Thursday, October 28, 2021

1976 Porsche 935 TT Busch Burago 1:25











The Porsche 935 was a race car developed and manufactured by German automaker Porsche. Introduced in 1976 as the factory racing version of the 911 (930) Turbo and prepared for FIA-Group 5 rules, it was an evolution of the Carrera RSR 2.1 turbo prototype, the second place overall finisher in the 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Beginning with the 1977 season, Porsche offered the 935 to customers entering the World Championship for Makes, in the IMSA GT Championship and in the German Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft (DRM). The 935 went on to win the 1979 24 Hours of Le Mans overall, and other major endurance races, including Sebring, Daytona, and the 1,000 km Nürburgring. Of the 370 races it was entered, it won 123.[1]

Usually, no other make could challenge the 935, as other manufacturers did not supply customer cars as Porsche did. Each race, at the time, typically featured at least five 935s. The 935 used a 3.3L Type 935 twin-turbocharged flat-six engine which used a mechanical fuel injection system. All of the high performance components combined enabled the engine to have a power output up to 630 kW (845 hp; 857 PS), the engine often produced turbo lag at low RPM due to the large turbochargers. The dominance of the 935 ended with changes in the FIA rules which came into effect in 1982, replacing the six numbered groups with only three groups, namely A, B and C.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

1997 Land Rover Defender 110 Matchbox 1:64










After a continuous run of 67 years production finally ended on 29 January 2016, after a total of just over two million Land Rover Series and Defender models had been built. The two millionth unit was assembled with the help of a special team in May 2015, and charitably auctioned for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) Societies later that year. The last Land Rover Defender, rolled off the production line, with the number plate H166 HUE, a reference to the first ever pre-production Land Rover, registration 'HUE 166'.

A special edition Defender Works V8, with 400 bhp (298 kW), was announced in January 2018. Until 2020 the Defender was last sold in the US in 1997, after which safety regulations prohibited its sale in North America.

An all-new 2020 Land Rover Defender made its global debut in September 2019 and is initially offered with two wheelbase options. This new vehicle, which shares no components or technology with its predecessor, has an aluminium monococque body.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

1989 Ferrari 348 TB Burago 1:24












Las versiones TB y TS del 348 fueron presentadas en el Salón del Automóvil de Fráncfort de 1989. Fue el último proyecto realizado bajo la supervisión de Leonardo Fioravanti como jefe de diseño. Las líneas del 348 son más suaves que las de los modelos anteriores, el 308 y el 328, y el diseño lateral está inspirado en el del Testarossa.

La distancia entre ejes es mayor que la del 328 y la anchura entre ejes también, proporcionando al interior más espacio. La suspensión delantera y trasera es independiente, con brazos triangulares superpuestos, muelles, amortiguadores telescópicos y barras estabilizadoras. Los frenos de discos ventilados, son mucho mayores que los del 328, y tienen sistema antibloqueo. Volvió a utilizarse un motor V8 montado en posición central, pero más potente, con una cilindrada de 3405 cm³ (3,4 litros), acoplado a una caja de cambios transversal, de ahí la "T" de TS y TB. La nueva cilindrada dio origen a la designación 348 (34 - 3400 cc y 8 - 8 cilindros).

Una mayor relación de compresión y un sistema de inyección de combustible Bosch Motronic 2.5, ayudó a generar 300 CV (296 caballos; 221 kilovatios) de potencia, 30 CV (30 caballos; 22 kilovatios)-40 CV (39 caballos; 29 kilovatios) más que el Ferrari 328, mientras que un sistema de lubricación por cárter seco dio un nuevo centro de gravedad inferior.

Thursday, October 7, 2021

1999 Lincoln Town Car Stretch Limousine Kinsmart 1:38










De la escala mas rara que tengo y de las que menos es esta 1999 Lincoln Town Car Stretch Limousine de la marca KINSMART y en escala 1:38, no recuerdo de donde la tengo o por qué.