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Nissan Silvia

 

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So the model that preceded this was "Silvia's Mother"? (ewwww, lol)

 

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1984 Mercury Capri Turbo RS

Aftermarket wheels approximate the lace-style BBS wheels of the time.

 

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1935 Monaco Trossi

It sported a supercharged 3982cc (243 cu.in) 16-cylinder air-cooled two-stroke radial motor, and it was front wheel drive. It was built by Augusto Monaco and funded by racer Count Carlo Felice Trossi. It was entered in the 1935 Italian Grand Prix, but following various issues in testing including overheating and severe understeer, it was never actually raced.

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Monaco Trossi 1935 Grand Prix Racer

The Monaco Trossi Grand Prix racer of 1935 was one of the oddest Grand Prix race cars ever built. With its 16-cylinder, two-stroke engine and front-wheel drive arrangement, the car proved too unsta…

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1952 Alfa Romeo Disco Volante ( flying saucer) or Competition 52

 

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GM LS-swapped Datsun 510

 

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Fiat Multipla. Looks like it's going backwards.

 

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Surfite, built in 1964 by Ed "Big Daddy" Roth; powered by chrome plated 1.2L Mini Cooper engine. Appeared briefly (less than 30 seconds) in the film "Bikini Beach".

Currently owned by a collector in CA, it is one of the few Roth cars still in excellent, original, condition. Top photo is from a concours event a few years ago, it was driven to and from the show.

Bottom photo is contemporary shot of Roth driving the car.

 

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1960 TR-3 with Mustang 302 V8. Impressive or heresy? lol

 

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2 Volvo Amazon race car.

 

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1970 Lotus 56B Formula 1 turbine

Full story:

 

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1964 Ferguson P99, 4wd F1 car. Competed in F1 from '61-'63, only win was Oulton Park (in the rain) driven by Sterling Moss; was also driven by Innes Ireland and Graham Hill, usually finishing in the top ten. Then spent several seasons in British hill climbs, taking the championship in '64. In a recent interview Moss stated the Ferguson was his favorite of all the F1 cars he has driven. Car is still active in vintage racing.

 

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For National Ice Cream Day in the U.S.;

1965 Pontiac Lemans GTO hardtop in "plain vanilla"

 

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Formula Ford - Bob Skelton - 1972 TAA Formula Ford Driver to Europe

 

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1973 Royale RP16 Formula Ford

 

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Life F1
One of the worst F1 team ever

 

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See post # 636 above^^

1970 Pontiac GTO Judge in Orbit Orange (Yes it looks yellow, but then again the darker bright orange often seen on 1969 Judges was called "Carousel Red.")

Look at the carbon coming out of the dual exhaust with chrome splitters! Looks like a fuel rich condition from the factory. Rear bumper chrome on the 1970-1971 Pontiac intermediates with dual splitters is almost always in need of restoration--my '71 GTO exhibited permanent chrome discoloration ca. 1985.

Sharp-eyed viewers will note Keystone Klassic custom wheels and GTO decals in place of Judge decals . . .

The decal switcheroo occurred because the shadowy character played by actor Warren Oates was named "G.T.O." in the Two-Lane Blacktop script.

G.T.O. has challenged the drivers* of the heavily modded primer gray 1955 Chevrolet two-door post sedan to race from California to Washington, D.C., for "pinks"--the color for California title certificates--to the loser's car.

Performance mods to the '55 Chevy included a big block Chevy V8 presumably the new for 1970 454 CID) topped by a tunnel ram intake fed by two 4-barrel carburetors), free-flowing fenderwell headers, and a tilt front clip.

*played by ill-starred Beach Boy Dennis Wilson and singer-songwriter James Taylor.

Debutting in 1971, Two-Lane Blacktop is a sparse art film--a cult classic and a must watch for any car enthusiast as the actual engine sounds for each car provide much of the soundtrack.

Trivia Part 1: Three '55 Chevy's were used for filming--one with the full-tilt (no pun intended) performance mods, one with a milder engine which was necessary for interior dialogue, and one with a roll cage and other safety equipment for stunts.

Trivia Part 2: One of the Two-Lane Blacktop Chevys was painted black and treated to 1962 era performance and interior mods and driven by a young Harrison Ford in the 1973 nostalgia classic American Graffitti.

Trivia Part 3 & speculation: The Mark II big block Chevrolet did not make its production debut until 1965 displacing 396 cubic inches, making one wonder what kind of engine Bob Falfa had under the hood of the '55 in '62 Was it a ca. 1957 283 CID punched out to 301? A 327 dual carb Corvette engine? A Chevrolet big-block 348 or 409 CID "W"-engine?--so named because of its unique valve arrangement and rocker covers. Perhaps a Chrysler 392 CID hemi transplanted from a 1958 300-D? I need to do a little more research about what the prime mover was in the mind of George Lucas . . .

 

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Fiat Barchetta