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with Le Mans just around the corner, I thought I'd post the GM Getting to le mans 2006 vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPcBmEuUEnA&mod...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPcBmEuUEnA&mod...
C5RagTop said:
Excellent - thank Brett. Didn't seem to be many spares loaded up, but then these are Corvettes.............
Last year they shipped something like 45 boxes (dunno how big a box is) which include 8 race engines, 8 transmissions / gear boxes and huge quantites of American wholesome food and drink as they don't trust them Frenchie's muck for the 2 plus weeks that the team will be in France!I know they ship in Mountain Dew the drink of choice for a Corvette Racing mechanic
Thay doesn't include the two trucks trailers shipped from the USA containing the cars etc.
Edited by vetteheadracer on Tuesday 29th May 17:33
And they looked damn fine in the process.
They've installed what looks like the air-con in the boot space with a big cut away where the number plate should be for a fan.
The first four cars out in the afternoon session were vettes and you could hear them along the Mulsanne while standing on the Arnage corner.
They've installed what looks like the air-con in the boot space with a big cut away where the number plate should be for a fan.
The first four cars out in the afternoon session were vettes and you could hear them along the Mulsanne while standing on the Arnage corner.
woof said:
I'm thinking about doing Le Mans this year (first timer)
So what's the deal - take a tent? how does parking work ?
advise !
The first thing you take is a Corvette.............So what's the deal - take a tent? how does parking work ?
advise !
I prepared a pack a couple of days ago for a guy in the US who was coming for the first time. It has all the info on parking etc with maps, booking forms and suggested things to do. Let me have your email and I'll be glad send it to you as well.
woof said:
I'm thinking about doing Le Mans this year (first timer)
So what's the deal - take a tent? how does parking work ?
advise !
A tent, a camping pass, a ferry crossing and some sunblock - forgot mine for the test day and now peeling badly!So what's the deal - take a tent? how does parking work ?
advise !
There's a whole Le Mans thread further up the Gassing forums with helpful info and for sale stuff - such as the important camping passes
C5RagTop said:
The first thing you take is a Corvette.............
So very very true!At 01:45 this morning my hopes of making a 3rd appearance in the Pace car were up in plumes of steam sat on the M62 hard shoulder. A few hours later and the cars been dropped off at Nick Rydens, parts ordered tomorrow and hopefully back on the road by Tuesday. Fingers crossed!!
Going to Le Mans in anything but the Vette just wouldn't have been Le Mans.
Vette_1978 said:
vetteheadracer said:
I'm taking my Exige 
Poor show! Just so that you remember, the Corvettes are the Y E L L O W cars, not the green ones with multi-coloured fly catching mouths.I also cannot afford for the car to breakdwon in France again as I don't have any time to collect it between Le Mans and the Furball. The car is really just too fast for road use too unless I want to spend a lot of time in a French jail.......having said all of this I am still torn between the vette and the Exige as to which I want to take.
What do you want a speedo for? 
You've got a rev counter haven't you?
Or you could plug in a sat nav which would give you your speed.
Do the French people wave as much at a Lotus
as they do at a Vette? 
100 miles between fill ups is, I agree, a little irritating - but think of the pleasure you will give to all those lesser mortals on the garage forecourts....
You've got a rev counter haven't you?Or you could plug in a sat nav which would give you your speed.
Do the French people wave as much at a Lotus
as they do at a Vette? 100 miles between fill ups is, I agree, a little irritating - but think of the pleasure you will give to all those lesser mortals on the garage forecourts....
Rob LM said:
Just a randome Le Mans thought - anyone ever seen the C6.R skull bumper stickers on sale anywhere?
I have a set on my vette www.badboyvette.com sell them details here: http://www.globalwebcart.com/bbvstuff/item.asp?n=b...
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