1968 ALFA ROMEO TIPO 33/2 ‘DAYTONA’

The 1968 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 ‘Daytona’ was created to race in highly competitive endurance events, the 2.2 litre Porsche 907 had been dominating these races and so Alfa Romeo decided to race a 2.0 litre model in the class just below the 907.

It was a clever strategic play by the Italians and it paid off in a big way, at the first race the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 took the win for the 2.0 litre class with drivers Udo Schütz and Nino Vaccarella taking turns behind the wheel at the 24 Hours of Daytona.

After the car’s victory at Daytona it became affectionately known as the ‘Daytona’ and made it’s way to Europe to race at the Targa Florio where it took second, then onto the Nürburgring 1000 km for another win, followed by yet another victory at the 1000km Monza.

A total of 28 Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2 Daytonas were built, this particular chassis (75033.029) won at Imola in 1968 . There’s no listed price estimate for the Alfa but it’s a safe bet that it’s significantly more than banks keep in the vault.

Check out the official listing here.

Photo Credits: Simon Clay ©2011 Courtesy of RM Auctions via SILODROME

Pure Motorcycles' Black Diamond

We're big fans of Pure Motorcycles at the Bike Shed, so while we wait for pics & info on their latest build, RedSun7 here's a few shots of Black Diamond.

Ferrari F50 looks spectacular doing drifts and burnouts in slow motion

Still looking great after almost 20 years

YouTube user TaxTheRich is at it again, this time with a slow-motion clip showcasing the Ferrari F50.

It was less than two weeks ago when we saw a Ferrari Enzo performing burnouts, drifts and power slides in a spectacular slow motion clip, and now we have a similar video with its predecessor, the F50.

The footage comes from the same people who took a Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II off-road and pushed the pedal to the metal of a rare Bugatti EB110 Super Sport. They also organized a tug of war between two F50s and decided to go on an off-road adventure with the Jaguar XJ220.

TH1RTE3N MOTOS

Dave from Th1rte3n Motos got his first bike when he was just nine – a Yamaha TY8o. From trials riding he moved into Motocross and in 1993 he got his first sports bike, a 1993 ZZR600 Kawasaki pocket rocket. Every year Dave upgraded his sportsbike, eventually building his own machines.

The first featured in a magazine was a GSXR 750 made from factory parts used on Jamie Whitham’s race bikes. In 2002 he built a GSXR1000 with 202bhp. It would fair to say Dave liked fast bikes.

From these hypersports bikes Dave moved into Streetfighters, then in 2007 he got into classics, but in 2010 Dave got caught up in the new cafe/tracker scenes and picked up an xs650 to work on, and it was good. Very good.

By trade Dave was a car dealer, but after building about 20 cafe racers and trackers he realised that this was a better future and TH1RTE3N MOTOS was born. (Dave was born on Friday 13th).

If you like what you see here, Th1rte3n Motos can either work on customer-owned bikes, or they can source you a bike to be built to your spec, or Dave has bikes you can buy complete… Hook up with Dave on theTHI1RTE3N MOTOS Facebook pages or get in touch by email.

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