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

[E28]

1972 Guyson E12. Apparently an American bought a Jag E-type, Crashed it and turn into this.

That poor E-Type...

 

[land sea air]

It's interesting in a sort of ugly cartoon sort of way. Funny they kept the original windshield which doesn't really fit with the rest...

 

[ND4SPD]

Looked like he was working with just a ruler on that car.....

 

[TRFZF]

Here's one for all you Rolls Merlin fans... Green Peace should promote this as a eco friendly car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

 

[AMCNUT]

Here's one for all you Rolls Merlin fans... Green Peace should promote this as a eco friendly car...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

That looks amazing! Those can't be real machine guns on the sides though? Or is it the exhaust?

 

[Bom15]

that 55 chevy's awesome. i like the paint job. The machine guns i think are there for show. If u look under the car just in front of the guns, theres 6 rectangle exhausts.

 

[Jay]

That looks amazing! Those can't be real machine guns on the sides though? Or is it the exhaust?

That car is Australian, no way those machine guns are real

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

Golba Violcar-S. 3 litre V6 with 260 HP. 0-100 km/h in 6,3 s and a top speed of 270 km/h. Damn this thing is ugly






The Kaengsaeng 88. A North-Korean copy of the Mercedes 190.

 

[MedigoFlame]

After getting bored last weekend, I was looking at Japanese car exporting websites and came across some rather interesting vehicles.
Toyota Mega Cruiser

 

[E28]

That golba thing has hamster cheeks...

 

[Danny]

Golba Violcar-S. 3 litre V6 with 260 HP. 0-100 km/h in 6,3 s and a top speed of 270 km/h. Damn this thing is ugly

It's like Helen Keller tried to make a Gillet Vertigo.

 

[Bones Brigade]

That looks amazing! Those can't be real machine guns on the sides though? Or is it the exhaust?

Not exhaust. Exhaust exits via open headers, just behind the front wheel well. You can see the 6 (+6 on the other side) ports underneath the car, ending just before the "machine guns."

 

[Bom15]

That golba thing has hamster cheeks...

Or been to the plastic surgeon for some breast enhancements. A couple more cars Goodwood introduced me to. Firstly this Road converted Porsche 917k. I love 917K's.

Hows this for a Vauxhall? Its called the XVR and built in 1966.

And then there was this Indy Car. Its a 1964 S-C Corp'n Hurst Floor Shifter. The driver sits in the side pod with the gearstick in the middle. The little hands are cool to.

 

[bgFish]

This is a pretty cool thread. I learned a lot.

Here's my contribution:

The Mercedes Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut coupe, based on the W196 race cars. The looks are obviously inspired by the 300 SL gullwing. It weighed less than 1000 kg and had a bit over 300 hp. The 300 SLR roadsters were capable of 180+ mph, I'm sure this one would've been capable of much more. That performance may not be impressive now, but this was in the 50's. There were only 2 made.

There were stories of Uhlenhaut, the guy who headed the project, taking the car on the Autobahn and going between Munich and Stuttgart in an hour because he was late for a meeting (as per wikipedia).

 

[Bom15]

i like the uhlenhaut 300 slr. one of the best looking cars mercedes ever made. I was fortunate to see one at last year at goodwood. Although it didn't have that ugly box on the side covering the exhausts. I'm surprised it was based on the W196. A Grand Prix car. They did make a streamliner version though. And now u mention it. It does resemble the streamliner. Heres pics of the W194 GP and Streamliner at Goodwood 2009. Also pics of the Uhlenhaut in 2010.

1954 Mercedes W196 GP

1954 Mercedes W196 Streamliner

1955 Mercedes 300SLR Uhlenhaut

 

[seanyb505]

That Vauxhall XVR that Bom15 posted has very similar basic proportions to the Cheetah car built to challenge the Cobra in the sixties.

 

[AMCNUT]

That road-going 917 looks really awesome! Any idea what it's capable of?

 

[The Vanishing Boy]

^ Here is the original brochure:

http://storm.oldcarmanualproject.com/porsche9171969.htm

^ It is believed the they were only two built.

The first was converted for Count Gregorio Rossi di Montelera, a close customer of the Porsche company and also major investor and sponsor of the Porsche-Martini racing team which dominated numerous fields of motorsport in the Seventies and Eighties. The brief presented by Rossi was a 917K as close to the racing car as possible, with only minor modifications, such as a silencer and a small amount of road-rash protection for air vents, which made the job ever harder for the Porsche Motorsport Department. The car selected for conversion was chassis 917.030, which was built in January 1971 but only raced once, by Helmuth Marko and Gerard Larrousse, in Martini-Porsche colours. It was the designated development car for anti-lock braking systems, and spent most of its days pounding the Weissach test track, until being mothballed until being called into service as the road car. Rossi ordered that the car be painted silver, as Germany’s national racing colour is silver. The only place where the barely-modified 917K reached roadworthiness conditions was Alabama, where it was registered on Alabama plate 61-27737.

