You learn something new... - Cars you didn't know existed, until now!

[buickgnx88]

Haha I'm sure that's just a replacement for the old clunker that was in there originally.

 

[superberkut]

Yes, it would be. Original one-cylinder engines are hard to come by...

I have my doubts about one-wheel drive, but that goes to show what I know about cars.

 

[buickgnx88]

What sort of doubts? It wouldn't be unusual to have something like that have one-wheel drive, it's basically a road legal go-kart.

 

[land sea air]

yeah it makes sense, the wheels are too far apart to go with a solid axle, and since the car is simple and very low powered there's no point in working with a diff

 

[buickgnx88]

If they did connect the rear wheels, I'd assume they'd use something simlar to the chain driven axles on ATV's.

 

[land sea air]

yeah but since the car is to be driven on the road where there is a fair amount of grip I can see why they stuck with 1 wheel, I think some solar powered cars do the same to avoid the weight

 

[buickgnx88]

Oh yah I know that.

 

[superberkut]

My doubts were with torque steer and getting a tire blown out and aquaplaning, but it sounds tried and tested. The bodywork is a bit rough, but still nothing unsafe.

 

[Metar]

Torque? What is that?

 

[Patrik]

Found out this excisted about a year ago..

Chevrolet Black Widow. As I understand it, mainly built for stock car racing and was made only in 1957.

 

[buickgnx88]

Yup I've seen one around back home that has been made up like a stock car, and fitting enough it's number 57.

 

[stumpydino]

1 wheel drive lol
porsche abarth

the story goes porsche needed a decent gt racer and went to abarth for help, though bits for the car were made in a variety of places and it was bodged together, but it did run well!

the 52-55 EMW 327

the soviets were given the keys to the BMW plant in eisenach and pumped out old cars for themselves, BMW couldnt protect their name in soviet hands and were stuck over with the destroyed munich plant. all BMWs made 1945-1951 were from the eisenach plant out of BMW control. the soviets eventually left ownership to the government so BMW could secure its brand and eisenach renamed models as EMW tried to carry on making pre war models into the 50s . BMW were banned from production after the war and didnt make another official BMW until 1952.
the EMW plant carried on with BMW copies until it started making the wartburg

 

[land sea air]

the 52-55 EMW 327
the soviets were given the keys to the BMW plant in eisenach and pumped out old cars for themselves, BMW couldnt protect their name in soviet hands and were stuck over with the destroyed munich plant. all BMWs made 1945-1951 were from the eisenach plant out of BMW control. the soviets eventually left ownership to the government so BMW could secure its brand and eisenach renamed models as EMW tried to carry on making pre war models into the 50s . BMW were banned from production after the war and didnt make another official BMW until 1952.
the EMW plant carried on with BMW copies until it started making the wartburg

very cool, I knew of a Russian company called EMW but I didn't realize the back story!

 

[HACKr]

Found out this excisted about a year ago..

Chevrolet Black Widow. As I understand it, mainly built for stock car racing and was made only in 1957.

Drooling all over the dang place right now.

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

Eunos Cosmo with the 20B-REW triple-rotor engine, it was the only Mazda to ever use a 3-rotor engine in production form. It made 225kw/300hp and 402Nm torque twin turbo'd. I seen one at Powercruise, and was attracted by the body shape. I walked over and looked under the open engine bay and was shocked to see the words "Mazda 3 Rotor".

This might even be the exact one I seen at Powercruise, same colour, came from an Australian site.

 

[ferrari_chris]

My mate was drifting a light blue one for a while.

They're nice cars. And cooler to drift than an RX-7 I think.

 

[BayConRong]

Found out this excisted about a year ago..

Chevrolet Black Widow. As I understand it, mainly built for stock car racing and was made only in 1957.

that almost looks like a Bel Air

 

[Rykon Zero]

It is you blithering oaf.

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

My mate was drifting a light blue one for a while.

They're nice cars. And cooler to drift than an RX-7 I think.

I don't mind a 3 rotor, they actually start to sound OK with 3 rotors, but 2 rotors have el zilcho low end and a horrible sound. IMO this Cosmo looks way cooler too, it's just more of a GT car than the RX-7. I bet it has greater modifcation potential too.

 

[BayConRong]

It is you blithering oaf.

Do you mean to tell me that this is simply a trim line for a bel air? because he most certainly never said that. He said it was a black widow, implying that it was a totally different car.

In which case it wouldn't exactly be a car no one knew existed, simply a trim line that no one knew existed.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I do not doubt that it is a different car, but only in the same way that a Porsche 911 is different from a Porsche 911gt3rs.

 

[BayConRong]

I do not doubt that it is a different car, but only in the same way that a Porsche 911 is different from a Porsche 911gt3rs.

and the same way a Ford Taurus is different from a SHO. it's simply a trim line that has become something considerably different from other trim lines.

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

Looks like a drag racing special to me.

 

[BayConRong]

but would you say that it is a totally, completely, and utterly different car on every shape, respect, or form?

 

[nd 4 holden spd]

but would you say that it is a totally, completely, and utterly different car on every shape, respect, or form?

No, but then again my Eunos Cosmo is just a different trim level too. There is the 2 rotor which I knew of, and the 3 rotor which I didn't and happens to be the only production 3 rotor engine.

 

[buickgnx88]

The Bel Air was the top of the line model (and is the most popular model), with the 150 (bottom line) and 210 (middle line) models also offered. The Black Widow wasn't a factory model, but it was rather a race special based off a Fuel Injected 150, built by SEDCO down in Georgia. One of the oddities about it was the fact that it had six-lug axles rather than the standard five-bolt pattern.

So in essence it's based off the same general vehicle as the Bel Air, but is not actually a Bel Air.

 

[stumpydino]

the LMX Sirex

designed by scaglione, engine from a german taunus and front suspension from a zodiac
looks the part jus dint shift much lol
and the Osi 20M, another italian with taunus bits

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

-> I just saw this cute little thing last Saturday:

Ford Fiesta [Mk.6] Sedan

^ The car that I saw had Mexican plates and obviously this car was primarily marketed exclusively at Central and South America, even it was designed and engineered in Euroland. A rare sight in Las Vegas indeed!

 

[land sea air]

it looks just like someone washed a Focus with water that was a little too cold

 

[ND4SPD]

Haha, it looks like a squashed focus.