Cars you didn't know existed...
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Stolen from the 1984 thread
https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides
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https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides
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Fast Bug said:
Shades of Opel GT in that
...and of the Cheetah "for when an AC Cobra is too soft"Opel should have just produced a slightly more modern version of the GT, classic sportscar lines without silly performance,
a 2&2 for singles, couples and small families, to keep as 2nd car even if the inevitable Pampers Bomber wagon had to be bought.
Benni said:
...and of the Cheetah "for when an AC Cobra is too soft"
Opel should have just produced a slightly more modern version of the GT, classic sportscar lines without silly performance,
a 2&2 for singles, couples and small families, to keep as 2nd car even if the inevitable Pampers Bomber wagon had to be bought.
I've seen a Cheetah in course of renovation. The engine is mounted so far back, there is no propshaft - the gearbox bolts directly to the diff. No wonder the cockpit got hot!Opel should have just produced a slightly more modern version of the GT, classic sportscar lines without silly performance,
a 2&2 for singles, couples and small families, to keep as 2nd car even if the inevitable Pampers Bomber wagon had to be bought.
saaby93 said:
Stolen from the 1984 thread
https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides
![](https://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/images_platje/platje13.jpg)
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The inventor of the speed camera. thttps://www.uijtenhaak.nl/gatso/gatford.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maus_Gatsonides
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poing said:
Hugo a Gogo said:
As a former regular visitor to those parts you got me more interested in the background than the cars! A rather wonderful blast from the past.https://viaretro.com/2019/01/new-to-me-the-trendse... - two new/old ones to me - Victress & La Dawri; intriguing machines.
Benni said:
Fast Bug said:
...and of the Cheetah "for when an AC Cobra is too soft"![yes](/inc/images/yes.gif)
https://classiccarcuration.co.uk/the-vauxhall-xvr-...
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You need cojones of tungsten to drive a Cheetah. While getting fried as well: your legs sit alongside the engine with the exhaust headers passing over them.
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Had things panned out differently Thomas could have been the equivalent to GM as Shelby was to Ford.
Tatra 87. 'Suicide' front doors and air coooled V8 rear engine.
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21st Century Man said:
The Germans banned it's Officers from requisitioning and driving those during the war. It was fast for the time and with all the weight hung out behind the rear axle, it killed so many it became known as Czechoslovakia's secret weapon.
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Naturally Jay Leno has one. Love these comments:
It looks like a hearse and drives like a motorboat. ...driving a Tatra produces the uneasy exhilaration which may be got from shampooing a lion.
Ferdinand Porsche plagiarised Hans Ledwinka's designs when he and Erwin Komenda produced the KdF-Wagen (the Type 60 prototype of the VW Beetle).
Red Devil said:
![yes](/inc/images/yes.gif)
Naturally Jay Leno has one. Love these comments:
It looks like a hearse and drives like a motorboat. ...driving a Tatra produces the uneasy exhilaration which may be got from shampooing a lion.
Ferdinand Porsche plagiarised Hans Ledwinka's designs when he and Erwin Komenda produced the KdF-Wagen (the Type 60 prototype of the VW Beetle).
Rostfritt said:
Red Devil said:
![yes](/inc/images/yes.gif)
Naturally Jay Leno has one. Love these comments:
It looks like a hearse and drives like a motorboat. ...driving a Tatra produces the uneasy exhilaration which may be got from shampooing a lion.
Ferdinand Porsche plagiarised Hans Ledwinka's designs when he and Erwin Komenda produced the KdF-Wagen (the Type 60 prototype of the VW Beetle).
CanAm said:
There was a small museum devoted to Tatras in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt. Unfortunately it's now just run of the mill classics with nothing outstanding.
The Tatra theme was just a temporary exhibition - https://www.central-garage.de/fr%C3%BChere-ausstel...Next up is Alvis.
Bodo said:
The Tatra theme was just a temporary exhibition - https://www.central-garage.de/fr%C3%BChere-ausstel...
Next up is Alvis.
Ah thanks Bodo. I also saw the "Women Accelerate' expo. The guy with the model shop on site is also brilliant. Next up is Alvis.
Too late for the Alvis one unfortunately, as the friends I visit there are moving to Sweden in two weeks time.... hopefully!
Red Devil said:
Tatra 87. 'Suicide' front doors and air coooled V8 rear engine.
A great, if slightly baffling, period film of the later Tatra 603 which followed the same engine layout:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR6-ReQR45E
I've always fancied a T603, or even a T613/5 UK spec.
https://revivaler.com/tatra-613-there-arent-enough...
https://revivaler.com/tatra-613-there-arent-enough...
Edited by 21st Century Man on Saturday 11th April 18:01
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