RCR's Next car should be.....

[Luke S]

Talking about Ford re entering ALMS or whatever there calling the mix of LeMans type cars here and abroad brought up an idea. This may have been touched upon in the last 109 pages and wouldn't shudder if it was me.

Panoz Batmobile!

badd a$$ LMP type car with traditional engine layout. Fran, this could be the car for your MEGA hp lovers. Alex or John Ross listening? Any 1000hp engine from V12Benz to TT LS with C6 transaxle! Not some lame or often copied body. Not something so obscure and ecentric that only their parents could love it. I love Type 54's, but there would be no market over here in the States. The Panoz for most that can afford one is in our memory bank. A memory that we stateside fans could root for and be proud of! Our Eagle or Scarab of modern days!

 

[John Ross]

Panoz Batmobile!

badd a$$ LMP type car with traditional engine layout. Fran, this could be the car for your MEGA hp lovers. Alex or John Ross listening? Any 1000hp engine from V12Benz to TT LS with C6 transaxle! Not some lame or often copied body. Not something so obscure and ecentric that only their parents could love it. I love Type 54's, but there would be no market over here in the States. The Panoz for most that can afford one is in our memory bank. A memory that we stateside fans could root for and be proud of! Our Eagle or Scarab of modern days!

Oh, my God...

I'll quit chasing girls and bust my ass to finish my next book if Fran does the Esperante GTR-1!

Went to the Panoz Racing School at Road Atlanta in early 1999 and Jan Magnussen was howling around the track in one and managed to bang it into a tire wall.

Here's a recounting of my my Panoz experience, which was my introduction to driving on a road course:

Panoz

JR

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

The #18 Davidson SLC actually had an Xtrac trans and a V8 6.0L engine from the LMP Panoz.
We designed and fabricated a billet bellhousing to join the two pieces together as they were at opposite ends of the car in the LMP car.

 

[Howard Jones]

Wow. If there was ever a corvette/viper killer this is it!

 

[Justin Hutson]

Wow. If there was ever a corvette/viper killer this is it!

That is a tough looking car!! I definitely could get down on that!

 

[HCF - John]

Wow. If there was ever a corvette/viper killer this is it!

I remember seeing one of these Panoz' painted purple and running the Mitty a couple years back (Road Atlanta). Really striking car - wish I could find my pictures of it - but the height of the engine bay would make it extremely hard to see out the front. Or that was my recollection, anyway!

 

[Brett Payne]

I would love to see Fran build a proper tube frame replica of the Porsche 718 RSK/RS60:

Here is one that fetched $3.4 M at auction in 2012:

With a proper tube frame instead of the shortened beetle platform and a choice of air cooled and water cooled 4 cylinder engine options this could be a great relativity affordable car perhaps in the $50,000-$60,000 range. I cannot find anyone in the US currently offering this car as a replica that has a proper tube frame. What are your thoughts guys on this cool little car?

 

[Mike Christian]

Brett, my sentiment exactly. There is Paul Foreman in the UK (not yet available in the U.S. but planned) finishing up his first and expected to offer chassis to rollers.

 

[Matt K]

the scoop is functional too... designed to be mid engine in its current rendering

 

[Ron R.]

Wow. If there was ever a corvette/viper killer this is it!

Kinda looks like a modern Cheetah interpretation.

 

[Mark Bajus]

hey Matt, thats pretty wicked- any links to original info?

 

[Matt K]

hey Matt, thats pretty wicked- any links to original info?

Here ya go Mark! A guy by the name of Aaron Beck did the rendering. He's a concept designer and works on projects like Avatar and Mad Max. You can google his name for his personal blog but I found no more info on this particular car.

The Art Of Automotive Mash-Ups | Speedhunters

 

[Roger]

the scoop is functional too... designed to be mid engine in its current rendering

Sorry, but that's one confused car. It looks like a hot rod and an F1 car had a crash - apparently, the F1 car won on engine location.

 

[Matt K]

Sorry, but that's one confused car. It looks like a hot rod and an F1 car had a crash - apparently, the F1 car won on engine location.

That's exactly what it is Roger, hence the title of the article, "Automotive Mashups." It's nutty and makes no sense but IMO, it sure is pretty. Obviously it's not for everyone but this thing has been making its way around the interwebs lately and the response has been insane.

 

[Jeff]

That's exactly what it is Roger, hence the title of the article, "Automotive Mashups." It's nutty and makes no sense but IMO, it sure is pretty. Obviously it's not for everyone but this thing has been making its way around the interwebs lately and the response has been insane.

I love it Matt! Nothing wrong with some creativity! If you're a fan, you should see the one Brian Fuller is building for JetHot... 32 Ford with a Kaase 429 engine and AWD. Just Google Double Down Deuce.


Jeff-

 

[Matt K]

I love it Matt! Nothing wrong with some creativity! If you're a fan, you should see the one Brian Fuller is building for JetHot... 32 Ford with a Kaase 429 engine and AWD. Just Google Double Down Deuce.


Jeff-

Very cool, Jeff! I like that a lot!!

 

[john b]

Im sure this isn't the 1st time Fran has seen these classical beauties. They are one off's made in tribute to the beautiful old Porsche 550.
Wish Fran would design his own 550 tribute car, similar in design. Maybe set it up with a Porsche Boxster 2.5 or 2.7L engine?

I truly love the shape of these cars.
1951 Glockler Porsche #2 Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IEDWVMuC7Y

And the 2012 Vintech P550​

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG2fiu6ppeI

 

[john b]

More.....

 

[Ron]

what about a mercedes CLR that doesn't backflip?

 

[Troy Truglio]