Vector W8 Twin Turbo and other toys.
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Here is an old Classic Top Gear of Jeremy Clarkson testing the Vector M12 model
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIJENny7OQM
It's not the W8 model but still quite quirky and a rare clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIJENny7OQM
It's not the W8 model but still quite quirky and a rare clip.
Vectorw8015 said:
All of the switches and circuit breakers are MIL-SPEC. Same part numbers out of an F14 or F16 cockpit. The electroluminescent display was out of the 117A Stealth fighter.
I don't think that this has been given quite the attention it deserves. It's got a dashboard from a Nighthawk?!
Slippydiff said:
It used roller rockers, not a roller bearing crank.
Oh I know roller rockers are quite conventional in racing engines but I thought I read roller bearing'd crank. We're talking nearly 40 years ago mind so I accept I may have misunderstood at the age I was (about 12yo), but the journo might have got it wrong.Either way, lovely to read about one given what I now know about cars.
In the GFoS pics above, can you see the driving seat moved towards the centre relative to the passenger seat, or is that just the angle of the pic?
I never thought I'd see a Vector in Readers' Cars! Just wow!
I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
Watchman said:
Slippydiff said:
It used roller rockers, not a roller bearing crank.
Oh I know roller rockers are quite conventional in racing engines but I thought I read roller bearing'd crank. We're talking nearly 40 years ago mind so I accept I may have misunderstood at the age I was (about 12yo), but the journo might have got it wrong.Either way, lovely to read about one given what I now know about cars.
In the GFoS pics above, can you see the driving seat moved towards the centre relative to the passenger seat, or is that just the angle of the pic?
cherryowen said:
I never thought I'd see a Vector in Readers' Cars! Just wow!
I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
That would help with my top end I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
I love the W8. It's has been one of my favourite cars ever, ever since my dad bought a model of it. From there on, I have tried to research the car's history as much as I could, culminating in an article I wrote for our classic car club's magazine.
I have seen videos of this vehicle (presuming it's the only white car) and I would like to see more of it in the future.
I have like a million questions to ask about the car, the company and development process, so formulating them into a proper structured context would be quite hard.
I wonder if it would be possible to share some of your experiences while working for Vector. I think it would be really interesting for quite a few people.
I have seen videos of this vehicle (presuming it's the only white car) and I would like to see more of it in the future.
I have like a million questions to ask about the car, the company and development process, so formulating them into a proper structured context would be quite hard.
I wonder if it would be possible to share some of your experiences while working for Vector. I think it would be really interesting for quite a few people.
cherryowen said:
I never thought I'd see a Vector in Readers' Cars! Just wow!
I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
She's facing the wrong way.I remember as a teenager back in the 80's I bought an American car magazine from Smiths because it had a Vector W2 on the cover, and I thought "WTF is that"!!?? It was a fascinating feature, the car looked awesome, I'd never heard of a "Donovan" V8, and included an interview with Weigert.
However, much more importantly, the centre-spread was this photo:-
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