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Old 10 May 2015, 01:14 PM   #1
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Video: Legendary 28-litre fiat s76

VIDEO: LEGENDARY 28-LITRE FIAT S76 DRIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 100 YEARS
Read more at https://grrc.goodwood.com/festival-o...lj55KZVDf97.99
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Old 10 May 2015, 01:37 PM   #2
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Awesome, think you would need to be pulling a gas truck behind you, did not look like an efficient 28L at that.

Has the potential to recreate the scene from Group B rally days when I think it was Kankunnen in front in a rally and his car stopped mid stage, the interviewer asked him what happened expecting him to say it was the gearbox or the turbo...... his response it went bang and stopped.
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Old 10 May 2015, 01:44 PM   #3
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Very cool
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Old 10 May 2015, 01:48 PM   #4
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The Beast is Baaaaaacccckkk!

Looks like a tractor with a boat-tail on it.
Hope the crankcase holds for the flying run in June, else they'll need a few hundred bags of Oil-Dry
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Old 10 May 2015, 02:52 PM   #5
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Hope the crankcase holds for the flying run in June, else they'll need a few hundred bags of Oil-Dry
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Old 10 May 2015, 07:47 PM   #6
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Like a road-going Spitfire without wings.
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Old 11 May 2015, 07:49 AM   #7
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Like a road-going Spitfire without wings.
After a certain speed is achieved, "wings" can be a relative term :)

Wow.
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Old 11 May 2015, 12:42 AM   #8
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That's gotta hurt your ears.
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Old 11 May 2015, 09:02 AM   #9
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As a guy who loves all things mechanical that whirr, click, bang and growl...that is just awesome.

Nothing like a good machine- I am one of those that believes most any old mechanical machine has a soul.
New ones do also-well some of them anyway.
Thanks for sharing, I would love to make it to Goodwood before long someday.
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Old 11 May 2015, 10:40 AM   #10
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Could power a small city with that engine!
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Old 11 May 2015, 10:55 AM   #11
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Wow I would guess that Grandma does not drive that to the store for groceries! Unless she keeps her running. That buggar has some compression!
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Old 11 May 2015, 12:33 PM   #12
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Cool, thanks for sharing
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Old 11 May 2015, 06:58 PM   #13
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That this is the Beast.
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Old 12 May 2015, 02:00 AM   #14
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“First and second gear were okay, third gear called upon all of his experience as a racing driver, and fourth gear needed the courage of a hundred men!” -Arthur Duray
Man, I love that quote!
Read more at https://grrc.goodwood.com/race/histo...x0DuueTWjmO.99
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Old 12 May 2015, 04:45 AM   #15
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That would be a tremendous amount of fun
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