Car pics too cool not to share

[chili_pepper]

Alright, enough feckin' about...who wants to finance my vintage racing career?

Even comes with a fully restored Ford box truck transporter (to live in, of course)!

The Gofundme page will be live shortly. I expect 100% participation.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1966-porsche-906-11/

 

[ColoJeep]

I expect 100% participation.

It is becoming clear that your organic vapor cartridges were oversaturated with VOC's for a long time . The price on this package seems reasonable , and I would contribute to the cause , however since the F-600 has a 360 instead of the 391 truck engine this is a oversight that can't be overlooked.

 

[lBasket]

They were Front wheel drive , and much better in the snow than typical rear wheel drive cars were. The only other FWD cars were Eldorados, and Torinados .
CVCC civic 's would have been a useless cop car.

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I've never understood why people say they were better in the snow than other cars. They're just plain open diff FWD cars

 

[ColoJeep]

I've never understood why people say they were better in the snow than other cars. They're just plain open diff FWD cars

Dude , For the most part it's about weight distribution , FWD has the engine , transmission , and differential over the driven wheels . Just as an air cooled Beetle kicks ass in snow , ( as does a 911 Porsche ) weight over the driven wheels makes a huge difference. Where people in Colorado go absolutely wrong in my experience is they will try to get by on " all season " tires . They suck big time ! Studded snow tires and FWD will take you much farther than you would ever think. Plus the ability to steer the powered wheels is a HUGE plus . I have seen this to be true for decades in the mountains.

 

[Woodrow]

Dude , For the most part it's about weight distribution , FWD has the engine , transmission , and differential over the driven wheels . Just as an air cooled Beetle kicks ass in snow , ( as does a 911 Porsche ) weight over the driven wheels makes a huge difference. Where people in Colorado go absolutely wrong in my experience is they will try to get by on " all season " tires . They suck big time ! Studded snow tires and FWD will take you much farther than you would every think. Plus the ability to steer the powered wheels is a HUGE plus . I have seen this to be true for decades in the mountains.

I agree weight distribution is the key point. I grew up in Michigan, Detroit area. Pretty flat and a decent amount of snow in the winter. Nothing like those conditions to learn about car handling. Everything you can do on dry pavement at racetrack speeds, you can do in slow motion on snow.

But I digress. To your point about studded (also skinny) snow tires, they also make a huge difference. I’ve driven multiple front engine/rear drive vehicles (including a 2WD pickup) with those tires on the driven wheels only and been quite impressed at the change in behavior vs summer ATs. When I was last there in Ann Arbor, we lived on about the only hill in SE Michigan and our Volvo 240 wagon would go right up it in 8” of snow with its winter tires on the back.

 

[lBasket]

Dude , For the most part it's about weight distribution , FWD has the engine , transmission , and differential over the driven wheels . Just as an air cooled Beetle kicks ass in snow , ( as does a 911 Porsche ) weight over the driven wheels makes a huge difference. Where people in Colorado go absolutely wrong in my experience is they will try to get by on " all season " tires . They suck big time ! Studded snow tires and FWD will take you much farther than you would every think. Plus the ability to steer the powered wheels is a HUGE plus . I have seen this to be true for decades in the mountains.

So it's the same as any other FWD car? That's kinda what I was saying

 

[ColoJeep]

So it's the same as any other FWD car? That's kinda what I was saying

Yes any FWD car with studded snows would be good . Remember , in the 1970's , the reason a Saab stood out was it would work as a cop car in the Colorado winter high country. It wasn't a luxury or sub compact FWD. I would suspect that your MR-2 would work well in snow with studded snows ,until the low ride height bogged it down.

 

[ColoJeep]

I agree weight distribution is the key point. I grew up in Michigan, Detroit area. Pretty flat and a decent amount of snow in the winter. Nothing like those conditions to learn about car handling. Everything you can do on dry pavement at racetrack speeds, you can do in slow motion on snow.

But I digress. To your point about studded (also skinny) snow tires, they also make a huge difference. I’ve driven multiple front engine/rear drive vehicles (including a 2WD pickup) with those tires on the driven wheels only and been quite impressed at the change in behavior vs summer ATs. When I was last there in Ann Arbor, we lived on about the only hill in SE Michigan and our Volvo 240 wagon would go right up it in 8” of snow with its winter tires on the back.

Growing up in the Rockies , my folks always had Chevy station wagons with studded snows , they got around very well . Also the newer studless style snows work fairly well , on ice on the level . Put them on a hill with a corner and a studded snow kicks their ass.

 

[chili_pepper]

your organic vapor cartridges

Cartridges? What cartridges?

I've never understood why people say they were better in the snow than other cars. They're just plain open diff FWD cars

I was quite surprised where my '04 Bimmer MINI was able to go on a shot set of Eagle GTs in the snow once. The physics do work, per @ColoJeep and @Woodrow's posts. You can get LSDs for some (some come with).

 

[lBasket]

Yes any FWD car with studded snows would be good . Remember , in the 1970's , the reason a Saab stood out was it would work as a cop car in the Colorado winter high country. It wasn't a luxury or sub compact FWD. I would suspect that your MR-2 would work well in snow with studded snows ,until the low ride height bogged it down.

Couldnt you get AWD Audis at the time? I still don't understand that story lol.

 

[ColoJeep]

Couldnt you get AWD Audis at the time? I still don't understand that story lol.

You couldn't get an Audi Quattro until 1983 and it was a 2 dr. coupe . In 1980 you could get a AMC Eagle AWD. but it was new, unproven , and an AMC .
The world was different 20 years before you were born .

 

[chili_pepper]

Couldnt you get AWD Audis at the time?

The Quattro didn't appear until the 1980's. Not cheap, either.

 

[lBasket]

The Quattro didn't appear until the 1980's. Not cheap, either.

Okay the timing makes sense. Aspen definitely has money though.

 

[ColoJeep]

Okay the timing makes sense. Aspen definitely has money though.

Aspen used Saab's also like Vail.

 

[lBasket]

Aspen used Saab's also like Vail.

Oh you said Vail sorry that's where I remember hearing that from lol. Bougie ski resorts

 

[speeding_infraction]

Oh you said Vail sorry that's where I remember hearing that from lol. Bougie ski resorts

Just reminded me, there's and older guy at work (~58) that hates that word. As soon as I found that out I'm saying it every chance I get

 

[lBasket]

Just reminded me, there's and older guy at work (~58) that hates that word. As soon as I found that out I'm saying it every chance I get

He must be part of the bourgeois

 

[chili_pepper]

Since this is a cool car thread and the Quattro has been mentioned, I feel it's only fair to give a pictorial shout-out to an adversary of the Audi, the last rear wheel drive machine to win a world rally championship and a personal favorite...the Lancia 037.

 

[Squatch]

Don't forget the '75 Subaru 4WD wagon.

These are reportedly from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, during the '70s...

 

[speeding_infraction]

Since this is a cool car thread and the Quattro has been mentioned, I feel it's only fair to give a pictorial shout-out to an adversary of the Audi, the last rear wheel drive machine to win a world rally championship and a personal favorite...the Lancia 037.

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Audi quattro is one of my favorite rally cars, right up there with the ford rs200

A face only a mother could love, but dang! What a great car