The I'm Bored Guess The Car Quiz (No Googling allowed)
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nicanary said:
Triangle Special, one of a series of cars built by Ted Lloyd-Jones and referred to as The Flying Saucer. Daimler scout car chassis with a RR Kestrel engine and (incredibly) a Vauxhall 30/98 gearbox. I doubt if it was competitive at a hillclimb.
Out of engineering geekery interest only, anyone know how the drive worked on this? I mean, the huge engine seems to sit directly over the rear axle, so the drive must have come off at one end (presumably front, as there isn't much behind it), to the aforementioned Vauxhall 30/98 gearbox - which must have been working hard! - then be taken either backwards to the rear axle, forward to the front or split to both.Turbobanana said:
Out of engineering geekery interest only, anyone know how the drive worked on this? I mean, the huge engine seems to sit directly over the rear axle, so the drive must have come off at one end (presumably front, as there isn't much behind it), to the aforementioned Vauxhall 30/98 gearbox - which must have been working hard! - then be taken either backwards to the rear axle, forward to the front or split to both.
As a penetrating glimpse of the obvious, the Dingo had four-wheel-drive which was why L-J and Archie Butterworth built their over-powered sprint cars on that chassis. Without looking up the detail I assume there was a centre diff. with suitable one-in/two-out drives. One problem with Aero engines is they are low-revving by car standards and at least one special I knew of had the gearbox mounted backwards to step the rotation speed up.
Turbobanana said:
For completeness, this is the glorious(!) 1967 Mohs Ostentatienne Opera. 
Designed and built by a chap who normally serviced seaplanes, this was based on an International truck chassis and had a 5.0 V8 which, ordinarily, ought to have made it go quite well. However, due to its 2800kg weight its performance was somewhat blunted. Why so heavy? Bruce Mohs was obsessed with safety, so there were no doors, to allow for side impact beams, seats that tilted rearwards in an accident, powerful sealed beam rear lights and a fridge because... well, a fridge. The door was a single lift-up rear contraption that led to a central aisle, just like a bus. Also like a bus were the 20" wheels with nitrogen-filled tyres and, I'd imagine, the turning circle. Not to mention fuel consumption. Total production: 1.
Interior in all its glory:
Rear entrance (stop sniggering at the back):
It's been fully restored (as a school project!) and is alive and well, living in Wisconsin:
I was obsessed with this car as a child, after seeing a grainy black & white pic in some magazine or other, but then lost track of it over the years until the advent of t'internet. Hideous creation, but good to see it still trundling around.
Equus said:
Mike-tf3n0 said:
I quite like it, as 3-wheelers go.It's called the SUB3, and is a single-seater fitted with a 'sidewinder' Hayabusa engine, IIRC.
Mike-tf3n0 said:
Yes, obviously far too easy, I thought being neither a four wheeler nor a two wheeler you would all be stumped!
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