Club Arnage

starter for 10 - one of my all time greats is the JPS black and gold.
(http://www.atspeedimages.com/limerock_2003/concours/1978_jps_mkiv_lotus_79/1978_jps_mkiv_lotus_79.jpg)

Come on Dave, surely you can do better than an F! car.

What about this for iconic?

For me it has to be this.... even bought the polo shirt at LeMans this year ...
(http://www.porsche917.com.ar/ZNotaFilm307.jpg)

Always liked the Ligier Blue.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p19059249.html

The Rothmans Porsche is pretty iconic as well

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p2764979.html

The most iconic is
http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p9285937.html

Of course the Marlboro McLaren has to be mentioned.
(http://www.groundwaters.de/Fotos/McLaren10.jpg)

would also like to add .....

(http://www.tellysworks.com/new_artworkset/917.jpg)

I think that its on a 917 also tends to sway me .....

Not race cars but these are iconic cars and liveries

(http://www.renaultclassiccarclub.com/clarker8g.jpg)

perhaps an all time favourite is the simple french blue with 2 off set stripes, oh yes the renault 8 gordini

(http://www.toadhallracing.com/Toad-044L.jpg)

more Bleu

(http://www.endurance-info.com/2006_Le_Mans/00_Pre_2_Dome.jpg)

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Agree totally, was even going to paint my Cherry Picker that colour, but in the end went to complete orange - to be seen "Safety"

????? not too sure

Like it... something familiar about the name...

>Martini...

What about this one...




>Martini...

My guess is our PinkingforHolland department is loving it. ;D

(http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i188/Muzorewa/BMWM1.jpg)

 ;)

The pink pig

Ruffled a few feathers when it first appeared.
I have to admit that the Black & Gold JPS and the Gulf Racing colours are the two iconic ones for me.

(http://www.geocities.com/F1_11563/surtees.jpg)

It has to be anything in Martini colours for me- looked great on everything from the Lancia Delta rally cars and group C racer to the Longtail 917. The Hippie car was my all time fave. F1 wise I always liked the 7up Jordans from the 90's. Simple but pleasing.
 The Poulain BMW Art Car at last years LM Classic looked amazing as well.

those aesthetically wonderful almost phsycadelic(SP) martini stripes on that purely funcional back end are truely beautiful.

how's about a Group-44 Jag.  -Lee

(http://www.dasdesigns.net/p7hg_img_5/fullsize/group44Jag_fs.jpg)

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/115/254664116_c49b8ff75d.jpg)

the old m sport colours always faired rather well as well i think, although not as classy as the gordini stripes....

Jan Lammers '79 Formula 1 with Samson Shag livery, iconic for the Dutchies!  ;D
(http://home.planet.nl/~wulle002/samson.JPG)

Something about this little number never mind the jps colour all racing lotus's should be these colour's


(http://b.f1-facts.com/ul/a/256)

Actually these two simple liveries are quite iconiv too
(http://www.research-racing.de/gpx552.jpg) (http://www.ritzsite.net/300SL/1955_Mercedes_300_SLR_f3q.jpg)

I'm afraid I've always had a soft spot for rally cars

[(http://thumb6.webshots.net/t/59/559/5/95/54/2380595540096951186elYLmJ_th.jpg) (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2380595540096951186elYLmJ)

still not mastered posting images.  Lets try again

(http://inlinethumb63.webshots.com/9278/2380595540096951186S600x600Q85.jpg)

or

(http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/9487/2771475410096951186S600x600Q85.jpg)
(http://inlinethumb38.webshots.com/8037/2769226530096951186S600x600Q85.jpg)

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p8896541.html

Pretty smart paint job  :)

iconic car, livery and registration

This will do me -

(http://www.tellysworks.com/gallery01set/cobra.daytona.JPG)

Straight line stuff

(http://www.kennybernstein.com/BB_2006_tfc.jpg)

Faster

(http://www.bluebird-electric.net/bluebird_images/thrust_2_poster.jpg)

oh the good old days, but I wonder what is chat up line was "Im great with Thrust"  ;D

First thought when i noticed the title  was J.P.S. Lotus. Silk cut Jag and Gulf Porche. And they were the first three

Two, JPS Lotus, and Penske Racing Sunoco blue & gold.
Fax

I hope this isn't limited to cars......

