Friday, October 12, 2012

Alfa Romeo 8C2300 Replica (Jay Leno Garage)

This is a long video--30 minutes--but well worth the time if you have it.  Around the 15-minute mark, Leno takes the car on the road: glorious noise from the straight-8 exhaust, the blower drive, the straight-cut gears, and double-clutching the  gearbox.

I love these 1920's-1930's sports racing and GP cars, before the avalanche of Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union technology from the mid-'30's on.  They are so mechanical.  They reek of car-ness.  Leno says its a perfectly good street car.  But you can see that it takes effort and will to drive an 8C2300.

http://www.jaylenosgarage.com/cars/alfa-romeo/1932-alfa-romeo-monza-replica/index.shtml#item=189661

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