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Old May 6, 2020 | 07:06 AM
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Apologies if this video has been posted before.


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Old May 6, 2020 | 11:51 AM
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Thanks', always nice to see it again.
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That is Uber-Cool. I think that it had been posted here in the past but always worth a viewing.

Cool to see Zora talking with the drivers, and it looks like Dr. Thompson may have been driving the prototype SWC showed being assembled in the earlier parts of the video, given the unique color, and with the two-eared knock-offs. Note that the mechanic doesn't exactly go BFH on the knockoff spinners when the drivers come in after a hot drive - more of a test knock on.

Thanks for posting!

PS also neat to see classics racing at the classic tracks in the start of the video, like the karussell at the old nordshleife Nurburgring and the esses at Lemans with Jaguar D-types and old Ferraris.

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Had not seen this one before. Very cool.

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Great video, I had not seen it before either.
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A 1st for me too.
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