youtube suggested this to me and I'm happy it did....oddball cars on the Nurburgring. Figured you weirdos would enjoy.
Top honors go to the guy in the DHL delivery truck making an outside-turn pass on some sport hatch....
youtube suggested this to me and I'm happy it did....oddball cars on the Nurburgring. Figured you weirdos would enjoy.
Top honors go to the guy in the DHL delivery truck making an outside-turn pass on some sport hatch....
In reply to irish44j :
I’ve watched a few of those before! And when it rains, it just gets better!
Train of thought notes:
The Cadillac probably is running the biggest motor on the track that day.
I love the DHL van's aggressiveness
The RV is the scariest one so far
The BUS is my favorite
That Galaxy is hot
That limo is screaming
A Suburban!?
butts are funny to see
I've not watched this but will ......I seem to recall an episode of Top Gear where Jeremy C was schooled by Sabine Schmidt(?) driving a diesel transit van......good stuff . I think Sabine also has the most laps round da 'ring'
I must share my Nurburgring experience with all you Gearheads. My father was stationed in Germany during the mid 60s. I guess we live there from 1965 to 1968 if I recall correctly. Among his group of friends there was a beat up old Porsche 356 A that was passed around among GI s at his base. Back then it wasn't worth anything and was looked at basically a VW sports car. Nobody thought it was worth paying all of the import fees to ship it back home to the states. As such it was passed around like a camp following hooker. It it already been through probably five or six other guys by the time we got it for our tenure.
I recall on two occasions going up with my dad to The Ring for laps around Nordeschief. I remember sliding around in the worn front bucket seats with horse hair poking out of the upholstery. No padded Dash. No airbags. No seatbelt even. Smell of hot motor oil wafting through the cockpit. I'm sure we weren't going very fast but it seemed like a million miles an hour to a 10 year old. Then camping by the road, sleeping in a military pup tent, and cooking sausages over a campfire served on brotchen then the 150 mile ride home with a rattling old air-cooled motor behind us. The good old days.
We were custodians of the car for about a year. I think Dad sold it to the next caretaker for less than $1,000. It was just a junkie old German car that leaked oil and smoked a bit. Numerous Dents & Dings painted with a brush with whatever color could be scrounged around the military base. Certainly not worth bringing back to the States.
In reply to Ovid_and_Flem :
That’s awesome! I suppose any paperwork containing the VIN are long gone? It would be awesome to track down the history on the car & it sounds like it would make a great story/article/book.
In reply to Pete Gossett :
Nah... that old 356 is probably one with the Earth by now. LOL you got to remember it's over 60 years old now
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