Cars that make your jaw drop.

[maxandgrinch]

I'd love to see some video of these things taking corners at speed.

Would racing be better? Here ya go - just like a bike looks like you lean into the turn

Starsky & Hutch paintjob FTW!!!!!

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[some_random_guy]

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Would racing be better? Here ya go - just like a bike looks like you lean into the turn

Starsky & Hutch paintjob FTW!!!!!

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Better than bumper cars

 

[auntiebling]

I would have never liked these but my Dad's been working on one since I was born. A green '72 Xke v-12. Looks just like this but he has 6 2-barrel webbers and ceramic headers. Not many like the long front end.

it's not the long front end it's the +2 cabin on that one that's fugly. the regular version is pure sex. in the 80s the XK series weren't worth much, and a lot of them got chevy V8 conversions to replace the 6 and 12 cylinder boat anchors they came with. crazy how much a restored one is worth these days

the 63ish continental in the background now... that's a hot car. i miss mine

I love engine swaps and such, but when I saw this in a '69 Camaro trunk, my jaw dropped. I axed the kid what it was, and where he got it, and he said "mom had a 7-series..."

i hope these kinds of conversions happen more often, so many nice parts to be had under big european cars that get junked for CHEAP. there is a 750 in barf classifieds for something dirty cheap, 5k i think. that engine and drivetrain would be fun to put in something smog exempt

Axed? Really? I...

I just...

you haven't met cygnus have you? that's funnay

 

[Cygnus]

my first

Axed? Really? I...
I just...

I'm glad someone enjoyed my ebonics.

 

[Cygnus]

just saw this (broken down?) at Camden and 17. Looked like a C5 with a body kit from the front, but very Ferrari from the back. I'm sure someone can tell me what model it is.

 

[Enchanter]

just saw this (broken down?) at Camden and 17. Looked like a C5 with a body kit from the front, but very Ferrari from the back. I'm sure someone can tell me what model it is.

Factory 5 Supercar.

Kit car, uses many Corvette components and a Porsche transaxle.

 

[Cygnus]

I knew that wouldn't take long

Thx Tim

 

[Mike T]

Factory 5 Supercar.

Kit car, uses many Corvette components and a Porsche transaxle.

+1....yupp..

seen a lot of their ads...i do actually want the old school mafia looking car from them though...hehe looks pretty sweet

 

[malibu_adam]

Looks good... finally a decent kit car... haha

 

[slowpoke]

GMC Typhoon

Definitely the Grand National. Only car I've ever seen going 80mph on the freeway, drop a gear and do a burnout!

Pretty much any pre 70's muscle car.

 

[kurbycar32]

reliant robin

i cant beleive both the reliant robin AND top gear came up and nobody posted the most epic thing ever to hapen involving a robin

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[Mike T]

^ ahhhaa epic!

 

[some_random_guy]

i cant beleive both the reliant robin AND top gear came up and nobody posted the most epic thing ever to hapen involving a robin

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[jacksprat]

Diy Batmobile $1Mil
http://www.popsci.com/cars/article/2009-09/build-batmobile-1-million

 

[Mike T]

^ ahaha sickkkkk

 

[Enchanter]

Took a drive to Utah recently and stopped for some salty fun on the return trip. 2000mi round trip, average mpg: 26.8!

 

[jacksprat]

Took a drive to Utah recently and stopped for some salty fun on the return trip. 2000mi round trip, average mpg: 26.8!

26.8mpg? In that? What kind of hypermiling techniques do you use? Seriously. I'm heading on a long road trip and need some pro tips.

 

[Enchanter]

I just drove it like 90% of normal people drive. I matched the acceleration of traffic when merging or pulling away from traffic lights. I was 5-10mph faster than the speed limit on the highway. Kept in on cruise control 99.9% of the time. Accelerated and decelerated with the cruise control.

 

[aminalmutha]

Vettes are known for getting good highway mileage since they are small/aerodynamic and have fairly large, powerful engine that isn't working hard to push it at highway speeds.

How bad was it to get the salt off? I rolled my bike out into the salt last year just at the end of the pavement for a photo op, but didn't really get any salt anywhere. Looks like you're farther out there. Go to Speed Week?

 

[Enchanter]

Getting the salt off the car was a real challenge. I suppose that if I had just driven out there taken a few pictures, and driven back, it would have been fairly easy. I spent a decent amount of time zipping this way and that with some sliding and a spin or three tossed in for the hell of it.