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Modern Art: A Williams FW41 Engine Cover

This is an engine cover from one of the Williams FW41 Formula 1 cars from the 2018 season, it features the legendary Martini racing livery and it’s remarkably lightweight due to its carbon fiber construction.

The Williams FW41 was first raced at the 2018 Australian Grand Prix, the team’s drivers were Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin. The car was designed by Paddy Lowe and Dirk de Beer with power provided by the Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 liter turbocharged V6.

The 2018 wasn’t the most successful season for Williams, they claimed just three points finishes by the end of the year, notably less than the 2016 and 2017 seasons. Despite this the car was regarded by many to be one of the most beautiful on the grid, thanks in large part to the iconic Martini livery.

The Martini livery is one of the best-loved in motor racing history and it’s not hard to see why. It’s been applied to Formula 1 cars, Le Mans racers, and rally cars, and it looks equally at home on all of them.

The Williams team, officially called Williams Grand Prix Engineering, entered its first F1 race in 1977. It was founded by Frank Williams, a man who would go on to be one of the most memorable team owners in the sport’s history.

The FW41 engine cover is currently for sale via Halmo, the price is listed as “POA” or “Price on Application,” which in my experience means it’s well out of my price range.

If you’d like to read more about it or visit the listing you’ll find it here on Car & Classic.

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For Sale: An Ex-Works Nissan Patrol Repsol Paris-Dakar Rally Racer

This is an ex-works 1989 Nissan Patrol “Repsol” 4×4, it was prepared by the Nissan Spain Team to compete in events like the Paris-Dakar Rally, Baja 1000, Rallye des Pharaons, etc.

It’s currently being offered for sale out of Spain, it includes a 275 bhp engine, a reinforced chassis, uprated suspension, and lightweight composite body panels. The current asking price is £25,000 – which works out to approximately $30,600 USD.

Fast Facts – Ex-Works Nissan Patrol Repsol

The Nissan Patrol has a long and storied history in the world of rally raid racing, the Paris-Dakar in particular, a race it first entered as a works team in 1987 – winning the diesel class on its first attempt.
The Patrol had surprised many by winning the diesel class in Tunis Rally, Baja Aragón, and Raid Pharaons a year earlier in 1986. These races were supposed to be shakedown tests and no one actually expected they would win all three.
Some privateers had been preparing and racing Patrols off-road in the years prior including Andre Dessoude, who established Team Dessoude out of his Nissan dealership in Spain and raced in the Dakar in 1982.
The vehicle you see here the ex-works Nissan Patrol from 1989, it was professionally prepared for rally raid competition, and it’s now being offered for sale as a restoration project.

The Nissan Patrol

The first Nissan Patrol (4W60) was built in 1951, it was essentially a Japanese copy of the Willys Jeep (as was the first Toyota Land Cruiser), and it would remain in production until 1960.

Above Video: This short film gives a brief look back at the 1989 Paris-Dakar Rally, including footage of the cars and motorcycles that were competing.

The second generation Nissan Patrol was where the model line really found its feet and began to establish its own unique identity. Exports began to Australia followed by Canada, the United States, and many other world markets.

Known as the 60 Series, the second generation Patrol was offered in three wheelbase lengths, short, long, and super long, but there was only one engine choice – the tough 4.0 liter gasoline inline-six known as the “P engine” for “Patrol.”

It would be the 60 Series Patrols that really established the reputation that the model still enjoys today. The third generation Patrol arrived in 1980 offering significant upgrades in size, engine and body options, styling, and comfort.

Nissan are now producing the sixth generation Patrol, it’s a key competitor in many world markets for the Toyota Land Cruiser, and current special edition versions include the Patrol Desert Edition and the Patrol Nismo.

It’s clear that this Patrol will require a restoration before any racing is attempted, however with the newly formed Dakar Classic class it would make a highly competitive package.

The Ex-Works Nissan Patrol Repsol Shown Here

The Patrol you see here was built by the Nissan Spain Team for their international rally raid campaign, including the Paris-Dakar Rally, Baja 1000, Rallye des Pharaons, and more.

Spain and the Nissan Patrol have a long history together, the Japanese automaker opened a factory to build Patrols in Spain in the early 1980s, with the first one rolling off the production line in 1983.

This Patrol is equipped with a motorsport prepared 4.2 liter straight-six that is said to be good for 275 bhp when it’s running. The vehicle also has a special reinforced chassis, coil spring front suspension, KYB adjustable dampers with remote reservoirs, and lightweight composite body panels.

