Hino BRE Samurai 1967

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Designed by Peter Brock (Of Shelby Daytona Coupe fame) and assembled by the legendary Troutman-Barnes firm (Who were the builder's of Lance Reventlow's dominant Scarab-Chevrolets of the late 1950's and the Chaparral Mk.1), this futuristic-looking one-off was powered by a modified variant of the Hino Contessa's 1300cc Inline-4 Cylinder engine and was supposed to race at the 1967 Japanese Grand Prix for Sportscars (With Lemans on the horizon). However, the car was disqualified from that event due to a technical infringement and the president of the Hino Corporation suddenly passed away shortly thereafter, leading to the cancellation of the project and the ultimate sale of the comapny to Toyota (Which axed Hino's car division). This car DID compete in the SCCA for some time though, and is allegedly still somewhere in the United States of America, fully restored probably hiding in an anonymous collector's garage...

Source: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/bre-hino-samurai-1967.309914/