Car pics too cool not to share
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I think it's leaking parts as well, looks like a few are missing...
Weight reduction!!
Someone is coming out with a new front lip for it and I'm waiting for that to come out lol
Hard to believe the company that produced this homely looking death trap... 
...also produced this absolutely fantastic looking and sounding death trap...
I've never seen one of these in the flesh, which is to say this video pisses me off a bit. That was shot in and around Frederick, MD, a place I lived for 5 years, and I never saw this car once during that time. As well, I never saw this one either, a 914 the same guy owned...
...also produced this absolutely fantastic looking and sounding death trap...
I've never seen one of these in the flesh, which is to say this video pisses me off a bit. That was shot in and around Frederick, MD, a place I lived for 5 years, and I never saw this car once during that time. As well, I never saw this one either, a 914 the same guy owned...
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I think it's leaking parts as well, looks like a few are missing...
Nah ,.... it just has ZR - 2 options .
One of my favorite cars of all time. Actually drove one, once, at Ron Tonkin Gran Torisimo. The salesman wanted my 1972 Fiat 124 Coupe badly.
This was my favorite. I became fascinated with steam power in jr high, and I'd never seen a Stanley Steamer in person.
Boiler is under the hood. In many ways this is the car's "engine," as it's where the power is made.
But the actual engine is in the back, connected directly to the axle. These things had enough torque to pop wheelies!
With the way it was parked I couldn't see the engine, unless I crossed the barrier and I didn't want to disrespect the museum like that. So I poked around until I found somebody, and promising not to touch anything, asked if I could take a peak underneath. She got permission and escorted me around the car while I laid on the floor looking around. I took this video. I was stoked!
Boiler is under the hood. In many ways this is the car's "engine," as it's where the power is made.
But the actual engine is in the back, connected directly to the axle. These things had enough torque to pop wheelies!
With the way it was parked I couldn't see the engine, unless I crossed the barrier and I didn't want to disrespect the museum like that. So I poked around until I found somebody, and promising not to touch anything, asked if I could take a peak underneath. She got permission and escorted me around the car while I laid on the floor looking around. I took this video. I was stoked!
I can't zoom in enough to read, but from memory, that car and it's "short-tailed" brother were suppose to have been crushed back in the early '90s, but were somehow slipped out of GM and hidden in a private collection. IIRC, there are 3 cars total, all powered by high power turbo V6 engines. The first and second one look the same with the exception of one being a "normal" looking car, and the second in the picture above being a "long-tail" car built for top speed runs, which I think it ran up into the 250-260 MPH range in the late '80s. Very interesting cars, I need to look them up and read the story again.
Jay Leno has a large steam collection, even though one tried to kill him a few years ago. He has several videos covering various steam vehicles/engines, their development, operation and restoration if you're interested in that stuff. I find it interesting, but I'm glad internal combustion took over.
I'd love to own a steam vehicle. Wouldn't drive it every day, but it'd be fun!
I've always thought the old steam tractors would be fun to own if you had the time, resources and land.
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