Weird Cars Thread

[somebodyelse]

Continuing the forward control theme, the Land Rover 101 and one of the 4 road legal City Cabs from the '95 Judge Dredd movie/travesty, built on a 101 chassis.

 

[Juhazi]

 

[Ron Texas]

This is another Houston car, I have met the owner. She is a hair dresser, note the pun.

@somebodyelse that yellow thing is badass.

 

[somebodyelse]

You want badass? How about a pink Mini Shorty with nitrous?

 

[somebodyelse]

Not sure if this is genius or insanity, but it's certainly weird. Car is a bit of a stretch but worth the risk.

 

[mhardy6647]

Not sure if this is genius or insanity, but it's certainly weird. Car is a bit of a stretch but worth the risk.

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[Juhazi]

 

[Harmonie]

Reminds me a kind of Fiat 124 which I quite liked in the past (the sports versions of course).

 

[MRC01]

Not sure if this is genius or insanity, but it's certainly weird. Car is a bit of a stretch but worth the risk. [steam powered bike]

The nice thing about the Stanley Steamer...

Is that you don't have to buy any gasoline. Or electricity.

 

[Blumlein 88]

The nice thing about the Stanley Steamer...
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Is that you don't have to buy any gasoline. Or electricity.

Kerosene however. Perhaps jet-fuel could be used in a pinch. Just make sure you don't get JP-4.

Was interesting to me that Stanley's early steamers had no condenser. Later models did.

 

[Count Arthur]

Does anybody know what the music is? Sounds a little like Pink Floyd.

 

[Harmonie]

Does anybody know what the music is? Sounds a little like Pink Floyd.

I had the same impression of a " Wish you were here "theme, but it's different.

 

[Ron Texas]

1930 Devaux. I wonder how aerodynamic it actually is.

 

[mhardy6647]

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1930 Devaux. I wonder how aerodynamic it actually is.

It is gorgeous. I thought maybe a Delhaye EDIT I mean, Delahaye! when I saw it; I've never seen this automobile before.

https://newatlas.com/the-outrageous-1949-delahaye-175-s-saoutchik-roadster/15949/

It's probably not as aerodynamic as it looks (otherwise it would look either like a Citroen Cx ... or a Honda CR-V ), but, at the end of the day, who cares?!
In the spirit of this forum, though, a windtunnel and smoke generator (or Schlieren photography) would answer the question in a pretty straightforward manner.

 

[Wes]

A lot depends on what you mean by "aerodynamic" - Cd only? Location of the center of pressure? Lift at the rear?
Airflow mgmt. to the brakes, engine cooling, cabin?

etc.

But no - you want a Kamm tail to break off trailing eddies, even if it ruins the looks of your Alfa Spyder.


At least that is what Dr. Ed E. Size told me.

 

[Juhazi]

A beautiful modern Ferrari

 

[mhardy6647]

That is a pretty Ferrari.

Although it kind of looks like GM's 1960s Mako Shark (to me)...

 

[Ron Texas]

Sorry, it's blurry. Never cross the street in front of anything which looks like this. It's a customized '59 Caddy.

 

[Harmonie]

Sorry, it's blurry. Never cross the street in front of anything which looks like this. It's a customized '59 Caddy.

Is it armed ?

 

[Ron Texas]

Is it armed ?

The background looks like the Cadillac Ranch, an outdoor sculpture made from half buried Cadillac's in West Texas near Amarillo on I-40. In that area almost everyone is armed. I hope that answers your question.