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Some odd sportscars in the 80's were hardly eyecandy

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Lancia LC-1, entered by Scuderia Sivama in the 1983 Monza 1000km. The 81 and 82 works LC-1's were beautifull but not really that with the roof.

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The reincarnation of the CanAm-series included some pretty futuristic looking cars :shock:
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oh yes, those were the single seater with covered wheeles

what about:
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at the moment I can't recall the can am car of 1980 with the engine on the side, really pathetic an hymn to racing idiocy
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Re the pic you posted ^^^ (but has gone now(?)its the Schkee DB3 driven by Tom Kausler. The lay-down engine car I cant recall the name of either....
Schkee DB-3
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Schkee DB-1

Based on a F5000 Lola T332 the DB1 was built in 1977. The DB-3 looks like more of the same.....
There was also a DB-4
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There might be some dispute to this, but anyone from the UK who remembers the Austin Metro will probably agree with me:

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Yes........ good job the 'sponsor' on the front spoiler was not predeeded by 'AT', because that would not be the case with this car. :tongue: :haha:

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caneparo wrote:
at the moment I can't recall the can am car of 1980 with the engine on the side, really pathetic an hymn to racing idiocy
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:wave:
What if?
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Weird looking car :wow: What's it called?
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PTRACER wrote:Weird looking car :wow: What's it called?
do to this site : http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/M ... photo.html

it must be a : Adams Escort Can-Am


another pic from this car is at the bottom of this site :smiley:
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The Bugatti Tank...

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Yes, it had a streamlined body, which was very revolutionary at the time, but it looks like a Tonka toy...
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The March-BMW prototype for IMSA racing from 1981

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:cool: :cool:

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Warren wrote:
caneparo wrote:
at the moment I can't recall the can am car of 1980 with the engine on the side, really pathetic an hymn to racing idiocy
...

:wave:
hahaha LMAO! Never seen this 'car' but the position of the driver is so funny I can't describe :haha: .

How about the car that really sucked? No, really, it sucked...

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I wouldn't call the Chaparrall 2J ugly. The opposite in fact! All the Chaparrall's were beauties.
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Warren wrote:
caneparo wrote:
at the moment I can't recall the can am car of 1980 with the engine on the side, really pathetic an hymn to racing idiocy
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:wave:
.. :shock:

I wonder how it feelt to drive that one.
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Similarly, Smokey Yunick's car that he raced at Indy. Well, I think he tried to qualify, but failed. Is that correct?:

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