatlan as an adult along w/guaymas and puerto penasco numerous times.

our idea is to get to start line. get rental car. and follow race back up north.

by hook or by crook we will do this. all of us have our passports, so the only problemo is making time. would also like to do cobre canon via choo choo train.

Shoepop · 03-04-2008, 10:10 AM

Found pics of O'Rourk/Gilmour jag, unknown jag and our 356.

typ550 · 03-04-2008, 12:22 PM

Mark,

Awesome to see those photos of the Gilmour/O'Rourke Jag (and your 356!). Love to see any photos of 227 that you might have.

I learned from Nick and John Dabbs (the builder of my car) that while the two Jags were supposed to be similarly equipped, Dave and Steve had actually utilized a 4.2 liter motor instead of 3.4. They had even gone to the trouble of grinding the castings off the block and making "new" ones from epoxy to make it appear to be a 3.4

Of course, there was some sneaky stuff on 227, as well

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Here are some of my pix from last years race...what a blast. I prepared a '64 ghia with a high comp 1600. Hey at least was air-cooled and flat! Was actually a friggin blast to drive... we smoked a lot of the 356's in our class. I highly recommend doing it... the bonding with other racers, adversity of fixing broken a tranny and reindexing torsion bars with a crowbar and vice grips in a one-horse mexican town, hauling azz with immunity for 2000 miles though beautiful mexican countryside... priceless memories. Plan to do it again next year.

typ550 · 03-04-2008, 03:05 PM

That Ghia looks sweet

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Thanks Chris, here's one for you - the driver of the 550 replica and i raced each other up and other the mountains outside of mexico city on day 3 between legs... Also one of my favorites... some guys changing their engine in the parking lot one night using a baggage roller.

LaCarrera · 03-04-2008, 06:11 PM

That Ghia of yours was fun to watch!

As was the 550!

LaCarrera · 03-04-2008, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by charleskieffner

our idea is to get to start line. get rental car. and follow race back up north.
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Contact Gerie Bledsoe, the North American rep and tell him you would like to do the Pan Am tour ... Gbledso@aol.com

jtkkz · 03-04-2008, 06:16 PM

WOW that is my friends 356, he was entered in that event...

juicersr · juicersr's Garage

Yeah, that clip of bill in his 550 almost buying it (cows on one speed stage!) was all in a day of the carrera. Here's an in-car shot of us hauling-azz out of augascalientes behind two cool old French guys in a 928(!!!!) powered Studabaker. Those guy could drive that tank! Note the police holding traffic for us all, urging us to go faster... was like this the whole race.

LaCarrera · 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by juicersr

... behind two cool old French guys in a 928(!!!!) powered Studabaker.

928 powered Facel Vega

Bunch more pictures here: http://theunlimitedclass.com/ click on "pictures" section"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2381/1959813735_f1007db693.jpg

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juicersr · juicersr's Garage

My bad, 'Vega' it was

Great pix... thanks

charleskieffner · 03-05-2008, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by LaCarrera

Contact Gerie Bledsoe, the North American rep and tell him you would like to do the Pan Am tour ... Gbledso@aol.com

hey thank you. i would love to do this in my own 87 911. just need a cage and rebuild the mtr/tranny. wouldnt think twice about this. unlike running time trials with 42 other p-cars trying to kill me!!!!!!

what a gas. didnt realize gilmour wadded the car up so bad! wow what a shunt!

since patrick moto does wrenching on a coupla cars that run the pan am we have been talking quite abit about attending to just get the lay of the land (ie. PRE-RUN) and come back and DO IT!

time to quit talking and get off our arse's. thanks for the info really appreciate it!

typ550 · 03-05-2008, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by charleskieffner

didnt realize gilmour wadded the car up so bad! wow what a shunt!

I was just exchanging messages with one of the guys who works for Nick and and he shared this about the accident:

"It was Dave driving. Steve broke his leg as he had braced himself against the bulkhead prior to the impact. The car then fell on its back. Says a lot for the roll hoop as they didn’t suffer any other injuries."

charleskieffner · 03-05-2008, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Shoepop

Found pics of O'Rourk/Gilmour jag, unknown jag and our 356.

i could nor would ever show my friend these pics..................he would cry!

he is turning 70 years old 3/23/08 and has been racing british cars for ever. he has the union jack flowing thru his veins! he still has his TR4A over at his place in new mexico and more than anything wants to attend the panamericana.

he was the one who turned me onto one of the panamericana videos one night and we were like kids glued to the screen for a sat. afternoon cowboy movie!

hit rewind about a 1000 times watching the FUN BARRIER BEING BROKEN!

great pics.