Pure Vision Martini Mustang

The finished product, complete with a description of the Indycar engine some people were wondering about:

http://bangshift.com/blog/sema-2012-featurette-the-pure-vision-martini-mustang-t5-r-an-incredible-what-if-of-ford-racing-history.html

My pants just got tight.

wow. that is berkeleying gorgeous.

Yes please.

Double WOW.

OH MY GOD THOSE WHEELS

AAaaaaaand Im spent

The only thing I don't like on that car is the 3-spoke knockoffs over the 4-spoke wheels. Something about that just looks wonky to me.

I wonder if you could make a mod motor look similar to that with ITBs. I love how the engine has nothing in the middle.

That engine blows my mind.

The whole thing is great.

HOW THE berkeley DID I NOT SEE THAT AT SEMA??!!!!!

I saw that car on Speedhunters. One of the commenters there was kind enough to post links to videos of Jim Clark's Lotus 38, a car that originally used that Indy engine. And it sounds glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44naCsM6oJI

If ever a white car deserved Martini Livery...

SO much win.

That is a wonderful sound!

Oh my! That is gorgeous.

hrdlydangerous wrote: I wonder if you could make a mod motor look similar to that with ITBs. I love how the engine has nothing in the middle.

Ask, and thou shalt receive.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2011/12/car_feature_gt_gt_this_is_the_rtr_x/

Looks good, I wanna see specs now.

Rims & engine are great!

For those of you who wondered about the engine, here's the scoop:

http://bangshift.com/blog/video-the-1960s-indy-car-engine-from-steve-stropes-martini-t5-r-mustang-wails-on-the-dyno.html

In reply to bravenrace:

I peed a little.

Appleseed wrote: In reply to bravenrace: I peed a little.

Too Much Information.

That is a beautiful build. Nice to see someone go so far out of the box for a SEMA build. A lot of them are kinda homogenous these days (IMHO).

The wheel size is great for the car. Lately, too many people have been putting huge, out-of-proportion wheels on their cars. This setup looks just right. Plus, the style is off-the-wall good.

The engine is just preposterous. I wonder WTF something like that costs to procure. I also didn't know that Indy cars of that vintage sounded so beefy. Very muscular sound for an open wheeler. I'm programmed to expect a high-pitched shriek.

nope.. all you need do is watch that shell commercial that features all the ferrari race cars to see the evolution in sound from rumble to shriek...