Back To The 60's

[rodders47 2]

white wall tyres on an F1 car ?

Brings back old memories when you could buy a white side wall that was fitted between the rim and the tyre. Looked great :-)

[aussief1 4]

Also rumours are that Bridgestone are looking at using a reflective white paint for the night race in Singapore.

[DOF_power 0]

The things that are missing from the 60s are:

- slipstream (overtaking) superfast tracks like the old Monza (with the banking), old Silverstone, Reims, old Spa

- technical innovation

- tire war

What's not missing is cars witch were cars that were :

- underpowered (particularly the 1.5s),

- unsafe,

- unreliable,

- slow(er than the Group 6 and 7 sport-prototypes)

- that looked like squashed male reproductive organs (at least they weren't as "bad" as the 1950s italian GP cars ).

See what I mean:

[Kopite Girl 0]

The best car without a shadow of a doubt from the 1960's was indeed the legendary and great Jim Clark's Lotus 49.

I proudly sport a Jim Clark t-shirt as I type. Just some useless info really for you there.

[DOF_power 0]

I like the ground effects and active rides.

[dribbler 6]

Being able to f*ck without a condom and not worry about dying must have been good too.

[Quiet One 15]

Being able to f*ck without a condom and not worry about dying must have been good too.

Being able to f*ck at all must be good. At least, from what I heard.

Am I saying this out loud?

[aussief1 4]

Being able to f*ck without a condom and not worry about dying must have been good too.

[rodders47 2]

gotta laugh at you guys, but hey thats how it was in the good old 60's and hell we even drove after a few beers, no bloody breath testers on the roads, and well no bloody radar guns either :-)

[monza gorilla 1]

Driving after a few beers. Now there's a sensible thing.

[Boily 0]

Ahhhhh the good ole days , not having to wear a condom while driving drunk and speeding , dman dems was da good ole days !!!!!1

On a side note being born in 1956 my time during the 60's were fun but , the 70's OMFG what a great decade !!1

[dribbler 6]

Driving after a few beers. Now there's a sensible thing.

Don't be so hard. You would have driven home too if you were too p!ssed to walk.

[monza gorilla 1]

I did. Once. Scared myself sh!tless. Or was that because I was driving a FIAT 127?

[Piotr 0]

Being able to f*ck at all must be good. At least, from what I heard.

Am I saying this out loud?

All of us married guys just did this :

[AleHop 0]

The thread's name is back to the 60's but it's kind of Back to the Future.

[Argento Reloaded 1]

white wall tyres on an F1 car ?

Brings back old memories when you could buy a white side wall that was fitted between the rim and the tyre. Looked great :-)

You were watching Disney-Pixar

[dribbler 6]

I did. Once. Scared myself sh!tless. Or was that because I was driving a FIAT 127?

I guess you couldn't drive a 127 unless you had a pint* to calm the nerves, make sense.

*of vodka.

[rodders47 2]

"Maybe bridgestone could try some square tyres"[/

well they dont from the factory but some goof head drivers make em square at times :-)

[mikathegreat2 2]

The Cooper Climax cars were dominant in the early 60's with their rear engined layout before everyone copied it & the Lotus 25 was savage giving Graham Hill tonnes of victories & it was in the late 60's that Jackie Stewart began his WDC title chase!

[DOF_power 0]

The Coopers were dominant in 59 and 60, then Ferrari (with the Sharknose) in 61. It was Jim Clark that won a lot in the Lotus 25, Hill was at BRM.

[mikathegreat2 2]

The Coopers were dominant in 59 and 60, then Ferrari (with the Sharknose) in 61. It was Jim Clark that won a lot in the Lotus 25, Hill was at BRM.

Was that when BRM had the complex H16 engine? Jackie Stewart said in a book I read that it was awful, unreliable & overweight!

[DOF_power 0]

Yep it was BRM.

[DOF_power 0]

This is the Cooper T53:

the exterminator of the front engined cars.

[mikathegreat2 2]