Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

"Tupolev A3 pusher-prop Aerosledge 65kph (40 mph) on water, 120kph (70mph) on snow."

wheelsmithy said:

BoxheadTim said:

If I had the skills, I'd be so tempted to build a replica.

That is painfully beautiful Details? 

 

It's the/a Broadspeed GTS. Based on the Broadspeed GT 2+2:

In reply to Wally :

I forgot how funny this web comic was, glad LAH is still paying for hosting. 

VW/914 engine to a rear axle?  How?

In reply to 914Driver :

That reminds me, I am the second owner of an RX-3...

914Driver said:

VW/914 engine to a rear axle?  How?

If it's anything like the typical applications of that chassis style, a direct connection from the crankshaft to the driveshaft, no clutch or transmission.

Transmissions and starters and stuff add weight, and flywheels are just excess rotational mass.  You get your pit crew to push you around until you're going fast enough and then you engage the magneto and you're ready to go.

In reply to 914Driver :

You owned a 73 Pinto? 

No, but do I admit it if I did?

Talk about stepping up, Pinto to a Porsche!

914Driver said:

914Driver said:

No, but do I admit it if I did?

 

Hi, my name is Bill, and I once owned a Vega.  

SWB dragster purchased in 1974 by a 17 year old for $200. 

Once owned a 77 LTD in the late 90s. Mint greend paint with emerald green interior. Absolute pig of a car. 

The first black heavy metal band.

Never owned a Pinto, but had a $70  Anglia Prefect.

In reply to 914Driver :

When I was a kid and first read The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, I didn't realize that the joke was that Ford Prefect had named himself after a car, but thought it was that his last name was an imperfect spelling of "perfect."

This is cool.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/romotow-trailer-makes-camping-cool-170042242.html?soc_src=community&soc_trk=fb&fbclid=IwAR2_IEvoYNFK7t_IO-qtXFmyosVJCa8vesOT9Vmn_dRXFJvP0ybafmN7KU4

In reply to BoxheadTim :

Thanks, I love it.