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hallj 09-15-2008 12:29 PM


Originally Posted by Black Tornado (Post 2395261)
steeb, it deals with the interesting project French of the former F1 driver Didier Pironi.
As interesting as ill-omened.
Was on board of this hull that during the Needles Trophy of the 1987 Pironi, Giroux and Guenard they found the death after a scary looping of the boat caused by the wrong affront of a wave of wake of an oil-tanker in the Channel.
Almost three months later the funereal boat was present to Key West drove by another Frenchman former F1 driver Jean Pierre Jarier to his first experience in a offshore competition.

If anyone is interested, The Pironi boat is now on display at the French museum (manoir de la automobile) in Loheac which is South of Rennes.

A short presentation- http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6l...de-loheac_auto

Jeff

DareDevil 09-15-2008 12:57 PM

WOW , they have alot of nice cars there.
Lancia delta intecrale bi turbo and renault alpine mach 1 .
But that boat is real nice . Looks like its ready to go and kick some a$$. :ernaehrung004:

Cool post, thanks.

hallj 09-15-2008 02:10 PM

Yes, they have quite a collection of group B rally cars from back in the day.
My jaw dropped when I saw that the roll cages were made out of aluminum!
They were left un-restored in the condition they were raced in. Oil dripping on the floor and everything. I like it:p

Jeff

h2oboater 09-15-2008 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by h2oboater (Post 2685974)
The twin engine Mr Zip was originally this Predator powerboat, [Magnum copy] it was also called Little Miss Dangerous. The hull was built by Jim Clem of Lancer, Aero , Predator, & Awesome powerboat Fame. She was owned and raced by Dan Humes from Michigan around 1987.

Found a few more pic's of this boat before she became Mr Zip.

kitten 09-16-2008 01:01 PM

way, way, cool !

I'm going to have to do some diggin'.:evilb:

kitten 10-23-2008 02:07 PM

ttt

:evilb:

employyedBYAJrob 11-08-2017 03:16 PM

:)

employyedBYAJrob 11-08-2017 03:31 PM

I was blessed to be a part of this team with Steve Curtis, AJ Roberts in 1985 and was wondering if anyone knows the whereabouts of Theo (head mechanic)? I know it has been over 30 yrs. but, you never know. I would love to reconnect if Theo is still out there.

Justin L A Idle 02-19-2022 04:50 PM

Very cool to see that.
 
Very cool. My dad worked for nationwide power and was on miss liberty! thanks



Originally Posted by MOBILEMERCMAN (Post 2404181)
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Miss Liberty spanked em. The next race they filled the back seat and did it again.


1983ScarabIII 02-25-2022 03:41 PM

Love this thread!


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