Lowest Race Car Ever
#51
Posted 27 January 2012 - 20:54
To race a car, driving truely prone, would require the driver to have considerable lateral restraints against cornering forces, or very strong arms and legs !
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#52
Posted 07 February 2012 - 04:24
After looking at it at the racing car show, the Ford racing sports car(A3CL?) of 68 looks pretty low. but for an enclosed sports car, surely the original Shadow CanAm car has to be a contender
I quite agree, which is why I posted a link to this photo of the Shadow Can-Am although this with the large rear wing and radiators in the breeze doesn't look nearly as low as the original in the press roll out.
#53
Posted 08 August 2012 - 07:36
#54
Posted 08 August 2012 - 19:23
I quite agree, which is why I posted a link to this photo of the Shadow Can-Am although this with the large rear wing and radiators in the breeze doesn't look nearly as low as the original in the press roll out.
Got picture of that release model?
#55
Posted 08 August 2012 - 19:47
#56
Posted 08 August 2012 - 21:12
I quite agree, which is why I posted a link to this photo of the Shadow Can-Am although this with the large rear wing and radiators in the breeze doesn't look nearly as low as the original in the press roll out.
This really looks like a slot car..
#57
Posted 08 August 2012 - 22:13
The driver is also sitting much higher than in the roll-out model - presumably to make the car easier to drive - but it does leave him awfully exposed. George Follmer and Vic Elford were very brave men!I quite agree, which is why I posted a link to this photo of the Shadow Can-Am although this with the large rear wing and radiators in the breeze doesn't look nearly as low as the original in the press roll out.
#58
Posted 10 August 2012 - 20:35
#62
Posted 11 August 2012 - 13:56
pssht., That's a howitzer.Was the flamethrower allowed under Can-Am regs?
#63
Posted 11 August 2012 - 14:30
pssht., That's a howitzer.
If only it could have gotten within range of the McLarens.
#64
Posted 11 August 2012 - 18:03
For a 2 seater sports, the driver & passenger positions would have to be in individual narrow pods!
For a single seater, the cockpit would be narrow and upright, topped with a wrap around screen.
Edited by OfficeLinebacker, 11 August 2012 - 18:04.
#65
Posted 13 August 2012 - 00:16
#66
Posted 13 August 2012 - 03:57
#67
Posted 17 August 2012 - 16:35
The shots from the redish car are from the testing period back in the day.
The black car was a replica of the original concept build by Shadow for the Rosso-Bianco Collection.
I stood beside the black car and I can tell you its body is about 22 inches high. What adds up is the air intake manifold and the roll-over bar.
The whole project failed for more or less one very easy reason: small wheels! 10" in the front and 12" for the rear.
You can reduce the height of a car to a point. When you have to start reducing the wheel diameter you will run into problems.
The Chaparral 2H was also a very low car. Does anybody have its dimensions?
#68
Posted 17 August 2012 - 18:43
Who was behind that Aero? some airplane guy?
#69
Posted 17 August 2012 - 19:21
Thanks for those shots of the testing Duc-Man, I hadn't seen those before. It was really quite an elegant and striking if flawed design in its original guise. Might have worked better as an 8-wheeler?
#70
Posted 18 August 2012 - 09:20
Unfortunately some of the photos of the thread have gone missing.
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