Not Much Truly New Under The Sun … Fenders Which Follow The Wheels

[Ekh]

Fenders that move with the front wheels? Been there, done that in 1948!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/travel/dream-concept-cars-museum-exhibit/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Click through til you get to th 1948 Tasco, a concept car that used this technology. Looks kind of familiar ….

If that link doesn't work well, try this one: http://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/Dream-Cars.aspx The 1948 Tasco is the second image in the top row of thumbnails.

 

[outsydthebox]

Fenders that move with the front wheels? Been there, done that in 1948!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/travel/dream-concept-cars-museum-exhibit/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Click through til you get to th 1948 Tasco, a concept car that used this technology. Looks kind of familiar ….

If that link doesn't work well, try this one: http://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/Dream-Cars.aspx The 1948 Tasco is the second image in the top row of thumbnails.

Cool link. True works of art
Here is another site that I've spent many hour on. http://www.3wheelers.com/enter.html

 

[Sidecar Bob]

More Info.
This is a Derham-bodied prototype for a post-WWII American sports car and featured airplane inspired controls. It is a one-off vehicle designed by Gordon Buehrig. it is the first car in the world with a T-top roof. Buehrig patented the idea and sued GM when they used it on the 1968 Corvette. He received very little for his patent. This unique car includes fiberglass steerable front fenders. Mr. Richie Clyne donated this car to the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum.

The company name 'Tasco' is an abbreviation for 'The American Sportscar Company.' This mostly-aluminum prototype was created to inspire a contract with the Beech Aircraft Company for production of an aviation-styled automobile.

 

[Ekh]

Cool link. True works of art
Here is another site that I've spent many hour on. http://www.3wheelers.com/enter.html

Great link! If you wanted a truly scorching Elio, maybe it would be this, the Ale by Fuel Vapor:

http://www.3wheelers.com/fuelva.html

This vehicle will do 140 mph, o-60 in 5 seconds, and will pull 1.7 g's in turns!

Here's a movie:

 

[Ryan]

Fenders that move with the front wheels? Been there, done that in 1948!

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/23/travel/dream-concept-cars-museum-exhibit/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

Click through til you get to th 1948 Tasco, a concept car that used this technology. Looks kind of familiar ….

If that link doesn't work well, try this one: http://www.high.org/Art/Exhibitions/Dream-Cars.aspx The 1948 Tasco is the second image in the top row of thumbnails.

Frank Lockhart's Stutz Black Hawk land speed record car, 1928:

Wind tunnel tests indicated a theoretical top speed of 280 mph on a 3.0L engine!

 

[Triggs]

Great link! If you wanted a truly scorching Elio, maybe it would be this, the Ale by Fuel Vapor:

http://www.3wheelers.com/fuelva.html

This vehicle will do 140 mph, o-60 in 5 seconds, and will pull 1.7 g's in turns!

Here's a movie:

Where can you get one of these,not much on the net about them.

 

[Ekh]

Where can you get one of these,not much on the net about them.

You can't -- the designer's garage burnt down, he rebuilt the car, but never got the financial backing to take it anywhere. He did not enter the X-prise as planned.

Why don't you get creative and see if you can locate the guy and learn his story? There are plenty of leads if you sift through all the detail that IS out there...

Maybe he can build you a one-off.

 

[Triggs]

You can't -- the designer's garage burnt down, he rebuilt the car, but never got the financial backing to take it anywhere. He did not enter the X-prise as planned.

Why don't you get creative and see if you can locate the guy and learn his story? There are plenty of leads if you sift through all the detail that IS out there...

Maybe he can build you a one-off.

I did find some more info but not a price or where u could buy them.

 

[Ekh]

I did find some more info but not a price or where u could buy them.

It's a prototype. What part of one-off don't you get?

 

[fpelsdca]

http://www.fuelvaporcar.com/

For $6,800 I want one of these. Heck, I would even go to $7,000 without batting an eye...