Does it need 1.21 gigawatts in order to run???
Posted on 08/21/2007 8:38:35 AM PDT by goldstategop
*grin*
They should become affordable right about the time I hit my midlife crisis. :-)
Okay, I'll take you at your word. However, I think I'll keep my 350Z. It does handle like a dream.
;-)
True even the old Bricklin looked better IMHO
So when does GM bring back the Oldsmobile?
Are De Sotos and Studebakers and Ramblers coming back too?
What engine was in this car? What horsepower? The car would look different than most other cars on the street but it would be sad to see a stock Subaru WRX blow it away at a streetlight...
Actually, my very first car (worked at Red Lobster for three years during High School to buy it) was a Hurst Olds 442. I added an extra 4 barrel so I'd have dual quads and that thing flat out flew. If there's any car that might beat out the Challenger in my book it would be an Olds 442.
Is the engine made by DeLorean or by someone else? What is the size and aspiration of the engine?
Just curious - what year was your H/O 442?
Great car/potential!!!!!
What a shame!
Any car today is a three—legged horse; what with them being stamped out with nothing in mind but $$$, gubmint restrictions, environmental (non-existent) considerations, and of course, again, $$$!!!!!
Shame, shame, shame...
Absolutely false:
the doors of a DeLorean or for that matter any other gull-wing doors pivoting near the center of the car, swing upward, not outward as they open.
That, in fact, is the whole point of having gull-wing doors - the fact that very little clearance is required to an adjacent vehicle.
I’ll take you at yours, too. ;>)
It was the '72 Pace car edition. I live in Indy and fell in love with the thing when I saw it crusing around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Decided to start saving up right then.
The engine is the PRV V6 engine that was developed by Volvo, Peugeot, and Renault. I don’t recall the size, but it isn’t a beast. The car is fiber-glass in construction, under the SS panels.
Agreed, they probably require less sideways space than a conventional door.
Much less, and you don’t have to squeeze by them to get in or out in tight places.
However...
If you turn turtle, it could be really tough getting out.
Yeah, that was my impression as well. Interesting, distinctive appearance - but slower than many 4-cylinder economy cars. This endeavor better start with a much healthier engine (and probably a more rugged transaxle, too).
The car's interior had poor ergonomics and was cramped, too - at least for my 6'1" frame.
I'm wondering whether this will be enough of a "new" car to mandate use of passive restraint systems and OBD-II compliance. Anyone know how the Avanti (former Studebaker Avanti) guys dealt with the those issues?
Does it need 1.21 gigawatts in order to run???
Years ago, I knew a wheeler-dealer guy who owned 2 of them that he got from a bankrupt dealer. He asked me if I wanted to buy one, and I laughed at him. I’ve always wondered what would have happened if I’d said yes.
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