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Old 14 Jul 2012, 09:37 (Ref:3106285)   #285
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Originally Posted by midgetman View Post
I absolutely love these 70s and 80s cars, so much more relevant to me than the fifties and sixties stuff which frankly leaves me cold. I think that's why Goodwood Revival doesn't excite me. About time the FIA moved the "Historic" cut off forwards. More, please, more!
it depends when you started watching racing, I think. To me, the 50s were the very apogee of racing, as the cars were recognisable as exotic versions of what you could buy in the showroom .(And even actually buy, in the case of the C/D-Types and DBR3S).

The 70s onwards brought hideous sponsors colour schemes, and the death of the gentleman driver. Each to his own, I suppose.

(P.S. That photo of a 908 - it's a 906).
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