It’s now being offered for sale as a restoration project, given the rising popularity of classic four-wheel drives and the new Dakar Classic class that allows eligible vintage racers to compete in the modern Dakar, this Patrol could make an excellent project for the right person.

If you’d like to read more about it or enquire about making an offer you can visit the listing here on Car & Classic.

*Editor’s Note: Many of this images used in this article are lower-resolution that we would normally use on Silodrome. We made an exception here due to the special nature of this vehicle.

**Editor’s Note: The below images are not of the specific Patrol featured here, they’re images of very similar vehicles for reference.

Images courtesy of Car & Classic

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This Is A Rare “Greenwood Daytona” Corvette – The Street Shark

This is a 1982 Chevrolet Corvette that’s been fitted with a Greenwood Daytona bodykit, a rare and highly sought after modification developed by race-winning specialists John and Burt Greenwood.

The Daytona was the most extreme of the Greenwood Corvettes, the bodykit significantly widened and lengthened the original car. There was a strong focus on improving high-speed aerodynamics based on the years of racing experience of the Greenwood brothers.

Fast Facts – The Greenwood Daytona Corvette

The special line of Greenwood Corvettes was developed by John and Burt Greenwood, a pair of brothers, racing drivers, and race car constructors.
The father of the Greenwood brothers was a WWII fighter pilot, after the war he worked for the GM Tech Center.
Both his sons would follow in his automotive footsteps – the first car John built was a first tube frame kart with a 2.5 hp Briggs & Stratton engine with money with money he earned from his paper route.
As adults they would win a slew of races and championships in cars they modified themselves. In 1975 they started building custom road-legal Corvettes using the knowledge they had gained on the race tracks of North America.

The Corvette “Street Sharks”

The Greenwood Corvettes have been affectionately known as the “Street Sharks,” likely due to their wild styling.

Looking at the profile of the Greenwood Daytona, it’s not hard to see why it was nicknamed the “Street Shark” by some.

The model family consisted of five cars in total, all were built between 1975 and 1981, though many were built after this time using officially licensed bodykits manufactured by Eckler’s of Titusville, Florida.

The primary Greenwood Corvette models were the GT / Sebring GT, the Sportwagon, the Turbo GT, the Daytona, and the GTO.

The Eckler’s Can Am was closely inspired by the Greenwood Corvettes and it was built by Ralph Eckler who licensed the rights to make and sell the bodykits, so it’s often included as a Greenwood Corvette even though it technically isn’t.

Today the surviving Greenwood built Corvettes are highly collectible, one of them is even in the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The Corvettes that were given Greenwood bodykits made by Ralph Eckler are also highly desirable, and they tend to be notably less expensive.

The Greenwood Daytona Corvette

The Greenwood Daytona was the most extreme of all the Greenwood Corvettes, it’s characterized by an outlandish fiberglass body kit that includes a new nose section, hood, sides, and rear, with a large spoiler on the back for high-speed downforce.

This vehicle is fitted with a numbers-matching 350 cubic inch V8 with Crossfire fuel injection, mated to a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission.

The body panels of the Greenwood Daytona were manufactured using a Greenwood design by Ralph Eckler. They were originally tested on a 1980 Corvette that had been supplied by Tico & René Racing, the body was designed to be functional not just visual.

The lower nose reduced drag, the huge rear spoiler improved downforce, the air inlets in front of both rear wheels helped cool the rear brakes, and the vents above the front fenders helped suck out hot air from the wheel wells.

All of the Daytonas built by Greenwood were fitted with turbos, using a a Turbo International draw-through arrangement. Two of them received the Greenwood rear five-link suspension with coilover shock absorbers and the others kept the stock independent rear end.

Heavier anti-roll bars were added to all of the Daytonas, along with three piece BBS wheels, and Kevlar brake cooling fans.

When ordering your Greenwood Daytona new the cost could range from $37,000 to $53,000 USD, over triple the price of a standard Corvette. As a result just five were sold in total, with a small number being made later using the official bodykits from Eckler.

The interior remains original, the tops of the seats quickly fold down to place things into the rear trunk section – which is only accessible via the inside.

These Eckler cars typically didn’t have the turbocharged engines or tricked out rear suspension, though owners were known to apply various suspension, brake, and engine modifications of their own.

There has been some debate within the Corvette community about what to call the cars fitted with authentic Greenwood bodykits that weren’t built by Greenwood themselves, some believe they should be given the Greenwood title and some don’t.

The 1982 Greenwood Daytona Corvette Shown Here

The car you see here is one of the later Greenwood Daytona-bodied Corvettes built using the official Eckler bodykit from Florida. This is the same bodykit used on the cars built by the Greenwood brothers.

