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F1 News & Discussions => F1 History => Topic started by: Jericoke on April 18, 2017, 08:10:24 PM

Title: The Double Decker, The Batmobile, The Black Widow, and more...
Post by: Jericoke on April 18, 2017, 08:10:24 PM

BBC has a story with artwork from Helge Jepsen about classic race cars with nicknames, like the McLaren M7A - "Double Decker"

(https://ichef-1.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/A2D1/production/_95618614_9783832769277_4.jpg)

I'm sure some will recognize more than I do

http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-39581397 (http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-39581397)

Title: Re: The Double Decker, The Batmobile, The Black Widow, and more...
Post by: lkjohnson1950 on April 18, 2017, 10:07:24 PM

Got to see an M8D run in anger at Riverside. Very loud, very fast, part of a Golden Age of Racing for me.

Title: Re: The Double Decker, The Batmobile, The Black Widow, and more...
Post by: Dare on April 19, 2017, 12:45:44 PM

I remember about half of them

Title: Re: The Double Decker, The Batmobile, The Black Widow, and more...
Post by: cosworth151 on April 19, 2017, 01:04:05 PM

Looks like it would be a good read. Thanks, Jeri!

One thing: I don't recall ever hearing the Batmobile name applied to the M8D. It was used as the name for the BMW 3.0CSL.

Title: Re: The Double Decker, The Batmobile, The Black Widow, and more...
Post by: Steve A. on May 24, 2017, 05:29:32 PM

Great pictures, old enough to remember a lot of them. Didn't the Mclaren get banned from racing as the wings kept coming off?.