The second 917 converted for road use was another 917K, converted for German Joachim Grossbad. The car was painted pure white with black wheels, and featured the same modifications as the Rossi car, but with a more luxurious interior. It was given German registration CW-K 917.

->

 

[D.Kadettdriver]

The Argonaut Smoke. A 1010-hp American supercar. To be fair, I found out about this cars' 'existence' a couple of years ago but never seen real images of it, although Wikipedia states there were 3 prototypes built, from which one was featured in the Blackhawk museum for some 10 years.

 

[mazda787]

Never knew a 4 wheel steering Prelude existed...

 

[JER_CREST]

That was the selling point of that generation of Prelude.

 

[Rue]

I had never seen this beast until just now...

http://autoflazh.com/2011-bertone-jaguar-b99-gt-concept-geneva-motor-show/

Bertone Jaguar B99 GT Concept. Yowza!

 

[CMvan46]

Golba Violcar-S. 3 litre V6 with 260 HP. 0-100 km/h in 6,3 s and a top speed of 270 km/h. Damn this thing is ugly

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/80669459.jpg/

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/404/49879001.jpg/

The Kaengsaeng 88. A North-Korean copy of the Mercedes 190.

Where did you find that? WOW is that ugly!

 

[88GTA]

Hows this for a Vauxhall? Its called the XVR and built in 1966.

That looks like a late 60's early 70's Opel GT with a weird body kit. My uncle has a 1970 Opel GT race car in storage. Hasn't run in 20 years though.

 

[MagpieRacer]

And then there was this Indy Car. Its a 1964 S-C Corp'n Hurst Floor Shifter. The driver sits in the side pod with the gearstick in the middle. The little hands are cool to.

It would appear we have both stood in almost the exact same spot!

 

[CodeRedR51]

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1070355_for-sale-four-wheel-drive-1965-mustang

 

[land sea air]

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1070355_for-sale-four-wheel-drive-1965-mustang

Well I'll be, shame the idea didn't catch on at the time.

 

[CaddyKOP]

Volvo T6 Roadster Concept

Volvo Caresto V8 Speedster Concept.

Since when did Volvo make American Rat Rods?

 

[niky]

The Audi Group S prototype. The only one in existence, because, Ferdinand Piech, in a piqué of rage upon learning Audi was developing the car without his knowledge, ordered all the cars destroyed.

Since this one car was a secret even to those in on the secret project, it survived.

This car was, strangely, supposed to be a Group B rally car, the replacement to the Quattro. It had the Quattro's engine, with its 1000 hp potential, and a superior midship layout. Walter Rorhl only got to drive the prototypes a brief time before they were cancelled.

Absolutely amazing. And despite knowing a little about Group B, I'd never seen anything about this car till today.

 

[Rue]

The Audi Group S prototype. The only one in existence, because, Ferdinand Piech, in a piqué of rage upon learning Audi was developing the car without his knowledge, ordered all the cars destroyed.

Since this one car was a secret even to those in on the secret project, it survived.

This car was, strangely, supposed to be a Group B rally car, the replacement to the Quattro. It had the Quattro's engine, with its 1000 hp potential, and a superior midship layout. Walter Rorhl only got to drive the prototypes a brief time before they were cancelled.

Absolutely amazing. And despite knowing a little about Group B, I'd never seen anything about this car till today.

I knew about this but totally forgot until now. Looking for more pics of it I came across this, that I had no idea about...

Lancia Delta ECV2

The ECV2 was a further development of the theme, with an all new bodywork which was aerodynamically optimised, the major change being the relocation of the engine coolant and lubricant radiators to the front of the car. The body construction continued the theme of the ECV1, using aluminium honeycomb, carbon fibre, glass fibre and kevlar in various positions. The weight distribution was also improved with respect to the previous model. The engine remained 1759cc with two turbochargers using the triflux system. The intercoolers also adopted water cooling. The drive system remained essentially as in the S4, with some improvements, a three-differential design with 30% of the torque at the front and the remaining 70% at the rear. Ventilated disc brakes, power assisted steering and double wishbone suspension all round were also used. The wheelbase was 2440mm, the tracks (front/rear) 1500mm/1520mm and kerb weight 910kg.

A-MA-ZING!