This Daytona is finished in blue, it’s fitted with BBS “basketweave” wheels, and it has matching gold “Greenwood Daytona” decals on the sides, with the black louvres on the rear, and of course, that signature rear spoiler.

The seller notes that this car benefits from a restoration by Masterworks Corvette Restoration and it’s showing 23,996 miles on the odometer. Power is provided by a numbers-matching 350 cubic inch V8 with Crossfire fuel injection, mated to a 700R4 4-speed automatic transmission.

It’s being sold out of Morgantown, Pennsylvania with bidding currently active, the Buy It Now price is $42,900 USD. If you’d like to read more or register to bid you can visit the listing here.

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For Sale: A Porsche Tractor Model 219 – $12,000+

This is a Porsche Diesel Model 219 tractor, it’s powered by a two-cylinder, air-cooled diesel engine that sends power to the rear wheels via a dual-range manual transmission. This tractor benefits from a recent restoration, and it’s finished in classic red with cream wheels.

Though not as famous as the tractors from Lamborghini, the Porsche Diesel line of tractors have long been respected for their excellent engineering, reliability, and ease of use. Funnily enough they’re also now the least expensive entry point into the world of air-cooled Porsches.

Fast Facts – The Porsche Diesel Tractor Model 219

Dr Ferdinand Porsche had designed and built a tractor prototype before the outbreak of WWII at the direction of Adolf Hitler – it was intended to be a people’s tractor in the same way that the VW Beetle was to be the people’s car.
The outbreak of the war stopped plans for production, and after the war only companies that were already manufacturing tractors before the conflict were allowed to resume, this meant Porsche’s only choice was to license their designs to other manufacturers.
Production of Porsche tractors began in earnest in 1949 with Allgaier Werkzeugbau GmbH manufacturing them under license, the company name was later changed to Porsche-Diesel Motorenbau GmbH.
Over 120,000 Porsche Diesel tractors were built in total, they remain popular with collectors for their unusual history, and of course for that famed Porsche heritage.

The Beetle And The Tractor

In the 1930s before the outbreak of WWII Adolf Hitler commissioned Dr Ferdinand Porsche, one of the country’s foremost automobile engineers, to develop both an inexpensive car for the people, and an inexpensive tractor for agriculture.

The Model 219 is powered by a twin-cylinder diesel engine, it’s air-cooled and each cylinder and cylinder head can be removed individually for maintenance.

These two vehicles went on to become the VW Beetle and the Porsche Diesel tractor. They would far outlive the brutal regime of the man who commissioned them, and they’ve both been able to largely shake off the darkness of their early history to become much loved icons in their own right.

Porsche tractors were produced up until 1963 when newer designs took over, by this time over 120,000 are said to have been produced and the many surviving examples often now occupy pride of place in private collections – some even remain in use on hobby farms.

The Model 219 Tractor

The Model 219 tractor was somewhere in the mid-range of the Porsche Diesel fleet, it was powered by a simple air-cooled, two-cylinder diesel engine producing 25 bhp, with power sent back through a fluid coupling to a dual-range manual transmission.

All of the production tractors designed by Dr Ferdinand Porsche had a fluid coupling in place of a normal clutch, it’s been said that he didn’t trust farmers to use the clutch properly without damaging the transmission, however it can be hard to know how much truth there is to the tale.

As you would expect for any tractor, the Porsche Diesel Model 219 had a power takeoff allowing it to run various pieces of equipment around the farm when needed.

This Porsche tractor has a few modern additions, like blinkers, it also has a tow bar and an additional seat behind the driver for a passenger.

The engine was designed to be as easy to work on as possible, each cylinder and head can be removed individually when maintenance is required, and the reliance on air-cooling did away with the need for a liquid coolant system including all of its hoses, coolant pump, and radiator.

The Model 219 does have a simple electric system including an electric starter, a horn, headlights, blinkers, and brake lights. The example you see here is also fitted with an extra seat in the rear that can accommodate a passenger, and it has a tow ball.

The listing explains that this Porsche tractor has been extensively restored and that it benefits from the fitment of new tires – you’ll know that last item is no small deal if you’ve ever had to pay for a fresh set of tractor tires.

This Model 219 is now due to roll across the auction block with Bonhams at the Goodwood Festival of Speed on the 24th of June. The price guide is £10,000 – £15,000 which works out to approximately $12,000 – $18,000 USD.

If you’d like to read more about this tractor of register to bid you can visit the listing here.