Bottom post of the previous page:
Did they try to replicate the March 707 as closed race car?
Bottom post of the previous page:
Did they try to replicate the March 707 as closed race car?
Crikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.
That comment is right on the nose.Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑3 months agoCrikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.
Will have to take that one on the chin.Michael Ferner wrote: ↑3 months agoThat comment is right on the nose.Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑3 months agoCrikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.
Thanks for the welcome.Everso Biggyballies wrote: ↑3 months agoCrikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.
Not sure it looks like anything but does have a similar nose treatment to this, the Wagner up the page. viewtopic.php?p=450391#p450391
The Wagner looked a bit more professionally done than this
As for your "I moustache you... " question, my answer would be I beardly dont want to know (what they were thinking)
It certainly more than fits the weird and unusual criteria of the thread though, so welcome@MostlyRetired to TFL. It seems you will fit in well at TFL>
Yes let's create a car where every minor front end collision is fatal.DaleJuniorFan wrote: ↑3 months ago The concept shown below from 1991 was Sam Posey's idea of the Indycar of the future: a 265mph machine with a periscope, navigated with VR and the driver facing head first.
Sam described his completely-not-dangerous vision in detail during Indy 500 time trials @ 1:48:30
Thats brilliant and certainly nothing I have ever seen or heard of before. Curiosity piqued I tried to discover more about it. Failed, and actually didnt find any additional specific reference, other that a duplicate of one of the pictures posted, albeit suggesting it was at Bellegarde in 1969. (Im certainly not arguing against the original post over the location)MostlyRetired wrote: ↑2 months ago This beauty is Englishman Peter Suppan's Sphynx with power from a Cooper 1300 engine and 4 wheels arranged in a diamond shape. It is seen at the Sewen hill climb up to the summit of the Ballon d'Alsace in 1972-09-17 with Suppan at the wheel.
It posted a time of 7'32, compared to Jacques Henry's winning time of 4'04 in a Porsche 910. Not that those engines are comparable with the 910 having somewhere between 200-275 hp depending on the exact spec engine.
I think you are correct about the photos coming from Bellegarde in 1969. I mixed up the information from one event and the photos from another. This was the photo identified as SewenEverso Biggyballies wrote: ↑2 months agoThats brilliant and certainly nothing I have ever seen or heard of before. Curiosity piqued I tried to discover more about it. Failed, and actually didnt find any additional specific reference, other that a duplicate of one of the pictures posted, albeit suggesting it was at Bellegarde in 1969. (Im certainly not arguing against the original post over the location)MostlyRetired wrote: ↑2 months ago This beauty is Englishman Peter Suppan's Sphynx with power from a Cooper 1300 engine and 4 wheels arranged in a diamond shape. It is seen at the Sewen hill climb up to the summit of the Ballon d'Alsace in 1972-09-17 with Suppan at the wheel.
It posted a time of 7'32, compared to Jacques Henry's winning time of 4'04 in a Porsche 910. Not that those engines are comparable with the 910 having somewhere between 200-275 hp depending on the exact spec engine.
I did find reference to Peter Suppan, from his taking part in the 1968 Monte Carlo Rally, in a Triumph GT6 with Derek Bunting.
I did find lots of stuff about Tommy Sopwith's' 1954 Sphinx' but that is a different spelling and bears no similarity to the Sphynx,
(Sopwiths car, although also a home brew special, was relatively normal looking, based on an Allard Chassis, Armstrong Siddley engine and a very nice home crafted and designed 50's style open sports bodywork. Certainly no resemblance or relation to Peter Suppan's Sphynx and not at all weird.)
Great find!
It gets a passing mention in the Dome Museum.mattia2 wrote: ↑2 months ago It's not a car, but i feel like you guys would appreciate it:
The Dome DCF-1 "Black Buffalo", who competed in the 1985 8 hours of Suzuka. Yes, the same Dome that produced a lot of f3000, Group C and attempted even the F1 in 1996.
This bike was pure madness, with a carbon fiber reinforced plastic frame, a CBX 750R engine and a weight of 150 kg.