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Re: Racing posters
In Response To: Racing posters ()

Vintage racing posters are among my favorite types of automotive memorabilia. Until recently, I had nowhere to hang any either but I've made room in my home office for a couple -- eventually.

This is one of my favorites, primarily because my first car was a 1973 Porsche 914.
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And this one because I've always loved Martini livery colors (with Gulf being close behind).

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Awesome collection!

: A while ago I posted pictures of some of my posters:

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: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?md=read;id=50513

: And some more in my reply to that thread:

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: http://www.chronocentric.com/forums/heuer/index.cgi?md=read;id=50525

: Not so long ago I had a go at photographing some of my poster
: collection, I managed to get a lot of them but most of the
: Porsche posters are still in tubes:

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: http://s649.photobucket.com/albums/uu215/foxsimon25/Posters/Posters%20from%20storage/

: My favourite being an original Land Speed Record poster. These
: things are unbelievably rare, I've not seen another old one
: outside of museums:

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: I was missing an original Sebring painting though, one from the
: 1999 race, the original watercolour used for the actual race
: poster. It was really bugging me for a while but not being able
: to find it I assumed it had been lost or was living in a barn I
: rent. I found it tonight, along with two more I forgot about.
: All by Simon Ward, they're from 1998, 1999 and 2000. I
: particularly like the 1999 painting with the Ferrari 333SP at
: the front. I've been going to Le Mans since 1995 and remember
: all these sports cars. The Panoz GT1 coupes from the late 1990s
: were fantastic, they really did make the ground shake as they
: went past. The 333SP was the last Ferrari prototype and it was
: never really developed, I don't think the factory was involved
: in it. Note the Mercedes CLK GTR in the background, I don't
: believe it raced in 1999, the CLR appeared at Le Mans and
: famously flipped three times. So here's what I have, all going
: into frames with conservation glass:

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: and the poster:

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: This one doesn't match the program (picture below), I can't find a
: picture of the actual race poster, I wonder if it was used on
: that or was an alternative version?

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: I thought you might like to see them, I suspect there are some car
: enthusiasts here. One day I'm hoping to have a four-car garage
: with walls big enough to display a load of the posters. Until
: then most are living in the attic with some dotted round the
: house.

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