Portland Historics - from the paddock Pt II

And here we go some more! I don't know how many "parts" there will be, but with all these pics I have to share. This post will do it for the Portland Historics. There's more pics I haven't shared, so if you see a car you like let me know.

Sports racer

Naturally-aspirated, 2-rotor, Mazda Prototype cars. These two are pre-767/787 and originally ran on BFG street tires!

Tyrrell Ford F1!

Sports Racer

'65 Corvette Roadster

Acura Spice GTP

The 'infamous' Porsche 962. The owner/driver of this car found a loophole in SCCA rules and Club Races this monster!

Another 962.

Unidentified GTP car

Engine from unidentified GTP car. SBC w/mechanical fuel injection

Lotus?

Real McLaren CanAm car.

Formula car.

There were a lot of show cars too! Lotus Exige S/C in Gulf Oil colors...

A BMW M1. How long has it been since you've seen one of those?

This Camaro was wicked! If you look close you'll see the tubular suspension, coilovers, modern disc brakes, and fat sway bars. It also had a fully ducted nose with an oil cooler and brake hoses. It was a 4-Speed (or more) too.

Datsun 240Z done right!

Jaguar XKE

That engine is a work of art.

Vintage SAAB Rally Car! This car is still actively rallied all over the Northwest along with it's sibling in the background.

SAAB Sonnet Rally Car!

This RX-2 was sooooo pretty!

Ferrari 308 GTB4

These Ferrari's look so nice from the rear 3/4.

Ferrari Dino.

2004 Corvette Z06 Anniversary Edition.

FFR Replica Cobra Daytona Coupe.

1969 AMC AMX. I come from an AMC family and have a 401/5-Speed waiting in the garage for something to put it in.

There's an AMC 390 for you. All AMC V8's share identical outside dimensions.

Classic Hurst 4-Speed in the 69 AMX interior.

Being Italian I'm also a Ferrari fan (sorry Porsche Club guys!). 360 Modena.

The Ferrari V8.

As a Crown Vic owner I also have to like the Marauder. Who doesn't love the look?

The Mazda Prototype again.

Somewhere in there is a rotary engine...

Find it yet?

More shots of the Tyrrell. This one was driven by Sir Jackie Stewart back in the day.

Ford DOHC V8.

This '65 Corvette B/P racer had the look.

Dig the straight-spoke Torque-Thrust wheels and the side-exit exhaust.

Well, that does it for Portland Historic pictures. I do have a few videos, but don't hold your breath! I'll see what I can do.

Portland Historics - from the paddock

Here's the promised post of Portland Historic Paddock pictures. Bear with me as I'm not sure what a lot of these cars are, but some friends are helping me identify them. The blog software has been going nuts with all of these pics, so this is only Part 1. Here we go:

Lotus Elan

Porsche 914

TVR?

Unknown, but highly polished!

Even the engine was beautiful!

Couldn't help myself, I thought this scooter was cool as all get-out.

MG

Alfa Romeo

Lotus Formula car

Sports Racer. Lola maybe?

Some sort of BMW (Bavaria?) with cool headlights and a Grand Sport stripe.

Formula car

Another Formula car.

Lola Sports Racer

Can-Am Frisbee engine (SBC)

There were some nice street cars in attendance as well. This 911 was clean!

But the Martini racing version was better.

This is a real Talbot-Lago. It sounded glorious and the driver was not afraid to get on it!

This is the real 1970 Ferrari 512 as driven by the North American Racing Team, including the man that brought Ferrari into the US, Louis Chinetti.

The only view other drivers got!

I think this is a Lotus XI.

Shelby GT-350R B/P

GT-40, but I'm pretty sure it was a replica.

63 Split-Window Corvette racer.

Part 2 is on it's on way next.