Weird, or unusual racing cars

[Jacob]

Bottom post of the previous page:

I moustache you what were you thinking with this

Did they try to replicate the March 707 as closed race car?

[Everso Biggyballies]

I moustache you what were you thinking with this

Crikey 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>

[Michael Ferner]

I moustache you what were you thinking with this

Crikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.

That comment is right on the nose.

[MonteCristo]

I moustache you what were you thinking with this

Crikey that looks quite nasty.... in fact more like a bad job kit car.

That comment is right on the nose.

Will have to take that one on the chin.

[MostlyRetired]

I moustache you what were you thinking with this

Crikey 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>

Thanks for the welcome.

The Wagner does look more professional. I have no idea what these guys were doing. The car was weird enough without the F1 nose they just decided to stick on.

[DaleJuniorFan]

The Toyopet Racer(s) by Toyota, 1951






More info: https://fuji-motorsports-museum.jp/en/m ... 0jaic7sa9M

[DaleJuniorFan]

The entirety of Japan's K4-GP. Open to cars with less than 1000cc built on kei car chassis, many of which are re-imagined into fun-size versions of classic racers. Here's but a small sampling:

[PTRACER]

Never heard of the series. The McLaren Can-Am car looks gorgeous, but that six-wheeled thing...

[DaleJuniorFan]

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

[PTRACER]

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

Yes let's create a car where every minor front end collision is fatal.

[Everso Biggyballies]

The Bristol 450 Coupe. Built for, and raced at Le Mans in 1953 and '54. Just looks wrong, but in 1954 the 3 car team came in 1-2-3 in the 2 litre class, all in the top 10 overall.

[MostlyRetired]

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.

[Everso Biggyballies]

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.

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)

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!

[MostlyRetired]

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.

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)

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!

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 Sewen

[mattia2]

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.

[Everso Biggyballies]

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.

It gets a passing mention in the Dome Museum.
https://dome-museum.com/024_black_buffalo.html

I was trying to find results for the 1985 race to see how it went.

I did find a video which I have yet to watch. Hoping it appears in that