Looks like a lot of concept cars found on the web. From Bugatti to Morgan.
Nice cars other than x-fire
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I'd say room for an inline 12.
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This is a 1949 Delahaye 175 S Saoutchik Roadster in turquoise.This unique vehicle was custom-bodied by the French coachbuilder Saoutchik . It was once owned by British actress Diana Dors, known as the "British Marilyn Monroe".The car features dramatic, flowing curves and was designed for the post-war concours circuit . It was restored and presented at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in 2006.
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If you walked into a Chevrolet dealership in 1969 and asked for the L88, there’s a good chance the salesman would try to talk you out of it. Not upsell you. Not convince you it was worth it. Actually steer you away.
That wasn’t an accident. The L88 wasn’t built for regular customers. It was built to get around racing restrictions and insurance pressure while still putting a real competition engine into a production car. On paper, Chevrolet rated the 427 at 430 horsepower.
That number wasn’t meant to be believed. In reality, the L88 was pushing well over 500 horsepower with its high-compression setup, aluminum heads, aggressive cam, and race-focused tuning. This was not a forgiving engine. It was designed to live at high RPM, not idle through traffic.
And Chevrolet made that very clear without saying it directly. You couldn’t order it with air conditioning. You couldn’t pair it with comfort-focused options. It required high-octane fuel just to function properly. This wasn’t about convenience. It was about keeping the wrong buyers away. Because this car wasn’t meant to be easy. It was meant to be fast. That’s where the divide still sits.
Some will tell you this is the purest Corvette ever built. A factory-backed race car disguised just enough to be legal on the street, created at a time when manufacturers still found ways to bend the rules. Others will say it proves how far things had gone. That by this point, performance cars were no longer designed for real drivers, but for a small group who could actually handle them.
Either way, Chevrolet didn’t build this car for everyone. And they made sure most people never got close to it.
That wasn’t an accident. The L88 wasn’t built for regular customers. It was built to get around racing restrictions and insurance pressure while still putting a real competition engine into a production car. On paper, Chevrolet rated the 427 at 430 horsepower.
That number wasn’t meant to be believed. In reality, the L88 was pushing well over 500 horsepower with its high-compression setup, aluminum heads, aggressive cam, and race-focused tuning. This was not a forgiving engine. It was designed to live at high RPM, not idle through traffic.
And Chevrolet made that very clear without saying it directly. You couldn’t order it with air conditioning. You couldn’t pair it with comfort-focused options. It required high-octane fuel just to function properly. This wasn’t about convenience. It was about keeping the wrong buyers away. Because this car wasn’t meant to be easy. It was meant to be fast. That’s where the divide still sits.
Some will tell you this is the purest Corvette ever built. A factory-backed race car disguised just enough to be legal on the street, created at a time when manufacturers still found ways to bend the rules. Others will say it proves how far things had gone. That by this point, performance cars were no longer designed for real drivers, but for a small group who could actually handle them.
Either way, Chevrolet didn’t build this car for everyone. And they made sure most people never got close to it.
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In 1968, Dodge didn’t build this car to compete.
They built it to win. Nothing else mattered. This is the LO23 Hemi Dart. A factory-built Super Stock weapon that came with one of the strangest disclaimers in Detroit history. You could buy one, but you weren’t supposed to drive it on the street. Because this wasn’t really a car in the normal sense.
To make it competitive, Dodge and Hurst stripped it down beyond what most people realize. The steel body panels were chemically treated to remove weight. Not hacked up, not cut apart, but engineered to be thinner than standard production steel. Inside, everything unnecessary was gone. No comfort, no insulation, barely anything that didn’t make it faster. Some cars even used lightweight van seats just to save a few more pounds.
Then they dropped in the 426 HEMI. Not tuned for street manners. Not built for reliability. Just raw power, enough to twist the body under load and push these cars deep into the 10-second range when traction finally came together. Here’s the part that still divides people. Some say this was one of the greatest factory race programs ever built. Others say it crossed the line, selling something that was never meant to function like a real car.
They built it to win. Nothing else mattered. This is the LO23 Hemi Dart. A factory-built Super Stock weapon that came with one of the strangest disclaimers in Detroit history. You could buy one, but you weren’t supposed to drive it on the street. Because this wasn’t really a car in the normal sense.
To make it competitive, Dodge and Hurst stripped it down beyond what most people realize. The steel body panels were chemically treated to remove weight. Not hacked up, not cut apart, but engineered to be thinner than standard production steel. Inside, everything unnecessary was gone. No comfort, no insulation, barely anything that didn’t make it faster. Some cars even used lightweight van seats just to save a few more pounds.
Then they dropped in the 426 HEMI. Not tuned for street manners. Not built for reliability. Just raw power, enough to twist the body under load and push these cars deep into the 10-second range when traction finally came together. Here’s the part that still divides people. Some say this was one of the greatest factory race programs ever built. Others say it crossed the line, selling something that was never meant to function like a real car.
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I'll take the yellow one
I'll take the yellow one
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Not fussy about the colour combination on that one....
That was one of the colour combinations of the first 2 C8R's
He cloned it. That was his passion.
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Was that Ivan from Kingston?
Could be. I don't remember his name, but he did do a great job with the copy. He was at my Car-B-Q in 2023.
All of the Corvette GTLM / GTD's have that lighting for the 24 & 12 hour races.