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It was the "Ferry Christmas Bicylinder", with a 2 speed air cooled engine and it was a Scale version (a miniature replica) of the Austro Daimler Model �Prince Henry�.
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Because the guy that invented that had infantile paralysis and couldn't use his right arm.
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It was the "Ferry Christmas Bicylinder", with a 2 speed air cooled engine and it was a Scale version (a miniature replica) of the Austro Daimler Model �Prince Henry�.
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An old 24 hrs. of LeMans thing. In the old days, drivers ran to their car at the start of the race. So the theory was, if the starter is on the left side of the wheel, the driver could save a micro second by getting the car started that much guicker.
I've got a ??. What year did LeMans stop this type of start. No prize, I really don't know.
BTW Dutchie gets the prize as his answer is more specifically correct.
I would imagine they stopped that practice because of safety issues.
Can you imagine that type of start today? I think it would be anti-climactic. The drivers run to their cars and then 2 to 3 minutes later they start to drive off because they have to get the seat harness connected, the Hans device connected, the water tube connected, etc, etc.
We tried this at our vintage club a few years ago. To say it was a disaster waiting to happen would be an understatement. One car wouldn't start so the team was pushing it while cars zoomed by on both sides. One Americam V8 put down a lot of rubber while almost sliding into his neighbor. Sufice to say we won't be doing this again!
Problem solved.
A new Porsche quiz (a little harder, but also easy):
What was the gift that Ferry Porsche received from is father Ferdinand in the Christmas day back in 1920?
Ok. we have a winner. Not the full answer but that's ok.
It was the "Ferry Christmas Bicylinder", with a 2 speed air cooled engine and it was a Scale version (a miniature replica) of the Austro Daimler Model �Prince Henry�.
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I've known the reasoning behind it's current location, and I put about 12 seconds of thought into this whole thing, and have come to a ground-breaking conclusion.
I think the left-side ignition switch actually makes it SLOWER to get in and start the car.
I have to switch the keys to my left hand after opening my door. I don't want to scratch the car so I keep my keys in the right hand while opening it with the left. It would too be awkward to open it with my right hand.
Holy crap - that is one of the coolest pictures I've seen posted in a LONG time!
Thanks for sharing it with us.. gonna copy it to my personal collection.
If you have any more like this, please post em up.
Yeah
O.k., everyone needs to post up their old school racing pictures in this thread. It's not really a hijack as long as they are related to the thread subject.
