Adrian_Thompson wrote:
In reply to Storz:
Group S Audi prototype. Before the FIA banned Group B they were planning to replace it with an even more radical formula Group S. Group B needed 200 examples, but that was felt to be too high for some small manufacturers to enter so they were looking at a formula that only needed 10 cars to be built with no evolutions as you could build another 10 for next year. Many people were talking about 1,000hp, but the supposed rules would have been restricted to '300hp' (just like later Group A and WRC cars).
Interestingly enough, we did get Group S... in 1998, with the World Rally Car. 20 car minimum, restrictor on a 2 liter engine to make no more than roughly 300hp...
Yup, many Group B super cars had bolt in aluminium roll cages!!!
Makela Auto Tuning duplicated the Matter aluminium (i tried to bracket the "i" but it parsed it as an italics code) cages in steel for a couple of their restorations. For sure the Audi LWB. They even duplicated the stampings in the cage feet.
MAT does impressive work.
In reply to Jumper K. Balls:
The Fiat has round flares, the Toyota has box flares... Toyota wins 
daeman wrote:
Wall-e wrote:
Weather permitting tomorrow will be the last day to take a classic to work this year
You get to drive that for work? That's awesome Wally.
I just get to watch. There's just a hand full oldtimers that get to drive them. They are really nice to see. They all have period advertisements in them and people seem pretty excited to get on them. I've had several people stop me to ask why we can't put them on the tracking page so they know to wait for them.
Woody wrote:
How does that even work? I can sort of see how one could keep the center cluster stationary with a gear arrangement, but how would you make the gauges and switchgear function? I'm assuming a straight shaft for the steering and not a side gear arrangement.
Given that the pedals appear to be so far inboard as to be accessible by the passenger, I'm going to make an ergonomic stereotype and assume it's something Italian from the 70s.
Knurled wrote:
Woody wrote:
How does that even work? I can sort of see how one could keep the center cluster stationary with a gear arrangement, but how would you make the gauges and switchgear function? I'm assuming a straight shaft for the steering and not a side gear arrangement.
Given that the pedals appear to be so far inboard as to be accessible by the passenger, I'm going to make an ergonomic stereotype and assume it's something Italian from the 70s.
Google says its a Maserati Boomerang. The steering wheel is probably attached to a hollow gear with a shaft going through it to support the instrument cluster.
In reply to Flight Service:
What are you trying to do to me? Make me buy a Jaguar?
Rufledt
UltraDork
12/19/15 12:52 p.m.
Adrian_Thompson wrote:
In reply to Rufledt:
YOu missed a few.
Nah, i was just leaving some for you!
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