Serious historic looking track day weapon.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/06/the-1960s-f1-car-remastered/

Some of the comments over there made me LOL. That thing looks cool and would be a ball to drive. I was a bit surprised at the weight. What did an actual 1960's era F1 car weigh?

SpeedHunters wrote: "depending on the exact specifications curb weight on the SVF1 can be as little as 1280lbs."

I really like that idea. I think it could be a neat race series, too. Decent hp, low weight, no downforce.

That's a weirdo collector, though.

In reply to tuna55:

Maybe the designer was expecting to develop some thrust?

The mid-60s were the best years to be an F1 driver if you wanted to be dead.

I have a technical book about the late 60's BRM at home. It was handed out at Expo 67 and is surprisingly full of techny stuff for what is really a promotional item.

To pick a random car from F1 Technical.net - the 1966-68 Ferrari weighed 548 kg wet. That's basically 1200 lbs. I'll bet it's fudged high because they're trying to meet the rules, while the guy passively trying to sell his car is fudging low.

It looks nice but most track days (around here anyways) won't allow open wheel cars to run with the rest, so it would be useless as a track car. Unless you rent a track all to yourself.

Still cool though.

From the product blurb:

I think most people (regardless of age) will agree the Formula 1 cars of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s had a personality that today’s machines just don’t have

I don't think it's dependent on the person's age, it's when they really first got into F1.

I started watching it seriously in 2000, and if I could have any F1 car I chose, it'd probably be a Ferrari F2004. 18K RPM V10, Schumacher's last championship, and it's still got the track record at almost every track that was on the calendar that year. To me, the banshee wail of the V10s says "F1" more than the Ferrari V12s of the early 90s do.

But yeah, I don't see much point in owning a car like the one above. As cool as it may look, you can't really drive open wheel cars anywhere except in race sessions, and it's not legal for any class that I know of. I guess you could take it to open testing days for open wheel cars. It seems like a Radical or other sports racer would be just as much fun to drive and have a lot more opportunity.

That's what race cars are supposed to look like.

If i was rich i'd buy one and then not drive it until the day i was ready to die. Although i'm sure a more powerful and possibly even more elegant suicide sled will be invented between now and then, and i still won't be rich. Well, there goes the whole thing i guess.

I like it.

I read the comments over there, and I think a lot of people suggesting all kinds of exotic and expensive engines to use were missing the point - the LS engine in the car now is relatively inexpensive, powerful, reliable and easy to repair.

RossD wrote: In reply to tuna55: Maybe the designer was expecting to develop some thrust?

If they are 180 degree headers then, yeah, he kinda was.

If I were buying an open-wheeler, it would either be a Formula Ford or an 80s F1 car with one of those 1500hp 1.5 turbo engines.

I prefer the look of the late 70s. I would also have tried to make a Ford Mod motor look like a Cosworth instead of using an LS.

My favorite sixties era F1 tool:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1f/2a/e1/1f2ae18cbb0ee617ea7e6fde3a642aad.jpg

And Dan's still the man!

My favorite sixties era F1 tool:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/1f/2a/e1/1f2ae18cbb0ee617ea7e6fde3a642aad.jpg

And Dan's still the man, even in his eighties!

Dan Gurney for President!

http://assets.blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2013/04/Gurney-Eagle12-Nuerburgring-1966-Dan-Gurney.jpg

(And in my humble opinion, this picture is from Spa 1967, not der Nurburgring).

Cool car. I don't quite understand the engine choice. Sure an LS V8 is practical and potent but to me it doesn't fit the unique spirit of the rest of the car. That's just my opinion though. I bet it's a blast to drive.

I would find some way to drive it on the street because yes, I do have a death wish

4x wheels = 2x as safe as a bike, or .5x?

In reply to Tyler H:

Yes.

JacktheRiffer wrote: I would find some way to drive it on the street because yes, I do have a death wish

I think they'd hear you coming.

BlueInGreen44 wrote: Cool car. I don't quite understand the engine choice. Sure an LS V8 is practical and potent but to me it doesn't fit the unique spirit of the rest of the car. That's just my opinion though. I bet it's a blast to drive.

Because it's compact and reliable and easy. There are enough challenges in building a car like this in the first place, why make it more difficult?

I think the whole point of a car like this is to be something you can just jump into and drive for the weekend, and then put it away until the next time out. At 525hp, that LS engine should be easy to drive and reliable, plus it's making more horsepower than a real F1 car from the 1960s.

Very cool looking car but like some of the posters on Speedhunters the motor seems very high in the chassis. Also I the exhaust looks wrong to me, it almost seems as if the collector was chopped off. Regardless I could never in 100 years fabricate anything like this so hats off to the builder. Now as for the driver Bob Costas footing it around, with zero down force it may be quite the handful, it's pretty much in the unwinged sprint car zone.

 Tom