For my money, I would offer up the Suzuki of Mr Barry Sheene.

Can anyone post a piccie of a certain Mr D Brodie in a Mk1 Escort liveried in black with gold pinstripe running under the name of Run Baby Run. I've searched but can find one in colour >:(

i've been trying to find the Rally Cross xtrac Escort, STP i think of maybe Will Gollop? Could be wrong with the driver and STP but do remember that as a kid on a saturday and being very impressed, that was before the days of the RS200's and the like joining in having been banned from rallying.

For me its anything in Martini scheme (white or silver, but not green or red) Gulf colours, Rothmans, Sunoco blue and yellow or just to add something different. I think this colour scheme used by BriSCA legend Stuart Smith between 1968 and 1976 was iconic.

Drawn a blank on the Run Baby Run Escort of Brodie. Found a few B/W ones but for such a famous car its odd they are no colour ones.

The STP cars were run by John Welsh I think. He had a tie up with Martin Schanche and brought his old cars from him, this one http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p5737430.html is the X Trac Escort before Welsh run it when Schanche was still using it.

Schanche also tried his had at Le Mans a couple of times driving an Argo. Not sure he had the right mind set for long distance races given his firey nature. He ended up as a Norwegen MP

Other great Rally X where the 4 wd Beetles and Porsche's the best was Alamaki's one, that if remember correctly had an engine from a 935 and was stunning.

One that always impressed me was a 4 wd BMW 320 of Peit Dam. it was brutal.

coming from an oval background my first car liveries were the ones below, 320 dave pierce, 306 george polley etc,
we could decorate our skool text books, mine always had my reditions of these or dayglo tuesday night ringwood posters covering them ! oh happy days :)

George Polly used to live not more than a mile from were I live in Pound Hill. We used to see his car parked up on a trailer in his drive way.

He was sponsored by Billy Bridges, the local car breakers.

Simple but effective, for 30 years, irrespective of whether it was on a sportscar or touring car; classic or modern; BMW, Porsche or Alfa. Where have they gone :

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/Jager1994/2011106.jpg)


.....and looks good in 1:43 scale as well !

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/Jager1994/Jagermeister.jpg)

I would post a picture of the Audi sport quattro in HB colours if I knew how to !!

Right click on the piccie and save it to your desktop. make sure that its in an acceptable format, if not open and then save as using a graphics prog. ;D

Silk Cut Jags for LM cars/

Martini Racing on Integrale's from 80/90's

Rothmans Williams F1 from 90's

JPS Nortons from 80's

Or Honda SP2, Leguna Seca 2001 = Colin Edwards Texas Tornado special

Have to have this one in the collection!


(http://www.galiciaenralis.com/OPEL/Manta%20B/slides/russell-brookes-m400.jpg)

(http://www.fordmotorsportmodels.com/USERIMAGES/Sierra%20cosworth%20Kaliber.jpg)

Could go on all day with this,  ;Dwho the hell started this thread ;)

A lady with balls in an iconic car plus plus plus

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/nickliv1205/lotus49.jpg)

(http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o155/nickliv1205/texaco.jpg)

Group 44 is my all time favorite and is still seen daily in my "race room".  The Castrol Jag that followed wasn't bad either.
(http://www.dasdesigns.net/p7hg_img_5/fullsize/Castrol_jag_fs.jpg)

A true fan ;D

(http://www.austin-rover.co.uk/images/msport_sd1_11.jpg)

thinking its the car more than the livery on this one but what the hey

(http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic-car-images/doni16.jpg)

you beat me to it, teh racing xjs was next on my list. Brilliant.

