This 1967 Alpine A210 race car is COMPLETELY unrestored! | RM Sotheby's Le Mans Auction
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ต.ค. 2024
- Welcome back to Le Mans! In this 5-part series with RM Sotheby's, I'm going to be driving 5 of the greatest cars to ever compete at the incredible 24 hour event, all of which are going to be up for auction in the upcoming RM Sotheby's Le Mans Centenary auction on 9th June, 2023.
In episode 2, I'm driving this unrestored, highly original 1967 Alpine A210. Designed to be as sleek and lightweight as possible, this car was aiming to win the Index of Thermal Efficiency, which is an integral part of what Le Mans is all about.
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Love the style of these older Alpine racecars. Thanks for showing us this piece of history.
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video!
Please don't stop making these kind of regular video's! Your presenting style is so pleasant to watch.
3 more on the way! Every Sunday for the next 3 weeks.
He knows what to Say,he îs driver and a proper car guy,very rare among those youtubers that just show supercars
This A210 looks amazing 😃, although I honestly didn't know about this car until now 😅.
Neither did I! What a beauty.
There is also a similar, yet higher preformance turbocharged alpine car as well from around 1969/70.
Mat, Alex, and Tavarish helped me find your channel. So cool!
Thanks to those boys! Welcome along!
@@BenCollinsDrives OMG, you replied! I am lost for words. I'm such a huge fan! Ben, I've loved your work for so long! So glad you got your own channel, cheers man!
THANK YOU! --- NOW THAT WAS A GREAT VIDEO. --- TO ME, EVERY MUSEUM PIECE SHOULD BE DRIVEN ONCE IN A WHILE....
Agreed! Cars are made to be driven.
Ben make more content! Thoroughly enjoyed.
3 more videos on the way! Every Sunday for the next 3 weeks.
What a piece of history! I'm glad you have your own channel now Ben. I've always wanted to hear the insight from behind that helmet as you hot lapped every car on Top Gear! I don't think I've ever subscribed to a channel as fast.
Thank you! Glad to have you along for the ride. Welcome!
Love how he exposes the style of driving at Le Mans for efficiency and braking, something I never thought of or heard discussed before!
All about efficiency!
What an experience it was to drive this Alpine.
Discover the car for auction here: rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lm23/le-mans/lots/r0004-1967-alpine-a210/1329941
The Alpine. Really interesting little race car. Would love to see more unusual cars, so much of you tube is modern ultra high performance and it gets a bit boring seeing lots of channels review the same cars.
The Le Mans cars are really cool. 🏆👍
Even the R8 Gordini is a lot of fun in good hands and for the budget end of the scale the Renaults are amazing considering.
The 962 prototype Hands down although the R90C would be interesting I dont know anything about it.
The Viper? V10 is attractive and I've driven an early RHD conversion years ago which was an "Experience" bit bang for buck still the Porsche :-)
Thank You for sharing this video. What an icon, what a beautiful piece of Le Man's History!!! ❤❤❤
came from auto alex, love how short and concise these videos are while still being full of content
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. The next video in this series is a BIG one...
I like how this video is made. The music is a nice backdrop for what is a rather pretty old car.
You get all the fun jobs
Great presenting too!
An actual racing driver, driving and describing old (much appreciated ) as well as slightly newer cars without chipmunk vocals and beats. And, also cars that few if any other channels cover... Beautiful.
I like to do the rarer stuff!
If you like weird and wonderful, you're going to LOVE what's coming soon.
This car is in phenomenal condition for being unrestored. Such a beauty.
It really is! A little stunner.
so cool. 60's racecars are probably the prettiest!
They certainly are.
Being new to this channel, and having absorbed a lot of car channels, I think the general consensus is YOU’RE DESTINED TO BECOME A MAINSTREAM CAR CHANNEL, AND HOST ✅
I love how this car looks a bit tired and worn, but that tells a better story of it's survival than something perfectly restored.
Awesome video Ben, my cat would love that car. A Richard Hammond special. Would love to see Jeremy have a go. Keep up the great work.
Hi Ben! Just seen you with Freddy, Alex and Matt! Didn’t even know you had a channel. Anyway I’ve subs’d and looking forward to your content 😊
Welcome along!
I genuinely had never head of this car. I have only heard of the 110. This is such a great channel. I love this
That's good to know! Love to bring new information to the masses. Glad you enjoyed the video! 3 more on the way.
Your a breath of fresh air to watch... Why they stuck a helmet on you all those years in silence 😢
Good times but im beginning to wonder if you should have had a voice
Keep it coming this has been my favourite content in a long time
Alpine ❤! I’d love to see you drive a 70s Matra V12 Le Mans car, my favorite sound ever.
