bigdaddylee82 said:
69 messages, sent on 6/9 (my old anniversary!) at 4:20.
In reply to NickD :
Just came here to post that. I think Peabody and Wally also follow that FB group, among others, I'm sure.
NickD said:
The futt-bugliest car in Group B. It was also too unreliable and slow to outrun its own ugliness.
What futt-bugly but fast enough to make up for it may look like.
What is amusing is that there was no road homologation model. MG made 200 competition cars.
Pete. (l33t FS) said:NickD said:
The futt-bugliest car in Group B. It was also too unreliable and slow to outrun its own ugliness.
I think it has a certain Cyberpunk air to it. The interior is also wild. I saw the one at the Lane Motor Museum and fell in love with it for all its French-ness.
NickD said:Pete. (l33t FS) said:NickD said:
The futt-bugliest car in Group B. It was also too unreliable and slow to outrun its own ugliness.
I think it has a certain Cyberpunk air to it. The interior is also wild. I saw the one at the Lane Motor Museum and fell in love with it for all its French-ness.
Citroen (French for "lemon", which is where the American English use of the word "lemon" for "crappy car" comes from) decided to slap together a car with as much pre-existing production car stuff as possible.
It should be noted that at this point in the Group B era, production-based cars like the Audi were rapidly being outpaced by the tubeframe mid-engined cars designed specifically with motorsports in mind, like the 205 T16 and Delta S4. The 6R4 and RS200 would have been great contenders with more development time in competition, but Group B ended before that could happen. MG also did not have the budget to do more than rallies close to the UK so that was also a limitation, but they did fairly well in privateer hands at national level events and at rallycross, where a lot of the Bs ended up.
Another parts bin, production based Group B car was this little guy.
Basically a semi privateer group (MRTE) got the car homolgated with Mazda's Lego-like competition engine (13B peripheral port as used in IMSA GTU, stadium truck racing, anywhere they could) and smoothcase-based competition trans, and what appears to be an Escort based front suspension and a full float conversion of the stock rearend.
Stengel. 1962. But check out that barber shop slogan.
NickD said:
Would you please move those buckets away from the Dog?
Ahhh, grief bacon. Allow me in to your warm embrace.
In reply to wheelsmithy (Joe-with-an-L) (Forum Supporter) :
Obviously not a chopped and channeled Gremlin, but what? British, based on the door handles.
Austin Allegro ... stunningly awful even by the BL standards of the day.
In reply to RichardNZ :
I think he's referring to the Lotus Elite above, not the door handle donor... But you might just be having a reasonable reaction, not specifically answering the question 
Interesting prints of Martin Lewis paintings from the early-thirties when he lived in Newtown, CT:
This one is called "Wet Night on Route 6"
This one is called "Which Way?"
I don't know the name of this one, but they're all pretty cool.
BMW 503.
"For use in the 503 the 3.2 litre V8 was fitted with twin Zenith carburettors, an improved lubrication system using a chain-driven oil pump, and it had a compression ratio of 7.5:1. This engine was capable of 140 bhp at 4,800 rpm, it could push the 503 from 0-60 mph in 13 seconds, and on to a top speed of 115 mph."
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