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GArBa
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Packard "grey wolf". Famously crashed by french cyclist, racer and later spark plugs manufacturer Albert Champion.
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busman78
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| Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 3:06 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| 1903 to be exact for the original, can you imagine going 77 mph in that? |
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Chad1376
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 2:11 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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This showed up at our latest (Las Vegas Region SCCA) Autocross. It's not an original, but a very high-end repro. I didn't know what it was until someone 'splained it to me. Driven by a quite famous dude in racing circles. He didn't race, but just watched. I'll let you know what and who, if no one guesses it.
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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It looks loosely based off of a 1965ish Ferrari, those wheels look like shit on it. Original Borrani's make that car. Factory Five kit maybe? If so, I guess it's based on the Cobra Daytona Coupe.
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Chad1376
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| TDCTDI wrote: |
| It looks loosely based off of a 1965ish Ferrari, those wheels look like shit on it. Original Borrani's make that car. Factory Five kit maybe? If so, I guess it's based on the Cobra Daytona Coupe. |
ding ding ding - we have a winner: It's not a Facroy Five, though. It's his own replica.
It looked pretty sweet in person, wheels and all. It belongs to Pete Brock.
Here's a youtube of him talking about the original, and driving the same repro you see in the picture above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAh4npN-nUA
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TDCTDI
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 3:45 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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It needs Halibrands.
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Letterman7
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| Brock was at Carlisle several years ago talking design. IIRC that car did start as a Factory Five Daytona, he just modified it to suit him. |
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hitest
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2018 8:56 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Superformance made (makes?) those too- with really neat twin side pipes.
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busman78
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| Posted: Fri May 25, 2018 3:42 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| When I first saw it reminded me of a car one of my past bosses had, a 1967 Toyota 2000GT, although headlight configuration is different the body lines have that flow. |
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Randall
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 3:02 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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This one is for sale. There is a tenuous connection between the manufacturer and Warren Buffett.
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notchback
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2018 6:10 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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1931 Marmon Sixteen
http://www.omaha.com/money/buffett/berkshire-s-hid...6ff03.html
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Randall
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:13 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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You got it -- including the Buffett connection. 
The car in the photo was for sale this past weekend at the Mecum auction in Denver. The reserve might not have been met.
https://www.mecum.com/lots/DN0618-328792/1931-marmon-16/ |
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hopkin 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:54 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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I spotted this 1960 Skoda at a Cruise Night this week. The owner imported it from Hungary, it was his car there:
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Jacks
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:20 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Wow, that little Skoda is just delightful, and well presented. I can't imagine the effort to find parts for it. Thank you for posting the pictures.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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My wife is driving a rental Skoda around Ireland right now. Not anywhere near as cool as that one, to be sure.
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GArBa
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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To complete the info, it's a Škoda Felicia, the convertible version of the then manufactured Škoda Octavia. It's from a time when eastern cars were still comparable with their western counterparts.
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raygreenwood
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:12 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| GArBa wrote: |
| To complete the info, it's a Škoda Felicia, the convertible version of the then manufactured Škoda Octavia. It's from a time when eastern cars were still comparable with their western counterparts. |
They still are.....again. The 2nd generation Skoda Octavia was actually a re-skinned VW Passat and was not a sleezy car. The third generation....ccurrent....is based on the the Golf Mk7/Audi A3. Far better than anything made by GM. 
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John Moxon
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| GArBa wrote: |
| To complete the info, it's a Škoda Felicia, the convertible version of the then manufactured Škoda Octavia. It's from a time when eastern cars were still comparable with their western counterparts. |
They still are.....again. The 2nd generation Skoda Octavia was actually a re-skinned VW Passat and was not a sleezy car. The third generation....ccurrent....is based on the the Golf Mk7/Audi A3. Far better than anything made by GM.
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Certainly here in Europe, before Skoda became part of the VAG group, the name was a by-word for rust and poor reliability. Jokes like: I have a Skoda 16 valve, 8 in the engine, 8 in the radio. etc etc.
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Randall
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:28 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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This car probably won't be too hard for someone to correctly identify even though only a few these ended up in the hands of the public.
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Looks like an AMC product.
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