The Chevy powered Cheetah is a less well known but really great looking car from the early 1960s. Built to compete with the AC Cobra, they produced less than a couple dozen before a factory fire destoyed the tooling. BTM LLC of Arizona has been authorized by Bill Thomas, original creator of the Cheetah, to build this continuation series. A chrome moly chassis with a Chevy … [Read more...]
Turbonique Rocket Kart For Sale
A Turbonique rocket powered go kart in fully restored running condition is for sale on eBay, one of only three remaining from the five or so known to have been built. These are rarely seen. Turbonique is almost a mythic name from the 1960s when a small company, Turbonique, Inc. of Orlando, Florida, created some of the most amazing rocket powered drive systems for anything you … [Read more...]
180 MPH Rolling Road Wind Tunnel
Professional racing teams need every bit of technology available to win races today and if what they need is not available, they build it. NASCAR team owner Gene Haas, also owns a company called WindShear, Inc. that decided they needed a rolling road wind tunnel for testing the aerodynamics of the their race cars. They hired Jacobs Engineering Group to build a wind tunnel with … [Read more...]
Koenigsegg 1018 Horsepower E85 Supercar
Koenigsegg builds a pretty amazing line of cars but they have now gone green, too, with the E85 powered Koenigsegg Flower Power supercar. The power and performance numbers put this car in some very heady territory. The engine has been detuned slightly from their original 1100bhp+ and 885 foot pounds of torque to a solid 1018bhp and all the while running E85, which is … [Read more...]
Scale Model Ferrari 312PB
Model building has come a very long way over the years, what some of us remember from our childhood doesn't begin to resemble what model builders accomplish these days. But even among today's highly skilled craftsmen, a few build scale creations that simply leave you speechless. Pierre Scerri of Italy has built what must be some of the finest scale models ever. He recently … [Read more...]