I saw this the other day. At first I thought the B was for Bentley, until I saw your post. It was owned by a DJ since the vanity plate said so. I didn't know DJs earn that much.
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I saw this the other day. At first I thought the B was for Bentley, until I saw your post. It was owned by a DJ since the vanity plate said so. I didn't know DJs earn that much.
The Rolls Royce Phantom I isn't an uncommon car but this one is utterly unique;
The Round Door Rolls - 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe
The Round Door Rolls - 1925 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Jonckheere Coupe
This is not obscure but it's a little unusual because it says "Pace Car" on it. Saw it in a barn, you don't see many pace cars here. I could say it's obscure because it's in a barn in Norway. 
How did that happen.
And I have a quick question for @Nitro, they say this is a 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car, 5.7-188, Anniversary model 25th. It says "62nd Annual Indianapolis 500 mile Race - May 28, 1978" on the doors. Does it add value/become more sought after in the US when it says Pace Car on it, or is it still just a 1978 Corvette?
How did that happen.And I have a quick question for @Nitro, they say this is a 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car, 5.7-188, Anniversary model 25th. It says "62nd Annual Indianapolis 500 mile Race - May 28, 1978" on the doors. Does it add value/become more sought after in the US when it says Pace Car on it, or is it still just a 1978 Corvette?
No, it does in fact add value to it.
My Mom and I each owned one of these:
https://www.autismforums.com/media/1969-indy-pacecar-ad.5135/https://www.autismforums.com/media/my-1969-chevy-camaro.5130/
Originally, only the true Indy Pacecars had the badging added to the bodies, but later even the replicas came with them.
Here's another one, I think this one is cooler. 1972 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds.
The only one in Norway of only 629 made. 56th Annual Indianapolis 500 Mile race - May 27, 1972. That's one cool car.
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nice.Here's another one, I think this one is cooler. 1972 Oldsmobile Hurst/Olds.
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There were only 3675 '69 Camaros made, so they were fairly rare too.
I owned a Hurst Rambler for a little while
Oh wow, that's a seriously cool car. Why do they not make cars like that anymore.
Lately I've been enjoying numerous YouTube presentations regarding classic British sports cars as "restomods". Restored, but modified to more modern standards. Often reflecting rebuilds that may be superior to the original car when rolled off the factory floor.
Wild to see a 70s MGB with as much as 350 to 500 horsepower, sophisticated audio systems and air conditioning mine never had. Very cool!
Also have to pay homage to Triumph for their early 60s TR-3, and 70s Spitfire.
There are so many of these presentations I didn't bother to link any. My bad!
Wild to see a 70s MGB with as much as 350 to 500 horsepower, sophisticated audio systems and air conditioning mine never had. Very cool!
Also have to pay homage to Triumph for their early 60s TR-3, and 70s Spitfire.
There are so many of these presentations I didn't bother to link any. My bad!
There are still hipo cars being built, with much more power than we got to play with, but they are justified by being built in volume.
Basically, mine was a factory racecar.
The 383 had a solid lifter camshaft and was rated at a modest 335 horsepower with about 400 pounds/feet of torque.
The horsepower rating were basically lied about for insurance purposes, so it likely had much more.
It was geared really low, possibly a 5.13:1 final drive ratio in the third member.
It originally served it's time on the quarter mile running consistent 11.29 passes on racing slicks.
It was a blast to drive on our old biased ply junk we had back then.
There wasn't a lot of room in the rear wheelhouses for bigger tires unless you tipped it on it's nose, so she had the classic oldschool rake to her just to clear the rubber.
Mine had fenderwell headers on it because of the restrictions from the exhaust manifolds when they shoehorned the big block into her.
They were very illegal at the time and was one of the first things the law looked for
I want to stuff an LS motor into a first generation Mazda Miata some dayLately I've been enjoying numerous YouTube presentations regarding classic British sports cars as "restomods". Restored, but modified to more modern standards. Often reflecting rebuilds that may be superior to the original car when rolled off the factory floor.
Wild to see a 70s MGB with as much as 350 to 500 horsepower, sophisticated audio systems and air conditioning mine never had. Very cool!
Also have to pay homage to Triumph for their early 60s TR-3, and 70s Spitfire.
There are so many of these presentations I didn't bother to link any. My bad!
I think I need a cigarette. Oh yeah....I don't smoke!
You know. I did see a video just a few days ago showing what third-party designers were doing with older Miatas. Really cool stuff.
Nothing wilder than to see an outrageously large engine block put into a rather small car.
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I still recall seeing an ancient MGTC as a drag racer at the Orange County Raceway. Sounds preposterous, eh?I would like to jam a 6.7L Cummins turbo diesel engine into a Miata, just for fun.
The car was so out of control that it barely got to the Christmas Tree. When the lights went green, it just bounced all over the place and mostly went in every direction except forward. Funny as hell to see.
"A little too much torque there, Sparky?"
1925? Interesting. Wondering if Czech auto manufacturer "Tatra" shamelessly copied that design much later ?
Or did Rolls Royce ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatra_(company)
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another project on my bucket list is to build a tube chassis for our 1976 VW Beetle based Bradley GT kit car body and use the drivetrain out of a supercharged 3800 (3.8L V6 with an Eaton roots style blower) General Motors ride for the powerplant
You would love the museum at the Indy Speedway. I was there for the race in 1967, though I am not a fan of racing ovals. It was exciting to watch Parnelli Jones dominate in the STP-Turbocar (Silent Sam) until lap 197 when he lost a bearing. A 4WD car powered by a Pratt & Whitney ST6B-62, 550 bhp, 260 lb. The original is in the Smithsonian, National Museum of American History.This is not obscure but it's a little unusual because it says "Pace Car" on it. Saw it in a barn, you don't see many pace cars here. I could say it's obscure because it's in a barn in Norway.
And I have a quick question for @Nitro, they say this is a 1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car, 5.7-188, Anniversary model 25th. It says "62nd Annual Indianapolis 500 mile Race - May 28, 1978" on the doors. Does it add value/become more sought after in the US when it says Pace Car on it, or is it still just a 1978 Corvette?
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Personally, I am enjoying my 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder. I finally have enough saved to swap the engine for a 2ZZ-GE and 6 speed. I am going to enjoy that especially now that the safety improvements are complete.
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I googled Indy Speedway Museum, it looked very interesting. And big.
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