Marussia cars up for sale
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Just spotted that some of the older Marussia cars are up for sale.
http://www.johnpye.co.uk/quartet-world-championshi...
Found it a bit odd that on the number 22 car of Jules. have ruined it by sticking there logo all over it.
http://www.johnpye.co.uk/quartet-world-championshi...
Found it a bit odd that on the number 22 car of Jules. have ruined it by sticking there logo all over it.
Edited by Jordan210 on Friday 15th January 13:01
Yeah,within the brochure it says the original engines have been removed and 'partial replicas' been put in in their place. What is a partial replica? Also why do they remove the engines? is it because they are very valuable on their own, and pointless without all the associated paraphernalia to get them started, or is it to do with intellectual property and technology getting into the wrong hands etc etc?
MagicalTrevor said:
Engines are normally leased to the teams so don't often come with the cars these days. You'd have to source a Judd V8 or something like that and then fit it.
You'd have more chance of going to Mars than fitting a N/A engine to fit in one of them let alone a Judd V8 which is a big engine compared to the V8s of recent times. Then you have the gearbox etc etc etc.Edited by Thundersports on Monday 18th January 23:46
Thundersports said:
MagicalTrevor said:
Engines are normally leased to the teams so don't often come with the cars these days. You'd have to source a Judd V8 or something like that and then fit it.
You'd have more chance of going to Mars than fitting a N/A engine to fit in one of them let alone a Judd V8 which is a big engine compared to the V8s of recent times. Then you have the gearbox etc etc etc.Edited by Thundersports on Monday 18th January 23:46
You would have to be very wealthy to keep an modern ex F1 car running.
Theres a reason 20 plus people all stand around with laptops and NASA level tech in the pits.
I doubt theres many F1 cars since the mid 70s that you could strap an NA engine too and push it down the pit lane to start it.
The gearbox alone will be over a £100k and they are not exactly reliable!
Most will end up as displays in offices and airport lounges,unless they have any decent racing history-in which case a museum is the likely destination.
Theres a reason 20 plus people all stand around with laptops and NASA level tech in the pits.
I doubt theres many F1 cars since the mid 70s that you could strap an NA engine too and push it down the pit lane to start it.
The gearbox alone will be over a £100k and they are not exactly reliable!
Most will end up as displays in offices and airport lounges,unless they have any decent racing history-in which case a museum is the likely destination.
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