Not the full HB livery, I doubt it would be allowed.The car was very iconic and on a cold day at Goodwood a few years ago very memorable.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p26177748.html

Not iconic maybe, but certainly ground breaking!!

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p30029244.html

The De Cadenets series.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p6626939.html

You could be too with one of these, mind you I don't know how long it would have lasted at this years LM sinking into the field or being stroked by some pikey.

http://www.inspired-design-uk.com/index.htm

this one for me.. 
(http://www.racebaan.com/testbank/BRM%20Cars%20&%20Parts/BRM%20Porsche%20962/Shell-frnt-persp-800x400.jpg)

my absolute fav sportscar, i do like others but the 14 in old style silk cut colours would be close to perfection in my book, if anyone knows of the whereabouts of any ,(saw um race at silverstone,alas no camera )i wud be most greatful of address

Blue and chrome with a white stripe, Eagle Gurney Weslake.

(http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/images/large/118-9.jpg)

If you must have stripes and logos I like this...

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/395899740_86662104e2_m.jpg)

and these

(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/186/395899741_784bdbf897_m.jpg)

More of the above at   http://www.flickr.com/photos/apptree/ 

D.A.

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There's more - British Racing Green - all paid for by British Petroleum

Will these suffice mate:-

(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/P7290277.jpg)

(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/2jags.jpg)

(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/P7290287.jpg)

cheers,
that style of decal but on the the 14 wud be the dogs etc.......

(http://www.gt-eins.at/cms/images/stories/2006/prototypen/nissan_npt1.jpg)

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.pbase.com/t1/61/35561/4/24326504.98.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/mwphoto/92midohio&h=108&w=160&sz=5&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=prpwA1SzlCIVKM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deagle%2BmkIII%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://i.pbase.com/t1/61/35561/4/24326504.98.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.pbase.com/mwphoto/92midohio&h=108&w=160&sz=5&hl=en&start=15&tbnid=prpwA1SzlCIVKM:&tbnh=66&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deagle%2BmkIII%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG)
If the Nissan is going to make the list than Gurney's Eagle MKIII should also, not that I am fond of either for what they did to the series.

(http://tardis.dl.ac.uk/ARCC/contributed_photos/rally_hunter.jpg)

Can't believe it took so long to get the most iconic of all sports cars on here, enjoy  8)

At last!  :D

Dave I've been itching to post a pic of the Andrew Cowan SHunter on CA but resisted in due respect to you, so well done!

A slight departure but a great bloke and a direct link to the previous posting

(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/LM07Raceday056.jpg)
As much as anything because this car was responsible for beginning my love affair with sports' car racing.

since i just used this in the picture association thread , might as well use it here too .....

(http://www.forix.com/8w/acheson/ka-day96.jpg)

Back to dirty cars  ;D

Quite iconic

(http://www.lynxmotors.co.uk/grafix/trans.jpg)

(http://www.landcrab.net/pictures/ken_green's_1800.jpg)

Another Great Briton

Yet another great brit.
(http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1964/Sebring-1964-03-21-059.jpg)

bloody brilliant. I wondered when someone would post that livery. I've been looking for one of Clark and Hill doing a three wheeler together. Anyone have one of these then please post

(http://irishcar.com/ICOimages/cortina1race.jpg)

like this?

thats the one ;D fantastic stuff.

Happily, my photography skills have come on a little since then, but just to prove I was there...
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/jcoultonpark.jpg)

 ;D Along with Bevan, McGovern et al ;D

Yup.  Afraid so...  Those were the days.. I've gone over all nostaligic.  Although the pics I took back then on my old Instamatic are awful, they're still some of my favourites.  Hang on to even the cr*p stuff you take when you're young, because you'll never forget.  Sad old bat or what? ::)

http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/races/bevan.html

Blimey - just think of the drag from the open quarter lights - could have been on 2 wheels otherwise!!!

 :o

another one for the Brooksy fans and one for Martini

 just had to get these two shockers out of my system......

