"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
06/21/2019 at 03:07 • Filed to: Donald Campbell, Blue
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"Goggles Pizzano" (gogglespizzano)
06/21/2019 at 03:07 • Filed to: Donald Campbell, Blue | 2
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> Goggles Pizzano
06/21/2019 at 03:56 |
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This right here is the first car Campbell owned that he named Bluebird. It’s a 1906 Darracq Grand Prix car. Oddly enough, it’s F rench racing blue.
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Goggles Pizzano
> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
06/21/2019 at 04:05 |
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> Goggles Pizzano
06/21/2019 at 07:37 |
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> Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
06/21/2019 at 08:38 |
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The size ratio between the driver and the car makes me think that’ s an M8 he’s driving.
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Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen
> Thomas Donohue
06/21/2019 at 20:40 |
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It’s a big-ass car in person - the radiator comes up to mid chest height. Big-ass engine too: 14 liter 100hp 4cyl.
The contrast is enhanced by the fact that the driver is s little old lady. Anne Thompson, 64 when I took this photo and about 5’3”. She drives it like she stole it, too. Manual everything, bicycle tires, rear wheel braking only, and she got up Rod Millen’s drive at about 2/3 of the pace of his Pikes Peak winning Toyota