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  1. Sports Car Digest

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    We published our Silverstone Classic report and photo gallery, courtesy of Tim Scott / Fluid Images. Given that it's the proclaimed "Worlds Biggest Classic Motor Racing Festival", you can rightfully expect that we have a lot of pictures...and we do. The current count is well over 600 and we're still working through them now.

    The good news is that the Italian Historic Car Cup and RAC TT photos are online. That's where you'll find most of the F-cars, including many 512s, 412P, 206SP, 330 GTO, 275 GTBs...

    And we need your help ID'ing the last picture below. Our best guess is a Drogo bodied GTO??

    http://www.sportscardigest.com/silverstone-classic-2011-report-and-photo-gallery/
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  2. michael platzer

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    #3 tomgt, Jul 26, 2011
    There is already a thread for Silverstone Classic. Why a new one?
    Can a moderator put both together?
     
  4. Sports Car Digest

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    #4 Sports Car Digest, Jul 26, 2011
    Thanks!
     
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    #5 francisn, Jul 26, 2011
    It is "reputedly" an original Drogo body. The car was "reconstructed" by GTO Engineering here in UK about 5 years ago and although the body is likely to be a Drogo original I believe they were unable to definitively prove that so Michael is correct in saying "Drogo-Style".
     
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    #8 notoboy, Jul 26, 2011
    I love that hard top - never seen anything like it before. Is this a customer creation or did the factory make/design this?
     
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    #9 ROADRUNNER3, Jul 26, 2011
    The car is a replica, built by the craftsmen at Neil Twyman, who also designed and built the hardtop.

    I didn't see this at last weekend's Silverstone meeting, so assume the pic was taken at the VSCC meeting in April, when the cars new 'look' was debuted.
     
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    #10 jtremlett, Jul 26, 2011
    Just because you didn't see it doesn't mean it wasn't there! It was in the paddock on Sunday by the Ecurie Ecosse transporter as you can see in the pictures above.

    Jonathan
     
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    #11 XTP, Jul 26, 2011
    First picture is 250 GT SWB Drogo 2445GT. I've an article of that car from june 2011.

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    #12 grahamdelooze, Jul 27, 2011
    Six years ago I was offered a Non original Drogo style body for my 330.
     
  13. michael platzer

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    #13 michael platzer, Jul 27, 2011
    some historians deny the authenticity of the Drogo-body.
     
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    #18 thepinkumbrella, Jul 28, 2011
    I know it is a GTE.

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    #19 sumlin, Jul 28, 2011
    How the heck do you see out of that thing? Look at the gap between the top of the steering wheel and the top of the screen. Looks cool though. Not anywhere near as cool as a GTE but there's no accounting for taste.
     
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    #21 tomgt, Jul 28, 2011
    most probably only 2349GT 's number used.
    Easier to make a TR chassis from scratch.
     
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    All Neil's TR's (three?) had a scratch built chassis.
     

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