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@V8Granite It was the aural highlight for a rather younger mik on the Fast Lane cassette too.



Confusingly, Harry reckons it was a rival to the Ferrari Boxster. #nitpickingwonker

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:18 am What was the guys name on here who used to own one ? It had the 50mm carbs aswell from memory.

There was a video of his on an airfield driving away from camera which is one of the nicest exhaust sounds I’ve ever heard, stunning car.

Dave!

Jon Honeyball I suspect you're talking about.

Ex-Stig reviews a DB5 with the same engine

mik wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:34 am @V8Granite It was the aural highlight for a rather younger mik on the Fast Lane cassette too.

I am sure I ripped that cassette to MP3 years ago - I definitely did with the first one. Not sure where it is now; probably on an old USB drive which will be hard to find. I bet there's a decent quality copy available online somewhere. Not intending to rip it again - I'd probably have to replace the belt in my cassette deck for a start.

It was the F40 on the first Fast Lane cover tape which really grabbed me back then.

Hmm, might be harder to find online than I thought - Googling takes me to this PH thread. Scroll to the bottom and it seems it was Mike and my rips which were floating around back then, but no links. Darn.
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=964545

tim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:40 am

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:18 am What was the guys name on here who used to own one ? It had the 50mm carbs aswell from memory.

There was a video of his on an airfield driving away from camera which is one of the nicest exhaust sounds I’ve ever heard, stunning car.

Dave!

Jon Honeyball I suspect you're talking about.

That’s the guy.

Coolest car to ever grace the forum.

Dave!

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 11:16 am

tim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:40 am

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:18 am What was the guys name on here who used to own one ?

Dave!

Jon Honeyball

Coolest car to ever grace the forum.

It's certainly up there, but I think we'd need a vote to substantiate that claim

@JonathanE 's Countach is up there too...

I'm only now getting round to watching the Vantage video. In addition to the Ferraru Boxster (helpfully confirmed by the captions) Harry refers to the De Dinion suspension. We shouldn't make fun; it's quite an endearing trait.

What was up with Harry’s voice in the 2nd half of the Testarossa video? Sounded like he was on helium!

Jobbo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 06, 2023 4:45 pm I'm only now getting round to watching the Vantage video. In addition to the Ferraru Boxster (helpfully confirmed by the captions) Harry refers to the De Dinion suspension. We shouldn't make fun; it's quite an endearing trait.

Also - Harry confirms that this SM is on the special Magnesium wheels.

Shows how much you know

Oh Harry

tim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:40 am

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:18 am What was the guys name on here who used to own one ? It had the 50mm carbs aswell from memory.

There was a video of his on an airfield driving away from camera which is one of the nicest exhaust sounds I’ve ever heard, stunning car.

Dave!

Jon Honeyball I suspect you're talking about.

Was the car The Green Monster? Vague memories from a track day at Donnington Park in the mists of time...

Zonda_ wrote: ↑Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:38 pm What was up with Harry’s voice in the 2nd half of the Testarossa video? Sounded like he was on helium!

Ha yes I noticed that. I believe he'd accidentally done that in one of his prior videos too. I presume all the audio of the Testarossa had been moved up half an octave as well

Explosive Newt wrote: ↑Mon Sep 18, 2023 6:22 pm

tim wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:40 am

V8Granite wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:18 am What was the guys name on here who used to own one ? It had the 50mm carbs aswell from memory.

There was a video of his on an airfield driving away from camera which is one of the nicest exhaust sounds I’ve ever heard, stunning car.

Dave!

Jon Honeyball I suspect you're talking about.

Was the car The Green Monster? Vague memories from a track day at Donnington Park in the mists of time...

Yes it was, lovely thing to be in.

Road trip in Huggies to DinnyLand - where the engine (at least) works. Nice to see/hear it getting exercised.

I enjoyed that video though Harry did sound a teensy bit racist about the Irish

I watched that last night - the thing sounds fantastic.

5:30 ish.. bulb out? It’s not convincing me that it’s not an unreliable pos!

Inspired by the jaaaag, what’s the cheapest v12 manual you could buy today?

Ropey xjs’ seem to have all vanished but I guess you could get lucky if you were hunting one out.

Manual v12 db7 for £20kish maybe?

Tbh I’d probably stick a bmw v12 in something or maybe manual swap a 750i for substantially less.

KiwiDave wrote: ↑Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:21 am I watched that last night - the thing sounds fantastic.

At the point linked below - with the whine - it sounds not dissimilar to a 'charged Merlin/Griffon