Purdy Car, Purdy Picture

BRM P 139, Pedro Rodriguez, Station (now Lowe's) Hairpin, Monaco Grand Prix, 1968

There's no point to this post, other than beauty.  I love these "cigar cars," as my non-buff sister (and now I) call them.  The cars designed in the early years of the 3-liter formula, starting in 1966, were the best-looking Formula 1 cars ever done, in my opinion.  In pictures like this, they also look like they were huge fun to drive.  They did not last for long.  400 horsepower with low drag in a 1600-lb. car was a recipe for aero lift.  By 1968 the Lotus 49 had sprouted wings--and advertising.