Holy Umlaut, a new 300SL number
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foggydogg
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- Year and Model: '98 V70 R, 97 850 T5
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Holy Umlaut, a new 300SL number
69 1800s, @500k Death by Rust
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox
94 850 Turbo, T-boned, ambulance for me, crusher for it
97 855 T5, 855 R projects
98 V70R x2, Silver Junkyard rescue, Coral Red
98 V70GLT x2, parts cars
00 V70xc x2, both now dead
62 122s, gone to live in Richmond
56 445 Duett basket project
1950 Studebaker 2R10 flatbed, T9 crashbox
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BlackBart
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- Year and Model: 2004 XC70 BlackBetty
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Yep. Surpassed all the Ferrari GTO sales and anything else.
These are a completely badass car. Essentially the grand prix car with an enclosed body and an elegant hardtop added. The same car as the Le Mans prototypes in the mid-50s where the rear lid lifted up as an airbrake, to take some load off the enormous drum brakes, because Jaguar had switched to discs.
Which is also the car, through no fault of it's own, that flew into the crowd at Le Mans in 1955 and killed 100 or so spectators, causing Mercedes to withdraw from racing entirely.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster
These are a completely badass car. Essentially the grand prix car with an enclosed body and an elegant hardtop added. The same car as the Le Mans prototypes in the mid-50s where the rear lid lifted up as an airbrake, to take some load off the enormous drum brakes, because Jaguar had switched to discs.
- fangio, le mans 1955 airbreak.jpg (68.85 KiB) Viewed 117 times
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster
ex-1984 245T wagon
1994 850T5 wagon
2004 XC70 wagon BlackBetty
1994 850T5 wagon
2004 XC70 wagon BlackBetty