Prodrive Visit

[John Sims]

At the request of Paul, I have pleasure in attaching some of my snaps from the recent Titanic 944 Prodrive factor visit.
Apologies for those of you (like me) still on dial up, but I hope you find the wait worth while.
Enjoy...[]

 

[Diver944]

Cheers John, nice pics.

Such a shame that all the Astons had most of the bodywork off and they would not let us photograph them. I particularly fancied the gorgeous Baltic Blue one that had it's 6 litre V12 already in situ [8D] I was amazed at the quality of the paintwork over carbon fibre body that was actually going to be a race car. It looked 10 times better than a lot of road cars

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Diver944

Cheers John, nice pics.

................ I was amazed at the quality of the paintwork over carbon fibre body that was actually going to be a race car. It looked 10 times better than a lot of road cars

You are starting to sound like a professional already.[] The offer still stands if you want to practice on Beaky. I can pretty well guaranteee that you will find every type of chip, scratch, blemish and defect that you are ever likely to encounter and he would therefor make an excellent test bed.

 

[danmason]

Good pics John, and some interesting looking vehicles. I must confess to an uncontrollable loathing of Japanese cars, but the Rothmans cars in particular look the business! Would have been nice to see those Astons, shame about the secrecy [&o]. Great pic of Beaky too.

 

[Fen]

ORIGINAL: danmason

Good pics John, and some interesting looking vehicles. I must confess to an uncontrollable loathing of Japanese cars, but the Rothmans cars in particular look the business! Would have been nice to see those Astons, shame about the secrecy [&o]. Great pic of Beaky too.

Did I log in as Dan in my sleep and post that? Couldn't agree more, especially those bloody Scoobies.

 

[John Sims]

ORIGINAL: Fen

...........Couldn't agree more, especially those bloody Scoobies.

I know where you're coming from but think I could put up with one running 4.5 bar, 300+ bhp 1000+ torques [] anti lag, launch control, active torque control and changes gear in micro seconds.

While one would expect a £250,000 WRC car to be a little different to the road going version it is quite staggering how little of the original is left. Any Chav who thinks his car is good 'cos it's just like the ones he sees on the telly is deluded in the extreme.

Best part of the tour - when our guide said "330 bhp is nothing realy"... and then repeated it just for Tony.[]

 

[944Turbo]

Yes I often think it would be better to get out and walk []