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An interesting roadster concept from Sbarro
I discovered this last week. I rather like it.
 More photos here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/utbm_fr/sets/72157717502628388 It's a student project by Sbarro's automotive design school in France: Where The Wild Things Are: ESPERA Sbarro - Speedhunters
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Cool, modern take on an old hotrod.
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They make pizzas and cars?
I love their Stromboli's
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Nice to look at, but not sure what I'd do with it. Car shows?
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It’s a fully-functioning car powered by an Audi V8, so in the US you could register it as a kit car or something and drive it. In the EU, not so much.
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Car shows only in Oregon..fenders required. That said, I like the classic lakes roadster look.
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7fifteenmotorworks in Wisconsin has been doing an open roadster for a number of years. The bodywork is sweet. LS3 motivation.
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Franco Sbarro has never been able to get the details right. I've never seen anything from him that made me just go oooh, aaaah; his cars generate more of a WTF reaction. This is no different.
The headlights, the windshield, the grille, and that funky hood side panel, along with the header sticking straight out, a weird shallow, wide cockpit with that jarring perpendicular stripe, the exposed door hinges that look like they were supplied by Ace hardware - all individual elements that don't add up to a whole. 7fifteen looks much, much better. Classic.
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I don't disagree with you re: a lot of Franco Sbarro's work, but this was a student project, and the concept was theirs, too. Built in ten or so weeks; altogether, pretty impressive.
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Probably some kind of studio/stage prototype.
Will never run. Will never be build. Personally don't like it. Headlights are terrible. I can't imagine the rear wheel arches being functional |
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Reminds me of the Moal Coachbuilders that built this for Wayne Carini
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It takes a lot of effort to make a bespoke car look that tidy. Everything about it has a purpose and compliments the overall effect. It might look better without the hood strap but at least there's historical precedent. I love how narrow it is from the front.
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Yep, there was NEVER a discussion of cost on that car. He even went to the shop in San Francisco just for a fitting of the seat and steering column. It was that bespoke.
Nice article about Moal. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/2017/09/19/moal-coachbuilders-the-familys-fourth-generation-builds-cars-for-a-special-clientele
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