What kind of a car is this?
 

I don’t think anyone is going to get this one :)

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Something homemade (handmade if you're fancy) with a 4 link in the back and most likely a SBC in the front.

Drag car? Nah, that's a treaded tire. Heat wrap to keep the cabin temps at bay.

Maybe it's something famous like the Batmobile or that Firebird on Knight Rider (or General Lee)

Stunt/movie prop car?

Massive hollow driveshaft, but with lots of protection in case it explodes. Low speed, high torque situations.
Suspension has many ride points, is it generic or does the vehicle require suspension tweaks based on use?
WAY too many gussets between the frame and chassis, meant to survive a hit?
Some kind of hydraulic pump, hydro brakes? Hydro steering?
Drop out third member...Toyota? Ford 9 inch? Doesn't look like either...
Quickly tack welded rear body panels, not meant for long term use.
Crappy bolts in the suspension, exposed wires, rust,




One of the cars from Mad Max.

Interesting "skirts" on the side rails.

Some kind of restomod race car or dry lake car with a completely fabricated chassis?

A 914 with the engine on the wrong end.

Whatever it is, someone wanted it to be plenty stiff

offroad desert racetruck

If it had a carbon fiber driveshaft would be safer and could of saved a lot weight on the heavy looking drive shaft containment hoops.
Don't like the fuel line running a foot away from the exhaust.
A side hit will have the rubber fuel line smashed against the hot exhaust.
Exhaust is not mandrel bent so can't be very serious about performance.
Wrapping exhuast helps contain heat and promotes rust.
I guess a home built street rod for morning cars and coffee meets.

Clearly its a Tesla

Was going to say that it’s a well set up 944, but nah.

^^^ Putin's limo

Looks to be bright yellow.
(Man, RUF engineering has slipped a few notches)

Not to mention the P is mounted rather low.

Have welder, will build.

My guess is that someone is drag racing it, although the tires are clearly wrong for that.

some crappy stunt car destined to bottom-out...a lot.

Low mounted open fuel pump next to hot cats. No skids or bracket points.

Shop class build

Gogar is probably the winner. Still laughing at those baby poo fence videos. OddJob sure got piled on.
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Did you see it somewhere before, or were you able to figure it out??

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That is just wrong.

It still has the orignal rear shock towers and transmission crossmember which were the give away. I just recognized those.

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Doesn't jibe. Except for the quality of the interior. There is bright yellow over-spray on the rockers. Not a single missed spot on the following pics.
And those tin can 'reinforcement' pieces 'welded' in. ho lee cow. .

Yellow = the lift arms.

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The boxed rockers being the frame and the rear crossmember gave it away for me. But still i was thinking that cant be right.

My thoughts exactly…

Andrew15 (remember him) put a Nissan V6 from a maxima in a 914 and I raced it at Watkins Glen and Brainerd… there were issues but it was a lot better engineered than this POS.

230 HP in a 914 was very, very nice.

Here, hold my beer while I go out and put a SBC in the rear of my Jag. It's got plenty of room.
No, make that a FWD Northstar Cadillac. I won't need a drive train.

There’s a guy down in GA with a Lexus V8 in his 914.
Looks good in there - and the car scoots.

I have seen several small block Chevy engine swaps in a 914. Not one handled worth a damn. They would accelerate hard in 2nd through 5th, but first was unusable.

It is a lot of work, and really makes for a mostly crappy car. No doubt a few have done it right. The Factory built two 914-8s with a 908 engine squeezed in there, and the museum still has them.

In the end, it is just a car. An abomination of a car, with a V8 in it, but just a car.

Found this abomination perusing FBM.

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