This Batmobile was created in a home garage. It took nine years to build it.
Awesome!
Tag: Cars
1911 Fiat S76
A 1911 Fiat S76 started for the first run for 100 years… 28.5 litres!
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Duncan Pittaway made history today by firing up one of the largest-engined 4 cylinder cars ever built which was constructed by Fiat for a Land Speed Record attempt in 1911.This is the first time anyone has heard or seen this monster in action in over 100 years ! The heroic project has been a challenge of monumental proportions and the success is a huge credit to Duncan and his team who have triumphed over a multitude of difficulties during the last twelve years.
The stories of the original LSR attempts over 100 years ago are legendary and reported elsewhere but here is a brief specification of the car:
28.4 litres, 4 cylinder Land Speed Record car. 1911. 290 b.h.p. at 1,100 rpm.
Torque 1,384 lbs/ft . 1,876 Nm.
Bore: 190 mm. Stroke: 250 mm. 28,353 cc.
Wheelbase 2.75 m. (9ft 1/4″). Weight 1,900 kg.
Double chain drive.
2 cars produced
The engine has no starter motor, thus each 7.1 litre cylinder has to be hand-aspirated with fuel mixture and then detonated on the correct piston, after it has begun its downward stroke, by a small battery-operated trembler coil which produces a shower of high voltage sparks. The man on the crank handle needs to stand well clear at that point !
Turn the sound up for added thunder!
1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Kompressor – Jay Leno’s Garage
Jay takes you for a ride in his very favorite car, a three-ton bespoke beauty meticulously restored by Karl Middelhauve.
Of all the cars in his garage, you’d think Jay Leno would struggle to choose a favorite – not quite. On this episode, Jay takes us for a ride in his #1: the 1972 Mercedes-Benz 600 Kompressor. Restored by Karl Middelhauve, it’s no surprise that this Kompressor has a little something extra.
710
A few days ago I was at the auto parts store when an Obama Voter came in and asked for a seven-hundred-ten. No one had any clue what the part was, even the manager.
“Come on!” he said, exasperated. “Every car I’ve ever had has one! But mine fell off, and I need a new one.”
Finally, even though I wasn’t an auto parts professional, just another customer, I stepped in. “Would it help to look under my hood, and you can point out what it is you want?” I asked.
“Yes!” he exclaimed, and I led the guy to my car with a parade of parts guys, every last one of them, following right behind.
I opened the hood. “Is there a 710 on this car?” I asked. He pointed and said, “Of course, it’s right there!”
And here’s what we saw:
(For the visually impaired, the part says “OIL”… but upside-down.)
Tightest Parallel Parking Record
A Chinese man, Han Yue, broke the world record for squeezing a car into the tightest parking space. With little more than an inch and a half of space on either side, Han Yue slid his Mini 3 Door Hatch into the tiny space with style. The gap measured just 3.15 in longer than his car. The record was set at the China Drift Championship held in Chongqing, China on November 14.
The tightest parallel park is 8 cm (3.15 in) and was achieved by Han Yue (China) using the MINI 3 Door Hatch during the China Drift Championship held in Chongqing, China on 14 November 2014.
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