06-25-2024, 02:14 PM
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Maybe that's why it has a front fender?
(I'm off to the Pelican Parts thread)
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06-25-2024, 02:24 PM
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You obviously are not a fan of the movie, "I'm Gonna git you Sucka",
"how does he go to the bathroom?"
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08-05-2024, 01:12 PM
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https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/202...prototype.html
I'd call this an AI hallucination, based on the lettering on the rear fenders. And that doesn't look like a 1966 engine compartment.
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08-08-2024, 06:57 AM
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I'd call this an AI hallucination, based on the lettering on the rear fenders. And that doesn't look like a 1966 engine compartment.
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I know you don't do Facebook, but the comments via the link provided are entertaining.
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i hope the folks in this group dont stand up in the movie theatre and shout 'hey!! thats fake! those people arent real, just actors!!' or scream at their TV sets for the same reason. of course its fake. a better word would be 'fantasy'. a little imagination and a lot of skill having some fun together. relax.
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If this is an attempt to show off your/the capability of AI, I’m reassured that it is still far off from being useful. Nothing about this car even refers to anything remotely Austin-Healey… and yes Healeys did race at Le Mans. Quite successfully so, thank goodness with real smart engineers and not fake AI! All nice on paper, but Le Mans consists of asphalt, plenty of it. You should try it out!
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Now for some real oddness that is oh so good.
Records
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Prior to shipping to the USA the car was aerodynamically tested extensively in a wind tunnel and the on the advice of Dr John Weaving the rear fin of the 1954 version was removed.
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Note: the Carroll Shelby content in the above link is worth reading, and NO AI involved.
Below the previously mentioned fin, very Flash Gordon looking if I do say so.
https://sportscardigest.com/healey-record-car-revival/
https://www.hotrodhotline.com/featur...eturnissue007/
More:
https://primotipo.com/tag/austin-hea...endurance-car/
And of course it was the motor oil, and not the aerodynamics - you cannot sell aerodynamics in a can.
https://primotipo.com/tag/austin-hea...endurance-car/
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You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............
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08-08-2024, 07:19 AM
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carroll_Shelby#Driving_career
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In August 1954, Shelby drove with Donald Healey, and his team. In an Austin-Healey 100S and supercharged 100S, they set Class D National speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Shelby, Healey, Captain G.E.T. Eyston, Mortimer Morris Goodall, and Roy Jackson-Moore set about 70 new records, with Shelby setting 17 on his own.
Shelby was severely injured in a crash while racing an Austin-Healey in the Carrera Panamericana. Though he underwent eight months of operations, he continued to drive in 1955, winning about ten races, and a second-place showing at Sebring driving Allen Guiberson's Ferrari Monza.
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08-10-2024, 02:26 AM
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Honestly I wouldn't be so overwhelmed by the aeromods on that Austin-Healey, yet it's quite obvious the results of those record-breaking attempts would only be achieavable with those aeromods.
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08-20-2024, 01:40 PM
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08-25-2024, 01:44 AM
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Sure a restored car might look nice, and eventually become better than stock, yet it's also interesting to see such an ancient car showing the signs of the time. At least it's a good statement of durability...
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08-31-2024, 12:39 PM
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09-04-2024, 07:53 PM
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I didn't think the beetle would do 200 mph but what do I know
https://www.motortrend.com/features/...e-warp-bubble/
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