Bill Thomas Cheetah:
Lancia Stratos:
Bill Thomas Cheetah:
Lancia Stratos:
stuart in mn said:Dan Gurney's AAR Eagle F1 car. I wouldn't fit in most F1 cars but he was 6'4" so there should be plenty of room. I would like to drive a GT40, but I sat in what was supposed to be an accurate replica once and my head was hard against the roof.
I imagine that driving pre-aero Formula 1 cars would be wild at any speed.
In reply to Colin Wood :
I would be satisfied with just pootling it around the paddock.
There's a guy on YouTube named Ben Beames who built a convincing-looking replica of a Lotus 38 that he uses for autocross (he's also built a GT40 and a Can-Am car). That's probably a more realistic way to go than hoping to get a ride in some priceless icon.
I mean there are race cars that I love but I don't have any thoughts of having the driving skill to use a tenth of the potential so I wonder how fun they would be (for example Mazda 787, Lotus 97T, Group B cars for example). Plus at 6'2" 220lbs a lot of others I wouldn't fit.
So my picks.
Fiat Abarth 1000 Berlina Corsa
MG K3 Magnette
Group 44 Triumph TR8
A well prepped Jaguar MKII
Jaguar D-Type
Porsche 934 The ultimate widow-maker. The 935 gets all the attention and glory and was faster but as a fully-developed tube-frame car it doesn't suffer the shortcomings of the 934. The 934 was not real far from stock, with a huge turbo, plenty of power but huuuge turbo lag and, frankly, terrible weight distribution. It is, I feel, the ultimate test of driving ability and while I'm not Hans Stuck I'd love to measure myself up against it.
Mclaren M6-A 525 HP from 5.9 liters of SBC, only 1,375 pounds and no downforce, just the driver's ability to sort it out. Fast enough to win the 1967 Can-Am championship. 2.6 pounds per horsepower. I'm entranced. Would I be able to keep my foot all the down? Let's find out!
Porsche 906 I love early prototypes, and the 906 is sorta the prototype of them all, establishing the formula until monocoques were developed. Fiberglass coupe body over a spaceframe chassis and one of the greatest engines in endurance racing, indeed, in all racing, Porsche's flat-6. 1,300 pounds and 220 HP at 8,800 RPM! 162 MPH from only 2.0 liters, and that sound! The "batmobile" looks and Fuchs wheels are icing on the cake!
1957 Jaguar D-type Long-Nose 3.8 liters of that venerable and venerated inline-6. Three-time Lemans winner. 172 MPH: how did the drivers fight lift on their helmets? But just look at it in all its' gorgeousness! I want to wring that out to redline in every gear!
F40 LM I'll just leave a picture here; what other reasoning is necessary? But a Ferrari developed to race in North America rather than Europe makes it even more cool.
DWNSHFT said:1957 Jaguar D-type Long-Nose 3.8 liters of that venerable and venerated inline-6. Three-time Lemans winner. 172 MPH: how did the drivers fight lift on their helmets? But just look at it in all its' gorgeousness! I want to wring that out to redline in every gear!
I forget who it was, but I read once about a British automotive journalist who had a D-type to test. He gave his young son a ride in it, and as they were blasting down some road his son said, "Daddy, it makes my willy tingle!"
Maybe not wild by everyone’s definition, but something from here, please.
Any Group B rally car, but this iconic one would do.
In reply to J.A. Ackley :
I would absolutely launch one straight into the trees, into a ravine or both at the same time.
Mugglesworth said:In reply to j_tso :
what about the 909 bergspyder which weighed 384 kg (847 lb), to save the weight of a fuel pump it had a pressurized titanium ball as a gas tank
Definitely more extreme but I'd like extreme to last more than 90 seconds or however long a hill climb is.
Couldn't pick one, but 12 cylinder prototypes were brought to mind with this thread.
Matra MS670
Ferrari 312PB
Nissan R382
Auto Union type c/d
Alfa romeo 158/159
Mazda 787B
Realtime Integra type-r
Mclaren mp4-20
GRM could probably hook me up with one of those....
In reply to DWNSHFT :
I've driven a 934 around Spring Mountain and they are not as tricky as you think. They are unbelievably crude but it's purely a case of planning; also all of the controls appear to be unnecessarily heavy.
In reply to J.A. Ackley :
I had a chance to drive an early Group B Quattro in tarmac trim. My biggest takeaway was "man those drivers must have been exhausted at the end of the day".
It was crude and really fun.
In reply to buzzboy :
Stadium Super Trucks hell yes. Those races look like a nearly-illegal amount of fun.
- Bill C
As a historical note, the Cummins Diesel was the first turbocharged race car to run in the Indy 500.
- Bill C
BillCuttitta said:In reply to buzzboy :
Stadium Super Trucks hell yes. Those races look like a nearly-illegal amount of fun.
- Bill C
I used to rallycross with someone who had an older relative who did those.
Had to stop because he would pee blood after every race, his kidneys were getting so pummeled 
Pete. (l33t FS) said:Had to stop because he would pee blood after every race, his kidneys were getting so pummeled
Well, I'm pretty much a chicken E36 M3 and even though I'm no longer blind with no depth perception what with my brand new eyes, I still have super slow reflexes. I would love to have a ride in several cars not including my 8 wheeled wonders dream cars.
Cars with 3 pedals and greasy tires and when men where men. And although I turned down a ride in an acrobatic sport plane years ago, I would go for a ride in a F-106 Delta Dart if I had the chance.
Lotus 49
Chaparral Can Am any model
Penske PC-16 or 17, I idolized Rick Mears from his off road days through the rest of his career
dirt midget
I’d love to drive my old off road racer again. I fit perfectly in that car and can still feel all of its feel to this day
Mugglesworth said:In reply to wearymicrobe :
the 917/30 is the can-am roadster isnt it?
It is. I got to help start one and hold the chocks at a vintage race and that and sitting in an original 550 spyder was what made me really like Porsche.
They were crazy contraptions and just so reliable for the power. I have never seen one run in qualifying trim before. I have neither the skill nor the bravery to actually drive one even on an open track with no traffic but they just call to me. I will be building a 917 rcr street replica as my retirement present if the world does not go to E36 M3 and my health holds.
I'm not so sure I'd want to drive much of anything beyond the odds and ends I've driven ( 914 / Zink Z-10 Formula Ford / full sized GM on Asphalt oval and soon to be slow rear engine dragster )
Sometimes basic and simple is best Vs over bearing and too much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNudREeVTws
On track with a Formula Ford 1600 | How to Drive – Episode 5
Motor Sport
Something about the Panoz Esperante GTR-1 has always called to me. I wouldn't mind owning one of the lesser Esperante race cars just to fall under the halo of this thing.
I also would like to drive one of the old Le Mans racers from the Ford v Ferrari era.
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