Car of the week.....

[Purple Venom]

Thought this would be kind of neat. Feel free to send me some suggestions. Saw this car on Barrett/Jackson.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/Tech%20Question%20Pics/1954_Kaiser_Darrin_convertible.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/Tech%20Question%20Pics/1954_Kaiser_Darrin_coupe.jpg

You read more history here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiser_Darrin and here http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z1723/Kaiser_Darrin.aspx

Some cool facts:
1st full body fiberglass body to market beating the Corvette by 1 month
One year of production
Sliding doors that disappeared in to the front fenders

Like this thread, let me know!

[Matthew 10:16]

Cool thread! Love the grill. There's some really neat stuff out there. Those things must be really rare. Off topic a little bit, but what do U guys think of the "rat rod" craze? I like it. Saw a neat one @ the K-She show & saw some neat ones in Indy @ Good Guys. Didn't like the guy who had 3 tigers all over his GTO @ CAB the other day tho. Now I'm really gettn off topic.

[Purple Venom]

This weeks car - Notice the MSRP pic at the end. If ANYONE finds it for actually this price, please let me know asap.
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/500KR.jpg

http://www.ecarlist.com/showroom/1165/photos/143368#00.jpg

And a Car & Driver article - http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/hot_lists/high_performance/american_performance/2008_ford_mustang_shelby_gt500kr_auto_shows

[Purple Venom]

Been a while. I've always heard a lot about this car, how fast it is and so on. I like the story about Elvis. He owned a Pantera and shot it when it wouldn't start :-) On Wikipedia here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Tomaso_Pantera or here - http://panteracars.com/
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/Detomaso_pantera_seite.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/ElvisDeTomaso.jpg

http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/Detomaso_Pantera_Interior.jpg

[Purple Venom]

Well, with all this talk about the Grand Sport, figured I would revive this thread with the history of it and a pic:
http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q234/Hawgwild06/1963_Corvette_Grand_Sport.jpg

Read some history here -
http://www.grandsportcorvette.com/gs/
http://www.racingicons.com/gs/001/index.html
http://www.grandsportcorvette.com/gs/gs002.htm
http://www.racingicons.com/gs/004/004-01.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvette_Grand_Sport

[Purple Venom]

Did ya ever know Daimler produced a roadster? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daimler_SP250

[TOM KEISER]

Yep! And here's the coolest Dart ever http://www.britishv8.org/Other/SteveSanett.htm

[Purple Venom]

:eek: Good gosh! Like looking at artwork. :D I would be too busy playin with switches in that thing to drive.

[Purple Venom]

Saw this on HD Theater last night, cool story about the '57 Airbox Corvette - http://www.1957corvetteairbox.com/1957_Corvette_Airbox/HOME.html

[STL Mark]

Neato.
Also in the story that I did not know is the Shelby drove a Sebring Vette - those were bada55 cars.

[Purple Venom]

Check out this '62 Sunbeam Alpine story - http://jalopnik.com/5517575/1962-sunbeam-alpine

[Purple Venom]

I receive a magazine called Hemmings Muscle Machines. There was an article about a car that came about much like the AC Cobra did. Check these links out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVR_Griffith_200

http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13396/TVR-Griffith-200.aspx

[TOM KEISER]

The Griffith is an awesome car. I think I've only seen one example with a Griffith name plate but TVR's were common at tracks and on the street in the 80's. Today's TVR still has the essence of the early ones http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/attachments/89608d1241710572-tvr_tusc.jpg

[Purple Venom]

Getting away from the norm here. When at Putnam, this car flashed by me a few times. and I thought to myself, man, his exhaust is louder than mine! This is a streetable race car as well and I didn't know it had been around for 37 years - http://www.gtrnissanskyline.com/index.html

I also had the misconception that this car could not be sold in the U.S. due to emissions laws and such, wrong again Poindexter - http://www.nissanusa.com/gt-r/#

See some of the specs - http://www.nissanusa.com/gt-r/specifications.html

Notice the power to weight ratio? May not want to test this one if it's beside you at a stoplight. :D
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/GatewayCobraClub/Car%20of%20the%20week%20Pics/gt-r_04_1280.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/GatewayCobraClub/Car%20of%20the%20week%20Pics/gt-r_05_1280.jpg

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af100/GatewayCobraClub/Car%20of%20the%20week%20Pics/gt-r_12_1280.jpg

[STL Mark]

Not scared.
Drove past one on 270 last year.
They use a launch control system.
Supposedly it burns up transmissions.
They are also not allowed to re-sell the car for 2 years - weird.

BTW - after you put on your track tires - was he still driving by you?

[mike w]

The coolest dart is at gateway right now running in pro-mod class BIG MOTOR ON JUICE

[Purple Venom]

Mark, no, he didn't. I drove by him twice :D