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This purpose built race chassis was built to compete in SCCA’s Gt-5 class. The GT classes are for heavily modified versions of production cars and tube frame chassis built specifically for racing. Between 1980 and 2005, there were five GT-classes numbered 1-5, with engine displacement getting progressively smaller, GT-5 being the smallest class of 1.3L […]
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Avantime is a combination of the French “avant” for “ahead” and the English word “time”. The Avantime’s predecessor – the Espace – was certainly ahead of its time. By 2001, the MPV market was well established, but Renault had their own take with the production debut of the Avantime. The Avantime was conceived by Philippe
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Introduced in 1914, the Aero-Sled Company of Chicago, Illinois, marketed their propeller-powered vehicle as both a practical means of winter transportation and for the new winter sport, motorized ice-sledding! The Aero-Sled was driven much like a car (in theory), with cushioned seats, a steering wheel guiding the skids, and a large handbrake to “bring your
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The Lotus Elan was the third series-production car made by Lotus. It was a large step ahead of the first two series cars made by Lotus in passenger comfort. With its backbone tubular chassis and fiberglass body, the street car only weighed about 1500 lbs. For Lotus, it was a big step forward in road
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Lloyd Arabella 38 – 1962 Read More »
The original Czechoslovakian Aero’s company history dates to 1929. Between then and World War II, the company produced automobiles and aircraft, and the company was owned by a Dr. Kabes in Prague-Vysocany. After the war (October 1945), the company was nationalized and the communist government decreed that no more automobiles would be built by the
Launched in 1963, the Hillman Imp was Rootes Group’s first post-WWII small car, developed under the internal project name “Apex”. A direct competitor to the BMC Mini, which had debuted nearly four years earlier, the Imp stood out with its 875cc all-aluminum engine. The engine, derived from the Coventry Climax OHC Formula Car engine, was
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Victor Bouffort was a brilliant French engineer whose designs included the Lohr Fardier, a small utility four-wheel drive vehicle used by the French military, and the Valmobile folding scooter. By the late 1960s, Bouffort had become increasingly aware of traffic congestion in cities such as Paris, and decided to do something about it. Bouffort and
