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Post by David Sabre on Feb 13, 2020 15:09:41 GMT
Jerry Hodges' front-engined Formula A Hodges Special at the SCCA Runoffs at Daytona in November 1969.
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Feb 13, 2020 15:16:08 GMT
Truly weird that Formula Hodges, looks like a kid's paddle kart The Antares series is a world of weirdness on itself. How they dared going 200 MPH with that thing with just an educated guess about what was bound to happen, shows the courage of its drivers gimp
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Post by David Sabre on Feb 13, 2020 15:24:04 GMT
I know that we've all seen this one before but its a very strange design, the Adams Escort Can-Am
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 13, 2020 15:39:49 GMT
CanAm Invader 002, based on a March from what I gather
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Post by David Sabre on Feb 13, 2020 16:00:13 GMT
CanAm Invader 002, based on a March from what I gather That looks like a March 802 F2 car with pontoons covering the wheels. A few F1, F5000 and Indycars got that type of body so that they could be used as single seat CanAm cars.
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 13, 2020 17:40:13 GMT
Could well be. Looks like a power boat that got lost 😂
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Post by Jason White on Feb 13, 2020 18:44:03 GMT
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Post by Richard Coxon on Feb 13, 2020 18:47:16 GMT
Doesn’t look to bad in that guise.
The race car version is what she looks like in the club while you’re pissed. The road car is how she really looks the morning after.
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Post by Kayo "Sideways" Michiels on Mar 27, 2020 13:24:24 GMT
Don't forget this beauty: the Tyrrell P34 six wheeled F1 car.
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Post by David Sabre on Mar 27, 2020 14:01:22 GMT
The 1970 Canam Shadow.
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Post by Jacob Fredriksson on Mar 27, 2020 15:45:29 GMT
Don't forget this beauty: the Tyrrell P34 six wheeled F1 car. A favorite of mine. Amazing that they made it work.
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Post by Kayo "Sideways" Michiels on Mar 27, 2020 21:40:01 GMT
Don't forget this beauty: the Tyrrell P34 six wheeled F1 car. A favorite of mine. Amazing that they made it work. Enjoy this video then
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Post by David Jaques on Apr 16, 2020 21:44:09 GMT
Enrique Scalabroni During the 1992 season, Enrique Scalabroni left Team Lotus to focus on his own “futuristic” F1 design. The car was futuristic indeed; the car had one wheel in the front, two wheels on the side of the car and one wheel attached to the back wing. The wheel in the back would also be the steering.
Never seen this before, thought i would share. curious how this would handle???
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Post by Jacob Fredriksson on Apr 16, 2020 21:48:08 GMT
Enrique Scalabroni During the 1992 season, Enrique Scalabroni left Team Lotus to focus on his own “futuristic” F1 design. The car was futuristic indeed; the car had one wheel in the front, two wheels on the side of the car and one wheel attached to the back wing. The wheel in the back would also be the steering.
Never seen this before, thought i would share. curious how this would handle???
I don't think it wouldn't!
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Post by David Sabre on Apr 16, 2020 21:55:02 GMT
I guess that would behave like a motorbike with Stabilisers. If the back wheel was the drive wheel then that would create a lot of problems putting the power onto the track.
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Post by Eugenio Cattani on Jun 23, 2020 12:38:45 GMT
Oh... Scalabroni. just few days ago, on Youtube, I've followed a live interview to him and one of the topics was this model. The interview is in italian. Scalabroni clearly stated that the traction was intended to be on both the side and rear wheels. He also stated that the study was abbandoned just because budget problems.
Greetings to everyone, I'm new here.
Eugenio Cattani from Italy
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Jun 23, 2020 13:22:41 GMT
Welcome Eugenio
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Post by Eugenio Cattani on Jun 23, 2020 13:53:30 GMT
Many thanks, Alberto!
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Post by David Sabre on Sept 15, 2020 13:17:55 GMT
A four wheeled Bond Bug with 6.4L Hemi. Mark Stratton built Metronome in 1971. He was the proprietor of Hustler Racing and had previously been responsible for several lairy racers. He was funded by businessman Steve Cryer and managed to persuade Reliant to produce an ultra lightweight Bug body that weighed a claimed 16kg! A standard tipped the scales at 160kg by comparison! Power came from a supercharged Chrysler Hemi 392ci (6.4-litre) V8 (occasionally running nitrous!) that was good for 600bhp. The car ran in the ACA class (A-Class Competition Altered) home to some real headbangers. The rear suspension didn't really exist, while the front was taken care of by a combo of Stratton's making and BMW Isetta bubble car components. The rear axle was offset to the left by 7-inches and the driver sat down very low. Stratton was the regular pilot, while sponsor Cryer occasionally had a go as did Ed Shaver in 1972. Whoever drove that obviously wore brave underpants because it must have been totally terrifying not to mention being almost impossible to see straight ahead, which is a bit of a hindrance when you run straight lines! That madness is probably why I LOVE it!
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Post by Jason White on Nov 13, 2020 16:59:47 GMT
At first glance, this car may not seem all that unusual, its the business end that is noteworthy. Sammy Swindell attempted to qualify this March chassis for the 1987 Indy 500, and it was powered by a normally aspirated Pontiac engine! You can see the little air boxes on either side of the rollover bar. Unfortunately, he was bumped from the field on Bubble Day.
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Nov 13, 2020 17:26:16 GMT
Wait a second, a 1987 N/A Pontiac 'powered' car failing to qualify? That rings a bell...
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Post by David Sabre on Nov 13, 2020 18:41:25 GMT
Wait a second, a 1987 N/A Pontiac 'powered' car failing to qualify? That rings a bell...
A great little story that one. Its nice to see the really small teams trying something different.
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Nov 13, 2020 18:53:35 GMT
Agreed, and that's what I'm totally missing in these customer programme/homologation sheet/BoP-driven racetainment of today, these oddballs where someone had an idea and just went on and made it reality. Some guys were really ahead, but many of them als just didn't have the ressources to prove they were on the right path.
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Post by David Sabre on Nov 13, 2020 20:47:21 GMT
Yes agreed. That car is kind of similar to the Panoz GTR-1. Someone daring to be different, but thats not allowed now.
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Post by Richard Coxon on Nov 13, 2020 21:05:17 GMT
Yes agreed. That car is kind of similar to the Panoz GTR-1. Someone daring to be different, but thats not allowed now. Well, Nissan dared to be different with the GTR-LM. But we all know how that ended.
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