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Jun 11, 2019 10:00 PM
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nanman2
The flying mandolin.
CasualReader
saw it on Leno's car show... someone outside had to close the door for him... got hung up on the small dip between the parking lot and road
MarkPenrice
Hnng. How did they come up with something in 1970 that looks like what 1986 thought we'd be driving in 2002?
q2grapple
Is this the one from Michael Jackson’s collection?
Maldraek
The Future is...50 years ago.
DevonGronka
And it was terribly uncomfortable.
CommentProvider
That's actually my pinewood derby
MarkPenrice
Hell of a piece of work. Not even the fact that it was the basis for Michael Jackson's car form in Moonwalker can spoil it.
DontKissMeBro
From the outside it looks like a doorstop. From the inside it feels like a magnified sunbeam
TCGView
Now I know where the Hot Wheels came from.
jimofoz
Love those curves?
ilikecamels
lol limited peripheral vision and zero rear-view vision.. sounds like a great idea
JeremyPeevin
Is it called the HF Zero because when they asked who would actually want/feel safe driving it the response was "Hard Fuckin Zero"?
rockcanyon10
Nice
ps238principal
Another car could ramp up the front while a celebrity chef uses that vent on the back to slice very fine potato chips.
T1bs
Wanted. The movie
bippityboppitybuttsex
Or... the ramp is for pedestrians... the mandolin on the back is for julienne-ing them.
anaxandrew
A better use of this car i have yet to hear.
eshank881
It’s a Lancia, so driving it hard until it breaks after just a few miles also crosses one’s mind
GeekTherapyRadioPodcast
Exactly what I thought, verbatim.
KnucleheadFlow
Rare case of the production car being better looking than the prototype:
KnucleheadFlow
Damiv
Looks horrifically uncomfortable and almost impossible to drive and I still really want one.
eightytwoeightytwoeightytwo
so. like an aventador, only 50 years ago
Damiv
Most supercars honestly. Still lust after them though.
DagothWit
Remember when Michael Jackson transformed into this?
bhicks1226
Hell yea! Michael Jackson’s “Moonwalker”
DicksonYoMouth
maddbeats
Wasnt this in silver in Moonwalker?!?
d1d1t4t3hlulz0hl4wdy
This is all I'll remember of this car https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jXoaJdbkns
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Not that I am an expert but would it not be better if the door opened at the opposite side so the wind resistance would keep it shut?
ShouldersDeepInAHorse
Because, like, i've heard about suicide doors, that kinda seems like the same thing but at a different angle.
Ilieoften
The Zero stands for zero visibility
strideo
Looks cool until you see it with the door open.
shyasen
I think you mean window. Does that really count as a door? I dont know, maybe, maybe it's the windshield, you decide.
AtillatheGun
S Y N T H W A V E
Starbolt81
Its older sister from Australia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Hurricane
drunkill
Much cooler too.
Spoggi99
Thanks for sharing!
DGJChicago
Proof we really didn’t understand aerodynamics in the 70’s
SaturnineCult
Why? Do you have data suggesting this is worse than the basic box cars in the 70's?
KnucleheadFlow
Practically all the early wedge cars have aerodynamics of a barn door but unlike the boxes they look like they were designed to be slick.
MarkPenrice
Wedge front, kamm tail, can't see much wrong other than maybe a lack of lower spoiler/splitter? It has actual race DNA in it after all.
kingsfold
CONNNNNN-DORRRRRRRR-MAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!
AtillatheGun
tzxAzrael
i should go watch this again... if i can find it in any viewable quality anywhere
ThatTransformersDude
NarsilThatWasBroken
As long as you're in first place, nothing behind you matters.
skel
I would think that would hold more true if you were in last place
oneoldman
You gon get lapped
badgesweedontneednostinkingbadges
"Whatsa behind me isa not important" - Dom DeLuise - Cannonball Run
DontKissMeBro
Except for the traffic jam/ accidents caused by people avoiding your reckless driving
Zigor22
Revert back to the previous comment.
MarkPenrice
Does anyone know what that lumpy motorcycle cylinder head looking thing next to the exhaust pipes is?
DevonGronka
The balls of whoever is driving a car with no mirrors or rear or side windows.
Kalisto2077
I'm no mechanic but it looks like a part of the gearbox/diff assembly. That's my educated guess due to it being a mid mounted engine.
MarkPenrice
The case moulding has the right kind of shapes, to be sure, and it's central, but it's an awful long way back from both engine and axles...
Kalisto2077
Hopefully a grease monkey will see this question cause i'm curious about it too. :P
MarkPenrice
Maybe an oil cooler, for a shared engine/transmission/diff oil system?
valen00
Is it just me or does this look like one of those tiny models cleverly photographed to seem large?
delitescency
Had to scroll SO FAR to find this. It 100% looks like a miniature to me
valen00
There's 2 of us! it's like dozens but less
delitescency
My soul mate
valen00
bro
Ilikestyx
I saw one of those when I was in Italy! https://imgur.com/TU8u9sV
AirplaneNerd
Is that a stick-on external rear view mirror??
DocBoskonovitch
Pretty sure there is only one.
Spoggi99
Oh, that's awesome! I wish I would see one in the flesh....
Ilikestyx
Quite the car. Though what really excited me was finding the REO Speedwagon :P https://imgur.com/9Z36xBq
Realborisboef
Do you have more photos?
Ilikestyx
of the Speedwagon, or from the museum itself?