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24/08/2010 3:58 pm
Spark 1981 Porsche 935J Vegla Team Le Mans
Yep, I got one more for my 1981 LM collection. This is the 10th place (3rd in Group 5 class) car of the Vegla Racing Team. Spark made the car as it appeared in the race. If you look carefully, you can see that the gold BBS wheels seen in the pits in the morning prior to the afternoon race start (my pic on lower right) were replaced by white doggie-dish types at the race start. One other difference: in the race an AMR sticker is present on the front body sides just ahead of the doors. But in the pits no sticker - I wonder of the late Andre Marie went through the pits just before the start slapping them on?
My pics show the blue to be a somewhat darker hue, but it may just be my camera and film. My '81 LM book shows the car and model to be much closer in color.
24/08/2010 10:08 pm
This looks to be a beautifully-done racing Porsche, Harvey. Given the small changes on this real car even during one day, there clearly could be a number of "correct" looks for this one. No matter ..... it's a real looker in any form !
24/08/2010 11:08 pm
Harvey, that's Spark at its best.
I stand to be corrected, but the Spark model shows the car still riding on BBS wheels, but with additional aerodynamic covers added that I think were also supplied by BBS.
Please put me right if I've got this wrong!
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25/08/2010 3:13 pm
I don't know for syure but you may be right Paul
I know some of the 935s (like the Apple car) had the aero wheels with BBS spoke patterns painted on.