Cars, Lasses and Lads - A Photo Sharing Thread

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[wesacosa]

[Lord Sterling]

On 12/12/2024 at 13:56, junkyarddog said:

A young Rachel Reeves passing her driving test prior to going to work for the Halifax or Bank of England and becoming an economist with the truth?

[myglaren]

[Tayne]

18 hours ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

 

 

What's the car?

[MiniMinorMk3]

1 hour ago, Tayne said:

 

 

What's the car?

The car is called the Dingo. It is based on Porsche 356 mechanicals and was the first project by Ekkehard Zimmermann. He has the founder of DP Motorsport.

Ekkehard Zimmermann celebrates his 80th birthday | dp motorsport E. Zimmermann GmbH

Quote

Ekkehard Zimmermann, born on September 3, 1940 in Peine, Lower Saxony, is a German automobile designer. The well-educated model maker formed his first prototype with a complete body made of polyester material, the “Dingo”, between 1960 and 1962. Two years later, in 1964, he joined the design studio at the Ford factory in Cologne. Before founding his own company in Bergisch-Gladbach in 1973, he worked in the cathedral city for the next nine years. The first commissioned work for the famous Porsche Kremer racing team in Cologne made him known to an international audience. From 1976 on, Zimmermann realized the mold construction of all Kremer Porsches in motorsport. On June 10, 1979, one of his creations, the Kremer Porsche 935 K3, won the Le Mans 24 Hours. With the end of the collaboration in 1983, the focus shifted more and more towards exclusive small-series vehicles such as the Porsche 935 dp II, which was inspired by the successful work in racing. In 2003, Ekkehard Zimmermann, now 63 years old, returned to top-class motorsport after 20 years. The dp5 based on the 996 generation Porsche 911 turbo shaped the VLN long-distance races on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife as “Turbinchen” until 2005. As one of his last major projects, the father of two modeled the Kremer Porsche 935 K3, which he created himself in 1981, similar to the original between 2015 and 2017. On September 3, 2020, Ekkehard Zimmermann, who lives in Overath in the Rhineland, will celebrate his 80 birthday.

 

[Tayne]

18 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

The car is called the Dingo. It is based on Porsche 356 mechanicals and was the first project by Ekkehard Zimmermann. He has the founder of DP Motorsport.

 

 

 

Thanks, never would have guessed Porsche. 

Just been reading about DP on petrolicious.

 

[martc]

On 22/12/2024 at 13:00, DSdriver said:

Did they charge extra for doors?

I've a feeling it was supposed to be an amphibian. A 'skiff' is a type of boat and the artists impression shows it afloat, or at least axle deep in water, so I guess doors could be a problem if try to keep it water tight.

[artdjones]

On 23/12/2024 at 14:52, martc said:

I've a feeling it was supposed to be an amphibian. A 'skiff' is a type of boat and the artists impression shows it afloat, or at least axle deep in water, so I guess doors could be a problem if try to keep it water tight.

I think it was a well known body style at the time, just that one is particularly exaggerated. Especially in having no doors.

That's a Gobron Brillie from the same period.

[colnerov]

[hairnet]

do ya feel lucky punk

[somewhatfoolish]

Given the schmutz on the bonnet Clint's been running his XK without an airfilter and it has probably been backfiring.

[junkyarddog]

3 hours ago, colnerov said:

You're thinking "Did he change six plugs or only five?" Now to tell you the truth, I've forgotten myself in all this excitement.

[colnerov]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[MiniMinorMk3]

[DSdriver]

12 minutes ago, MiniMinorMk3 said:

RRW1 now on a red Ferrari of course