How about 555 and muddy

Or muddy and Rootes (Sydney is a period replica)

Termie,
Like what you said about hanging on to the crappy, grainy, blurry old photos you took when you were a kid.  I've got stacks of photos I took with my cheap little Kodak Instamatic from Mid-Ohio Can-Am, F5000, and Trans-Am's, and Indy (when the Indianapolis 500 was a man's race).  I take one glance at those and it puts me right back in 1972 or '73.
Fax

Ain't that the truth.  Here's one I love - the great old Reggae..  So good to have been there.  Would love to see some of those old Can-Am shots some day.
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/raggae.jpg)

Fax,
You have to scan them and post a few. As termi has already said, photos from that era, and from the right side of the fence are worth many words.

Rosmary + Baby ('ies)

There was a fence? ;D  Amazing to think that between me and JC (first Lotus Cortina pic' I posted - taken at Oulton) there was just a rope - oh, and maybe the odd hay bale!

Too true.....

I will bore you with another from my collection!

The Iconic Otis Rondeau from 81 (the only ones I have from 80 are taken thru a fence!) taken on the the run up to the dunlop bridge before it was ruined by the chicane and you could feel the wind as the cars passed and smell the hot gasses.

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p2767310.html

Lovely, not boring at all.  And talking of "Classic Race Liveries" - here's one I have a real soft spot for
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/LMClassic04001lge1013.jpg)
It's not that nice really, but there's no mistaking what it is...

this topic has got me all misty eyed!!!
 just bought this old AUTOSPORT  on ebay from john watson's mum!
 july 18th 1985, 80 pence in those days,
every car  on the front cover a iconic one  :'(

Termie, Nordic,
I'll dig up some of the old Can-Am pics and scan them.  Have a nice one of Mark Donohue in the 917/30 at Mid-Ohio from 1973, also some good Shadow photos (loved the UOP Shadow's, was always taking shots of Jackie Oliver's car).
Another iconic livery?  Al Holbert's Lowenbrau Porsche 962.
Fax

Best livery, car and track for me has to be.... sums up the end of the era of developing and racing road going cars (albeit expensive ones...) before the pure prototypes came along (which ring the same bells but in a different way)

MG Mark

That part of the circuit (and the run down from the bridge to the esses) really was fantastic...

But not any more...  >:( :(

The pit straight's still okay and I enjoy Mulsanne corner and particularly Indianapolis at night, where we spent a good few hours this year. It retains the "old time" flavour and was enjoyabl;e enought for us to miss the CA poo bar gathering.

The rest of the official spectator areas are a crock of sh*t. Everyone else raved about the "new improved" Tertre Rouge and the viewing banking. Personally I thought it  far inferior to the old layout from a spectator point of view. Where am I going wrong compared to what everyone else can see?

I have to agree Andy, I really missed standing under the old Tetre Rouge pine trees and ducking through the old tunnel in the early hours for a beer et frites in the early hours this year.
 I also think the pit straight lost a bit of its magic when the tower at the pit exit went too. I even miss trying to buy fags from the surly Bastards in the so-called welcome whilst slightly worse for wear. I guess its called progress matey!

All the chat about this car brought on a little shopping.....
(http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q103/cooperlola/gallatieres0907015.jpg)

Debs I still think you owe it to yourself to get a Dauphine!

Sadly, Andy - thanks be to the lovely Mr Sarko - it seems that we who live here but aren't pensioners - are now going to have to have full private health cover, instead of paying into the French state health scheme.  So sadly, baby cars are the only ones I will be buying in the near future....  :'(

The Sun has been running a competition of favourite racing liveries.

See here
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/motors/article349614.ece

Needless to say, The Sun being The Sun, they had to have a little fun with the results and some some page 3 stunnahs!

http://www.page3.com/feature/racing/

I'm personally delighted that the Martini Porsche 917 won, and a close second was the Gulf GT40. Sun readers clearly have taste.