Noted!
Thanks! Never knew about this one.
Welcome!
one of my dream cars, thank you and ggs to the next owner :D
Good choice! Up for auction soon. Get a bid in!
Surprised they didn't make a road going model with a 6" shorter tail. Great looking 60's car that's for sure.
HOW DOES HE NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS?
Your presenting style is incredible, we need you back on Top Gear...not as the Stig...as a presenter!
You deliver the best automotive videos on TH-cam and seem like a top bloke. Keep up the good work.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
So happy to see you around, Stig.
Good to be around.
What a car. Thank you Ben for the wonderful introduction to it.
You are most welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video.
Interesting bit of history……thank god for museums…..where things like that belong!👍👍
Needs to be driven every once in a while though!
Hello Mr. Collins. Saw you on the Autoalex channel the other day. Didn't know you had your own channel. Subbed. 👍
Hello! Welcome along! Good to have you.
Excellent video as always, Ben! 👏💎
Thanks!
Having owned (and suffered) a 1999 Viper years back, I agree with the sheer exhilaration and exhaustion of driving one as a daily driver. Showing up at a Dodge dealer for a job interview in a Viper, arguably was the cheekiest thing I’ve done in my car career.
Stunning looking car.
How's the neck? 😅
Better now!
Beautiful thing - true momentum racing. If you could get a Panhard LM from around that era that would be amazing. I think it's the most beautiful profile of any car.
Great video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant car
It is!
Crazy its still intact. Car was acting like me first thing every Monday morning. Any movement and I complain lol.
The patina is next level.
@@BenCollinsDrives It is indeed. I am happy they let it out of its comfy cage for a lap or two. Seating position looks so extremely "comfortable" to lol,
Wow where did you even find fuel for it ? Aero fuel ?? Is it easy to get the correct RON or did you have to boost it ? Would love to see this vehicle.
Freddy sent me! I didn't actually know you were on here :D
Welcome along!
In 1967 Alpine with Michelin tested first slick tires in LeMans, and the driver (maybe Larrousse) really disliked different approach of driving, but it was faster.
if anyone has GT7 these are great. They are available from Hagerty from time to time - I bought 10 and then downloaded various decals so I could have my own Alpine race - mixed with a couple of A110's - great at Lemans at night!!!!!
I did the same = exactly the same
Why have none of the car networks picked this show up!?! OG Stig in amazing cars telling stories?... I'm in.
3 more on the way! Big one dropping tomorrow.
Also I guess helmets back then were basically just leather hats, so they gained a few inches of headroom with those 😁
I guess the weight is probably less than 650 kg, thinking about how small and light these old Le Mans sportscars could be.
Absolutely!
@@BenCollinsDriveswhat's the horsepower on that?
Is that A210 from the Renault Classic collection??
We need to record the sounds, 3d scan the interior and exterior for racing simulators so we can all enjoy these cars :D
That would be awesome!
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The front tyre pressure looked very low in one of the ststionary shots. If it wasn't checked that migjt explain some of the unpredictable handling!
Alpine must have been "gutted" that the 1967 race winning 7 litre Ford won the Index of Thermal Efficiency, and a Porsche 907 came 2nd, in that category. Then the 7 litre beasts, including the Chaparral 2F, were banned!
Lovely Praga jacket with a Czech flag, satisfied my Bohemian likes
It's my race suit!
@@BenCollinsDrives awesome!
did you get to pusch it on mulsanne straight?
We were only filming on the Bugatti circuit, Mulsanne straight is a public road when not used for racing.
it looks like someone has nailed the front of an Elise onto a Cadilac
Haha! Not far off there.
That driving position is similar to my Alfa Sprint 😂
These old school cars are unforgiving! But we love them.
Brilliant car, so fascinating
Also hope your neck is fine tho 😅
Might need a massage! But worth it to drive this gorgeous piece of history.
@@BenCollinsDrives it definitely is worth it driving such an amazing car
Looks like Ben was enjoying the history, but not so much the driving!
It was an interesting experience that's for sure!
A proper Unicorn
Absolutely! Not many of these still exist...
What an awful, wonderful and beautiful car
Awfully beautiful!
Too bad this car wasn't driven by Dan Gourney, if it was it would have had the famous Bubble.
You grew up in the 80’s
Seatbelts from Stirling Moss............invisible.
You know it.
Clearly a car designed by and for oompa loompas.
Doesn't make it any less cool!
Restore it and flog it