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

[Fran Hall RCR]

The Bentley/Audi is killer as far as race cars go...

Martins 917...eehh not so much in my eyes...

 

[Dr. David]

Concept Cars at 2014 Pebble:

 

[Jack]

The Bentley/Audi is killer as far as race cars go...

Martins 917...eehh not so much in my eyes...

I like 'em both! Favor the Bently though..

 

[Justin]

Concept Cars at 2014 Pebble:

That Mercedes is hideous.
The Ferrari stinks.
And the P1 is... A P1 with more wings.


I'd love to see a Fran Hall designed Grand Touring car: front engine, rear drive, and a longish wheelbase (like 105-110"). I've drawn out "my dream design" dozens of times (via pencil and paper), but I'd be too embarrassed to put it up.

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Well just to change direction a little...here is a chassis for one of our new machines...

Just in case some of the newer guys don't know what we are pretty good at...

I think this may calm a few nerves about the little bolt on subframes for the Apex...:lipsrsealed:

 

[Luke S]

The Porsche doesn't work front/back in my eyes as front becomes unnecessarily more modern and the rear is still retro raw.

Merc is hideous, agreed

Ferrari looks like something from Playstation

Justin: I'm with you and is the reason I mentioned Panoz. A true, not imaginary, 2 person cockpit. Change layout a little to a front/mid engine: Vette transaxle to keep engineering down on suspensions. Can't imagine connecting the two would be outrageous if pickup points weren't disturbed.

I realize my vote will/would carry more weight after I buy my first SLC product. LOL I'm coming over to the dark side soon. Modern Porsches just aren't service friendly

 

[Luke S]

Is that 1 5/8 CrMo or larger? sanctioning body?

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

2 inch DOM and with a full 20 inches of wheel travel at both ends....yeehaa...

 

[john b]

Fran wrote in post #497 this thread:

But my company is RACE car replicas....not GT replicas...

My SL-C has enough room to qualify as a GT....

I wont be building any GT cars as they are not my passion and I have no desire to build front engined cars at all...sorry.

Certainly not trying to hold Fran to anything. I love the choices that he has made. I'm just trying to remind people as to Fran's past comments.

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

My only front engine cars are the Monoposto and the D type....no plans for any other cars with the engine in the wrong place.

 

[Jack]

And, they are both deleriously wonderful! Thanks Fran..

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

Thanks Jack...I like em too...

 

[Justin]

The D Type is coming along extremely well. I just don't think I'll fit "correctly" into one. (Yes, being tall has disadvantages too.).


But what the F is that tube frame truck??? Looks like a tube frame version of the HT2??? Yet another decision to make when the time comes!

 

[Dr. David]

That Mercedes is hideous.
The Ferrari stinks.
And the P1 is... A P1 with more wings.

I agree the Mercedes is hideous. I can't believe how the crowd was drooling over that car! To me, it was nauseating. Standing in front of it, I contemplated the market for such a car: Pimp?...not unless they had one hell of a high-end stable! Drug Dealer?....even for them, too much attention! Sheikh with millions in oil?......there you go!

As for the Ferrari, it was a design project....take it as such.

I have been impressed with the McLaren concept cars over the past several years, as some of the concept cars on the lawn at pebble are on the road and racetracks today.

Fran's off-road chassis looks awesome! Can't wait to see it finished!

 

[jonathankorenesq]

Complete set of Batmobile images snapped on streets of Detroit - Autoblog

Fran, is this what your doing with your nights? Moonlighting as a vigilante?

 

[Justin]

Complete set of Batmobile images snapped on streets of Detroit - Autoblog

Fran, is this what your doing with your nights? Moonlighting as a vigilante?

Definitely not. His would look better than that mess!

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

The tube frame is the HT2 truck chassis...

The decision was made to make the chassis fit within the excepted rules package for multiple uses...The body is still all aluminum and the style of the truck is still the same as the original renderings...but it got just a touch more "serious" to say the least...

We will have the HT2 at SEMA with WELD wheels being our partner, it will also have a billet block Katech engine powering it....detuned to 720hp.

Phil, our engine tuner did the tuning work the Batmobiles actually...

 

[Justin]

I can't wait to see it in person!!!

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

If all goes to plan we will be attending the SEMA ignited event too

 

[Price Walton]

I think one of those concepts that never went anywhere would be nice.

Something like an Audi Avus VW W12 or a Bentley Hunaideres. In 2wd, ought to be reasonably within reach of the existing chassis concept.

I've always had a soft spot for the Cien, I think I mentioned it earlier.....