> Actually, no. Where could we youngsters see a pic of it?
> +Cinquo
Although I'd say it's probably the worst possible car for track racing it
was by no means last.
Some Call Me Tim
> Actually, no. Where could we youngsters see a pic of it?
> +Cinquo
Andy.
..Bob
MS
> Ray
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Peterson actually took that car to four second places in 1971 and finished
runner up in the championship. Dem was da days when you could buy a chassis
and a Cossie and go racing with the big boys at Grands Prix <sigh>
MS
> Anyway, odd and freakish, yes, but I think the Ensign was much more
> hideous. To each his own. Lol
> BTW, your link didn't work. I had to find 1971 in Forix and go to the
> photo gallery.
> Cheers,
> Ray
> > > Go to http://www.forix.com - go to 1979 and look in the Photo
> Gallery for Derek Daly's Ensign at the South African GP. Truly the most
> hideous monstrosity ever entered into a Grand Prix.
> > If you think that was bad (it really was), you don't want to take a
> look at what Ronnie Peterson drove in 1971:
> > http://www.forix.com/asp/photos.asp?
> &k=0&l=10&x=101&f=1971/02018_RN.JPG
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agreed!
dave henrie
> agreed!
> dave henrie
BTW, I understand that in the past F1 cars used to be painted according
to some kind of scheme of national colors. Do the modern cars pay any heed
to this tradition?
+Cinquo
> >> Ugliest cars I ever saw?
> >> Anything from the 2000 grid would fit that bill nicely !
> > agreed!
> > dave henrie
> Naa, I don't think the current cars are that ugly, compared to all those
> seventies' abominations people have presented here. The problem is that
> they all look identical.
> BTW, I understand that in the past F1 cars used to be painted according
> to some kind of scheme of national colors. Do the modern cars pay any heed
> to this tradition?
> +Cinquo
Later white became the official German racing color.
Jens
Disclaimer: The above statement was made right from my memory. If there is
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>Apparently more than you might think. Didn't Jaguar change the color
>of their F1 car from a true BRG (that it was once shown in, although it
>never raced in that color) to the current green, due to the particular
>paint they had for BRG being "too heavy"?
>Also, a friend of mine who is quite interested in aviation has assured me
>that American Airlines, with their unpainted jets, achieves noticeable
>fuel savings over other airlines, who paint theirs. I don't have a
>reference for that, but this being USENET, I'm not required to, right? :)
Eldred
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