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Comments (0) 這個特別的Macaroon是朋友今天送的禮物，十分精緻也很有心思! 多謝!
F1歷史問答: F1歷史問答: 蓮花車隊Red Gold Leaf和Black Gold Leaf背後的故事
By admin, February 3, 2014 11:10 pm
Q: Lotus Red Gold Leaf, Then Black Gold JPS after Jim Clark passed away…can someone tell me what’s the story behind Red Gold Leaf in the first place pls? Thx.
Answer by David Steele:
Colin Chapman innovation! Jim drove the F2 car at Hockenheim in the Players ‘Gold Leaf’ livery and was intended to then drive the 49 in its next GP in the same colour scheme. It of course never happened so it was G. Hill that drove the first ’sponsored’ car in F1. The ‘Black Gold’ John Player Special (JPS) cigarettes were not around then. They came out as a ‘more sophisticated smoke’!!!! The Gold Leaf brand was still available but John Player wanted to promote the JPS brand, thus creating the most iconic branding on any race car with the ‘79 (IMHO of course). John Player then exited in 1980 after winning the WC with Andretti. A period followed with Martini but Andretti hated it as it was considered unlucky to drive a green racing car! Then along came Essex Petroleum and some dodgy money! Chapman then got embroiled in the Delorean scandal and it is said the stress of that and his constant desire to look thin caused him to experiment with diet drugs which in the end killed him. Peter Warr along with Ayrton brought back JPS for a period before Camel took over and the steady decline of Lotus set in…
1 – A Documentary About 60/70S Grand Prix Car Racing
By admin, February 3, 2014 12:23 am
You simply can’t miss this documentary if you like the F1s back in the 60-70s. It’s just a fantastic one, I enjoyed watching it very much.
Almost every big star is in the documentary and not to mention the history, I have never seen those pictures/movies before, now I understand a lot more than before and appreciate my Exoto F1 models more as well.
“Aerodynamics is for people who cannot build engines”
Said Enzo Ferrari. I think he was pointing to Colin Chapman (for his design of the raised wings on Lotus).
There is also a large portion dedicated to Lauda/Hunt 1976/77 race, as a diehard fans of 312T2 and Lauda, I am thrilled to watch those passionate moments again.
These two are definitely something related to the above.
F1賽車迷的阿里巴巴寶藏
By admin, January 31, 2014 5:12 pm
今天找到了一個專門販賣F1紀念物品的發燒友網站，尤其以車神Ayrton Senna的物品最為繁多，收藏物品幾乎包羅萬有，想不到世上還有如此對F1痴迷的收藏家。
感覺跟之前見過位於加拿大多倫多的那個Collector Studio差不多，這個更加個人化一些，一看就知道是個”F1狂迷”自己開的網店。
67 Chevy Impala from Movie Supernatural by Green Light
By admin, January 31, 2014 1:30 pm
好友是這個美劇的戲痴，他終於等來了1比18模型的到來。
Make: Chevrolet
Model: Impala
Built Date: April 24th
Year: 1967
Engine: V8 327 4 Barrel
Horsepower: 275bhp
Transmission: 3-spd Auto
Body: Sedan
License Plate: (C-45P4 1973, BQN 9R3 1997, KAZ 2Y5 2005, RMD 5H2 2006, CNK 80Q3 2007-Present)
Seat: 5 mainly 6
Wheels: Cargar 330 Super Sports
Tires: BFGoodrich Radials
Owner: Dean Winchester
Dean’s trademark black 1967 Chevrolet Impala was passed down to him by his father. It bears a Sedgwick County, Kansas license (though their hometown of Lawrence, Kansas is actually in Douglas County) plate KAZ 2Y5, a reference to Kansas, the Winchesters’ home state, and 2005, the year the show premiered. Starting in the episode 2.20 “What Is and What Should Never Be”, the car sports a new Ohio license plate (CNK 80Q3) to aid in the brothers’ hiding from the FBI.
In an interview at a convention, Ackles said the main Impala they use has a 427 and skid plates.
The car has been prominently featured on the series, beginning with the teaser of the pilot which shows John Winchester holding his two sons as he sits on the car and watches his house burn. The car is Dean’s most prized possession, and he protects it with nearly the same ferocity with which he protects his family.
In the pilot episode, the trunk is revealed to hold various weaponry to fight the supernatural. On a closer look, the trunk contains at least three machetes, what appear to be Marine Corps Ka-bar knives, an arrow, a spearhead, two silver spikes, several throwing stars with engravings on them, a revolver-type grenade launcher (loaded with police 37mm grenades), two flare guns, two tazers, two double-barrel sawed-off shotguns (another shotgun with long barrels was taken in Hook Man), a pistol grip pump-action shotgun (which is used to prop the trunk open), and a Heckler & Koch G3A3ZF sniper rifle. There are also several pistols including: a silver Desert Eagle, silver Colt 1911 with engravings, a silver Beretta 92FS (and the matte black Beretta 92FS as well), a matte black Colt M1911, and a Smith and Wesson M645.
The car is moderately damaged at the end of the pilot episode and nearly totaled in a crash at the end of the season one finale. Dean manages to rebuild the car; the newly restored vehicle is prominently featured in Bloodlust in an extended sequence to the soundtrack of AC/DC’s “Back in Black.” Dean’s car continues to play an important role in the series throughout the second, third and fourth seasons.
At the end of season five, Chuck — while recounting the escapades of the Winchester boys — calls the Impala “the most important object in the universe.” A montage shows how important the car has been to the family and the boys throughout everything that has happened to them. On the final battlefield in Swan Song, a light glinting off the window of the Impala revives Sam and makes him snap out of his possession by Lucifer long enough to stop beating up Dean and to throw Lucifer, along with Michael, into the pit.
Autoart 2014 Coming Soon
By admin, January 30, 2014 4:30 pm
紐倫堡玩具展這星期終於開始了，1比18的焦點還是集中了在AA身上，就連高端CMC都覺得有些黯然失色，AA總能把握不少收藏家的喜好，看來今年又有很多黑盒子出現了。:)
70241 ASTON MARTIN ONE-77 (BLACK PEARL) 2009
70243 ASTON MARTIN ONE-77 (VILLA D’ ESTE BLUE) 2009
70244 ASTON MARTIN ONE-77 (MORNING FROST WHITE) 2009
73642 JAGUAR XKR-S (ITALIAN RACING RED) 2011
74698 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP700-4 ROADSTER (AZZURO THETIS/LIGHT METALLIC BLUE)
74681 LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR LP720-4 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (GIALLO MAGGIO/MAY YELLOW)
76021 MCLAREN P1 (METALLIC YELLOW) 2013
76022 MCLAREN P1 (METALLIC ORANGE) 2013
75802 MASERATI MC12 (METALLIC BLUE)
78271 PAGANI ZONDA REVOLUCION (CARBON FIBER/WHITE) 2013
86599 HONDA RA272 F1 GRAND PRIX MEXICO 1965 RICHIE GINTHER #11 (WITH DRIVER FIGURE FITTED)(LIMITED EDITION OF 1,000 PCS WORLDWIDE)
