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Old 04-12-2020, 05:19 PM   #3421 (permalink)
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I was looking at freebeards link and saw another link, then this link.

tatra-club.com

So I checked it out and found this beauty...

1945 Tatra 87

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https://www.tatra-club.com/vozidlo/tatra-87-325


I know that this model has been posted many times. But this restoration was top notch.

This is what they started with.

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Old 04-12-2020, 05:25 PM   #3422 (permalink)
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Banjo steering wheel and peep mirrors.
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I found this looking for something else. It reminds me of the M-B Bionic (boxfish) from 2005 but it was shown ten years earlier:



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Old 04-23-2020, 06:34 PM   #3424 (permalink)
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I found this looking for something else. It reminds me of the M-B Bionic (boxfish) from 2005 but it was shown ten years earlier:



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Old 04-23-2020, 07:45 PM   #3425 (permalink)
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Prof. Alberto Morelli's wind tunnel work:

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In 2000,Professor Alberto Morelli,of the Torino Technical University,published 'A New Aerodynamic Approach to Advanced Automobile Basic Shapes,' in which he uses the term 'Fluid Tail.' (this SAE Paper # 2000-01-0491 was shared years ago here at EcoModder.com ) .It's available online as a printable PDF.

https://ecomodder.com/forum/showthre...ail-33283.html

It's interesting that Morelli's work was published in 2000, which postdates the concept car.
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Just A Car Guy: Geo Ham is well known for his racecar and airplane art. I didn't even know he also painted vans and busses

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GT-R LM Nismo

Developed for the Le Mans Prototype race. Featured regenerative brake and a front mid-engine layout, the latter of which wasn't featured on any other LM car at the time.

3 cars raced once, from the back of the grid, after failing to come within 110% of the pole position car's time.

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Here's a good report on a car I never knew much about... it. That thing.

The guy took [and re-took] the record, then quit while he was ahead.
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All kinds of interesting cars in this video describing 'car failures', like the Davis 3-wheeler, the Tucker and some cars I've never heard of...


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