My list doesn't need pics, you should all know what they look like.
Ford GT40 (LeMans)
Ford Sierra Cosworth (Touring car)
Ford Escort Mk1/2 (Rally cars)
Ford <add pre 90's model here>
BMW E30/36 M3 (Touring cars)
MG Metro 6R4 (Rally car)
That's all I can think of right now. Gotta love ye olde Ford's.
Most of my favorites were already posted, but you guys forgot my Lancia Top3
Stratos
Delta
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Funny how some liveries seem to be made especifically for one car
And just to not post only Lancia/rally cars, there's also the BMW M1 (big picture so you gotta click).
And something more unknown, the little brazilian beauty Willys Interlagos:
just come in off nights so can't be bovered finding images so here goes
(in no particular order and picked for their looks as well as their mechanical merrits)
lotus 79 ( in martini colours)
lotus 72 (JPS colours)
lotus 49 (gold leaf)
porsche 917K ( gulf obviously)
porsche 935 ( not the moby dick ) ( martini )
porsche 956 ( not the 962, it just never looked as pure to my eyes)(rothmans or shell)
Lancia stratos ( alitalia or steve perez's vodka kick)
escort MK11 (tarmac arches ) (rothmans)
Audi Quatro sport (not the pike peak version ) (works colours)
Peugeot 205 T16 (non evolution ) (works colours )
Ford Rs 200 (works colours)
BMW e30 M3 (metalic back, saw one in this scheme in the brit touring series)
BMW M1 procar ( beautiful road car made better by arches and wing) (marlbro colours)
Dallara x1/9 (any colour )
ferrari 156
and for some unfathonable reason
Arrows A2 doodlebug (warnsteiner)
i've just realised that i've not picked a single Mclaren F1 car but until the late 90s they nevrer semed to flow as a design and by then we'd started the trend for more add ons vanes etc than the average citroen saxo which are also the reasons why iv'e not picked anyone elses f1 car since the early 80s also no tyrrels which surprised me as i used to support then as a kid in early 70s but looking at it the one i remember the most is the 007 which was just a tidied up lotus 72.
Ever since a younger kid whenever I think "racecar" I see this in my mind's eye. At the exact same angle too - probably because I was shorter at the time.
This was the Golden Age of F1 racing for me. Gritty, all-mechanical and very dangerous.
I still watch the movie 'Grand Prix' (1966) every now and then just to see the cars and the racing footage, although they actually used F3 cars dressed up to look like F1 cars for the movie. The footage used in the longer shots were extracts from real F1 races though.
Apparently, director John Frankenheimer refused to film the cars moving slowly, then speed the film up, so all the footage in this film is the real deal.
A genuine museum piece of the era.
For those who haven't seen it, here's a clip from the movie:
Just yesterday watched World Sportscar Championship review from 1988 and I think these Jags looked somehow amusing from the side, like some kind of flea. Mostly because of the covered rear tyres.
Never thought about studio shot, because it looks too clinical imho. I don't know.
Still the picture is so much darker and that colour looks better. Obviously they sticked with the authentic historic colour, but "modernized" version could have been cool too.