1951 Ferrari 166 F2.
Galleria Ferrari, Maranello, Italy.
On Friday night I went to Jamie and Alan’s flat with a whole load of Scalextric track I fished out my parent’s attic from when I was young. Unfortunately the metal conductors were really dulled, not corroded but dull enough that they all needed cleaning. We tried to clean it as best we could but without attacking it with solvents and whatnot it just didn’t make good contact with the cars so we had to abandon the huge extension out into the hall that we’d built! We still ended up with a great track layout though!
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I need to head up the loft at my parents’ house and find all my old Scalextric track and add it to this so it can span between rooms! I should have a good 45 or 50 feet boxed up in a cupboard.
Six different versions of the Porsche 917 lined up.
From front:
- 1973 917/30 Can-Am Spyder boasting around 1,100hp.
- 1971 917K Kurzheck (Short Tail). The chassis of this number 22 car was made of magnesium instead of aluminium, reducing chassis weight by a third.
- 1971 917/20 “Pink Pig”.
- 1970 917LH Langheck (Long Tail)
- 1970 917K in Gulf colours. Derek Bell took a 917K to 246mph on the Mulsanne straight to set an all time top speed record at Le Mans.
- 1970 917/16 Spyder.
Porsche Museum, Stuttgart, Germany.
