What is the craziest car you've seen?

[anonymous-user]

hoegaardenruls said:

Not sure which is worse here..

I saw that lunatic in 2005 when I was in Florida!

Edited by dme123 on Tuesday 26th July 08:50

[lotus116tornado]

A Jaguar XJ hearse.



Not that crazy until you look under the bonnet.

5.0 V8 lump producing 380bhp. Currently with its original owner in Oxfordshire.

[darker grapefruit]

In the 1980's my neighbour had a customised Ford Consul which had been converted to a pickup. Massive wolfrace wheels on the rear, it had 'The Incredible Hulk' in large letters down both sides and a menacing picture of the superhero on the back of the cab. The bodywork was green metalflake and there was some kind of V8 with a stainless steel drainpipe side-exit exhaust.

[dinkel]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...



Bonkers car.

[DMN]

motco said:

This is the Outspan Orange car

I remember seeing that (or another one, was there more than one?) parked up in Berkhamstead in the 90's. Not sure if it was a runner then.

[patmahe]

No pictures but a Mercedes Vito with a Lambo V12 conversion, oh what a sound

[outspan]

This one spotted IRL in 2014

[Helical]

Seen this XJ200 Transit at Goodwood once or twice

[ukaskew]

The owner, as expected, was properly off the rails. And yes, that's a Millennium Falcon.

USA 2010 - Santa Barbara by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

USA 2010 - Santa Barbara by Chris Harrison, on Flickr

[muckyman]

saw all three Bertone Bat cars together in the Coys of Kensington showroom about twenty years ago.
They were stunning

[Mr Roper]

A yellow Triumph TR7 / Ferrari F40.

It was so bad it was cool.

I want it.

[sinbaddio]

Wolfrace Sonic. Library pic as the car was in bits when a saw it....

[Tufty_B]

Don't forget Ed China, here are a few of the better known:

[jayemm89]

How about this, a Ferrari F40 replica based on a Triumph TR7. Proudly called the TR40!

Not my pic, I did take one but can't find it. Spotted it about 4 years ago at a show in Essex

[Black_S3]

Not sure if this counts as a car or a bike

[Daveactivist]

There was a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow that had a Merlin engine out of a WW2 Spitfire about 40 years ago.

The Rolls Royce company took the owner to court to stop him displaying their badge on the front of the car!

Also have a picture of a VW Beetle with a turbofan jet engine out of a helicopter as well as it's original petrol motor.

When asked how fast it goes, he said;

"I built it to thrill me not kill me."

[Hugh Jarse]

There was a BAE Hawk/Jaguar in the west Midlands in the late 80s/90s.
Cant find it on google though.
Saw it in the flesh outside a pub, was unsurprisingly, nuts and cool in equal measure.

[PoleDriver]

Daveactivist said:

There was a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow that had a Merlin engine out of a WW2 Spitfire about 40 years ago.

The Rolls Royce company took the owner to court to stop him displaying their badge on the front of the car!

That was John Dodd's home brewed car, as I featured above, which featured a Rolls Grille and winged lady!

[Daveactivist]

Here is a link to the 27 litre Merlin engine powered Rolls Royce;

https://youtu.be/u43pWEwI6xY

[PoleDriver]

Daveactivist said:

Here is a link to the Rolls Royce 27 litre Merlin engine powered one-off car;

FTFY

A lot of police forces were annoyed at RR about this, it's only the engine, bonnet, bumper and grille which are true RR.
Google John Dodd's 'Beast' it's an amazing project.

Edited by PoleDriver on Tuesday 26th July 13:04