07-28-2010, 07:01 PM
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The '39 Maybach needed just a 150HP engine to go 150mph. I think the new one needs considerably more HP -- it looks relatively lame, aerodynamically...
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The roofline is too fast in both plan and elevation.Just not enough length to pull it off.
She is pretty though,and might get a conversation going about aero in rarified social circles.That might lead to harder questions which might lead to harder engineering.Can't hurt!
Thanks for posting!
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08-03-2011, 11:38 AM
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It's time to go " Back to the future" with this type of styling.
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08-03-2011, 06:53 PM
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It's time to go " Back to the future" with this type of styling.
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Or as Alex Tremulis would say,"ahead into the past." |
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08-11-2011, 10:24 PM
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Few more videos from MB museum Stuttgart:
MB W125
MB weltrekordwagen T80
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09-16-2011, 06:34 PM
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I just went through the whole thread. Some really great stuff in here! The reason I bumped it is to ask if anyone has heard anything about the pillbug reproduction. It seems many people do these kind of things; for example the only existing Voisin Laboratoire is a reproduction (I believe from the 80's). Thanks for all the info! I'll try to help where I can.
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09-16-2011, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Sven7
I just went through the whole thread. Some really great stuff in here! The reason I bumped it is to ask if anyone has heard anything about the pillbug reproduction. It seems many people do these kind of things; for example the only existing Voisin Laboratoire is a reproduction (I believe from the 80's). Thanks for all the info! I'll try to help where I can.
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Since you mentioned the Laboratoire, permit me to introduce you to the great Andre LeFebvre, who actually drove it in the Italian Grand Prix (sorry, Gran Premio) in 1922.
He then joined Citroen, where his passion for light weight and aerodynamics were welcome, and went on to design the DS19, the 2CV, (I think he also played a big part in the Traction-Avant)
Here's a little gem of his that few know about.
1956 Citroen C-10 Coccinelle - Concepts |
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09-18-2011, 07:25 PM
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Since you mentioned the Laboratoire, permit me to introduce you to the great Andre LeFebvre, who actually drove it in the Italian Grand Prix (sorry, Gran Premio) in 1922.
He then joined Citroen, where his passion for light weight and aerodynamics were welcome, and went on to design the DS19, the 2CV, (I think he also played a big part in the Traction-Avant)
Here's a little gem of his that few know about.
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1956???
I swear that thing's 19 86 
Thank you for that tidbit! I can see where the DS got some of its inspiration.
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09-18-2011, 07:55 PM
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1956???
I swear that thing's 19 86
Thank you for that tidbit! I can see where the DS got some of its inspiration.
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Some of it's inspiration??!? LeFebrve was the inspiration. Here's a great link on the DS19,
Déesse Ex Machina: The Remarkable Citroën DS
and while you're there, check out the Traction-Avant piece. He did that too, and the 2CV to boot.
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09-18-2011, 08:28 PM
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First modern wing car?
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09-18-2011, 09:30 PM
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