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Old 01-08-2005, 02:53 PM
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The 68 turbine-powered 4WD Lotus 56 test car:





The F1 sister-car 56b from 1971:
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Just amazing! Thank you for the very nice memories.

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This one may be a little suspect .....

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This one is maybe more 'cool' than weird, but it's rare for sure. A Maserati Bora Comptezione. Apparently they built 2 of these and ran them a LeMans in 1974. They didn't build the required number of street cars to homolgate them so they never raced again.
Ok, this is really random, but I was watching the movie Kill Bill 2 last night at a friend’s house (the volume was off) and I believe this car was in the background of one of the scenes. I think it was about 20 min into the movie and it was in the desert.

Can anyone confirm or deny this? I have a small bet with a friend on what the car was. Thanks!
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Twin-engine Golf Pike's Peak racer:
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This BMW Isetta actually competed in the 54 Mille Miglia.
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The car in the background in KILL BILL is Bill's car, a DeTomaso Mangusta
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"Winning" with Paul Newman?
Uuuuhhhh, no.


How aboot Grand Prix and James Garner...
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Uuuuhhhh, no.


How aboot Grand Prix and James Garner...
Yes, one of my all time favorite race flicks..
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Couple of strange Ferraris', one is the Twin Wing concept used to skirt a rules change back in the day, the other is another passenger F1 concept


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Saw this car run for the first time at Indy...
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What scares me is how many of these I have read about.

There is actually some really good thinking going on with these cars. It may not have worked (But some did!), but they gave it a try!
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Looks like a little bit too much front downforce to me.


FWD = excessive front downforce?



What sorts of crazy aero have you guys seen on street cars turned track toys?

Wild what some people come up with for time attack classes.
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Saw this car run for the first time at Indy...
"Oh. Really....?"

Q - "First time???" .....

Q - "Where else did you see it run???"


"E" for effort though.......

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the BRM H16 (16 cylinders in an 'H' pattern).
Negative. Two flat eights driving a central output shaft via gears.

Trivia question....when/where did it win in whose/what car??

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