A rather ugly one I'm afraid.Originally Posted by Peroen
but he and his brother took it apart and made a Trike out of it
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A rather ugly one I'm afraid.but he and his brother took it apart and made a Trike out of it
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Anyone hazard a guess as to what this is?
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Purely guesswork some sort of Anadol, or related? It kinda looks Turkish
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still it runs on Michelin X-tyres, which makes a French or German contraption more likely, such as a pimped Lloyd
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Funny you should mention the tyres as I initially thought they were Michelin (I've only ever seen ones with two central zigzag treads) then convinced myself they weren't as I've never seen any X's so narrow!
The declining tail is very Lloyd and those headlights are interesting too, not what I'd expect from my nomination, but the grille is 'in theme'
Last edited by nota; 12-30-2006 at 08:23 AM.
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The 2CV ran on 125s or so.
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It's Soletta. A Swiss prototype from 1955/56 made by Willi Salzmann. It had a 750 ccm Condor engine in the rear. The idea was to sell it as a kitcar, but the car remained a prototype.
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great find, for those who speak German, here is more
http://www.rollermobilclub.ch/rmc/pa...fo/soletta.htm
and it is indeed worth reading.
Salzmann had developed a new type of rear axle, with swing halfshafts and rubber suspension, which he wanted to show at the Paris and Geneva Motorshow. However, showing only a rear axle would mean that he would he have to have a stand at the accessory suppliers sections so he decided to build a complete car around the axle. It is was made of glassfibre, and to save cost was made in symmetric way, i.e. the suicide door on the driver side was mirrored by a normal door for the passenger. Onyl the locks needed to be replaced.
The car has two trunks, in front and in the rear as the two cylinder boxer engine (22 bhp) sits underneath the rear seat.
The car attracted significant interest but Salzmann did not fancy production so it remainded a prototype.
Last edited by henk4; 12-30-2006 at 09:23 AM.
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EE.jpghello fellow Ucarpagers'.
I finally joined this GREAT website and this is my first post.
I was going thru my harddrive and came across some sportscar that I got off the web but forgot its name. I don't need the specific model number/name, I just need the manufacturer or the brand that makes it. The pix are from an Estonia website - looked thru the site , but i couldnt translate the site and didnt have any luck finding the car again. Can anyone help me out?
thanks!
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Welcome to UCP, how much I would like to help you out here you just drew a blank with me. I have no idea, I would have said an English kit car, but it looks a bit too sophisticated for that.
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It's a Le Mans CL-1. Japanese of course, as the name implies
It's not a kitcar, it was shown first in September 2004 and has a 3,5 V6 GM engine. I don't know if it remained a prototype or have there been more cars constructed. Le Mans is a company that supplies racing chassis and other parts for various Japanese racing series.
www.lemans.co.jp
Oh, and welcome to UCP
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3.5-litre GM sourced V6? That I remeber GM hasn't had a 3.5-litre V6 recently. Is it a modified engine based on a GM block?
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the Pontiac Grand-Prix/Grand Am V6 OHV engine?
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Wasn't that a 3.4-litre?
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could be also had as a 3.7 so I assume things could be easily adapted.
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