Author Topic: If roads were flat (Read 1088 times)

lazs2 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 05, 2005, 09:26:32 AM »

Oh... the butted windsheild is another 50's custom touch... the cars back then had a two piece windsheild... with a bar in the center... the customs would take out the bar and butt the peices together..

Oh... the color is right out of a 50's issue of "Rod and Custom" it would have been described as "40 coats of hand rubbed burgandy laquer"

lazs

Wolfala · « **Reply #16 on:** November 05, 2005, 03:43:32 PM »

Dimensions

· Length: 5162mm Width: 1999mm

· Height – drive setting: 1386mm Height – show setting: 1274mm

· Ground clearance - drive: 139mm Ground clearance - show: 27mm

· Track front: 1640mm Track rear: 1660mm

· Wheelbase: 2946mm

Powertrain

· Engine: GM 6.0-litre, LS2 aluminium V8 with Roots-type supercharger

· Bore and stroke: 101.6 mm x 92.0 mm

· Compression ratio: 10.9:1

· Power and torque: 480kW (645 bhp) @ 6400 rpm

· Torque: 775Nm (560 ft/lb) @ 4200 rpm

In the corner....

FUNKED1 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 05, 2005, 06:16:25 PM »

You forgot Curb Weight 123421310983124 lb

Pei · « **Reply #18 on:** November 05, 2005, 09:23:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
oh yeah, just saw that as normal... wonder why they made it RHD?

Holden is GM's brand in Australia and down here we drive on the left hand side (like all right thinking countries).

The car was built as a "hobby" project by design staff at Holden.

With regards to the ground clearance: anyone who has driven on Australian roads will tell you it would last about 2 seconds (i.e. the amount of time it would take to leave the driveway and hit the nearest big pot-hole).

GtoRA2 · « **Reply #19 on:** November 05, 2005, 09:47:50 PM »

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Originally posted by FUNKED1
You forgot Curb Weight 123421310983124 lb

Don't feel bad, the Japanese may produce something that cool someday...

No wait never mind, keep feeling bad!

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #20 on:** November 05, 2005, 09:52:36 PM »

It looks awesome.

lazs2 · « **Reply #21 on:** November 06, 2005, 09:54:04 AM »

It could weigh about 3300 lbs with todays materials... it could corner like a vette. Nothing to stop it.

A friend had a 51 chevy hardtop with a 455 olds in it back in the day that looked a lot like that car. it weighed about 3400 lbs.

lazs

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #22 on:** November 06, 2005, 12:29:06 PM »

It's a beauty, I love every inch of it, the inside is killer. I'm a sucker for "turbine" anyway:cool:

eagl · « **Reply #23 on:** November 06, 2005, 12:53:53 PM »

Dig the pushbutton transmission... Totally retro.

As for ground clearance, as long as they're really tricking out the car, just give it an adjustable air suspension with various ride heights and the ability to lower it to the ground when parked.

lazs2 · « **Reply #24 on:** November 07, 2005, 08:41:51 AM »

I don't see any euro influence at all... I see something out of the pages of a early 60's Rod & Custom magazine. we called em lead sleds...

lazs

J_A_B · « **Reply #25 on:** November 07, 2005, 11:54:19 AM »

The interior is too modern/luxurious. That TV-screen-looking-thing is all wrong. Bench seats are preferable. Despite such issues, it's vastly superior to most concept vehicles.

J_A_B

wasq · « **Reply #26 on:** November 07, 2005, 12:12:12 PM »

I think the TV screen is hinged so that it can fold into the dashboard if you don't want to see it.

moot · « **Reply #27 on:** November 07, 2005, 01:15:20 PM »

Bench seats? I'd swap it out for something ergonomic and comfy asap.
The seatbelt attachment straight from the parts bin sticks out though!

J_A_B · « **Reply #28 on:** November 07, 2005, 02:57:22 PM »

"Bench seats? I'd swap it out for something ergonomic and comfy asap."

I like bench-style front seats because the small support advantage of bucket seats in cornering is more than outweighed by the fact that with the bench arrangement my wife can slide across. Bench seating also allows me generally more room to spread out and get comfortable on really long drives. I prefer GM's 60/40 split bench seats with a center console over Ford's 50/50 split; for all practical purposes the Ford design is essentially a bucket seat since few people can actually sit in the center position without subjecting themselves to undue discomfort. Bench seats also provide a signifigant advantage in situations when everyone has to get into/out of the car from the same side.

In a performance car I prefer the bucket seats. Extremely small cars often have bucket seats simply because they lack the space to fit any kind of center seating position and some "mid-size" (actually small) cars which have a bench seat really should use buckets. The Ford Taurus is an example of the latter type.

J_A_B

moot · « **Reply #29 on:** November 07, 2005, 06:32:27 PM »

Found pics of it being made.
http://www.carbodydesign.com/concept-cars/2005/10-15-holden-efijy-concept/holden-efijy-concept.php

JAB, I was thinking of something like in TVRs rather than something too spartan.