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I love it when people come up with "out of the box" ideas to get the leg up on the competition....kinda reminds me of the twin pod/hull/body/whatever car Smokey Yunic built along the same thought pattern, although probably more for weight distribution than for aerodynamics.
What I like here is that you get a whole lot of wing on a 2 seater vehicle as you can probably design the cab section to act as a wing too. Wonder what the downside is that prevented more designers using this concept.
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kinda reminds me of the twin pod/hull/body/whatever car Smokey Yunic built along the same thought pattern, although probably more for weight distribution than for aerodynamics. Ah, the Hurst Floor-Shifter Special. I love that thing.  SDC13471 by dbizzle_, on Flickr  SDC13470 by dbizzle_, on Flickr  SDC13472 by dbizzle_, on Flickr |
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LOL yeap...that a one....
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I love it when people come up with "out of the box" ideas to get the leg up on the competition....kinda reminds me of the twin pod/hull/body/whatever car Smokey Yunic built along the same thought pattern, although probably more for weight distribution than for aerodynamics. What I like here is that you get a whole lot of wing on a 2 seater vehicle as you can probably design the cab section to act as a wing too. Wonder what the downside is that prevented more designers using this concept. There were several other designers who used the idea before OSI; the word that will enliven your google searches is "bisiluro", Italian for "twin-torpedo". Pietro Taruffi's 1949 Bisiluro:   The 1959 Bisiluro Damolnar:  1953 Pegaso Bisiluro:   All expressions of the same idea: lightweight, small frontal area for high speed, with the weight of the driver offsetting the weight of a small, powerful engine. The advanatages of a motorbike, with the added advantage of a wide track for stability and not-falling-off-ness. OSI win on camp promotional images though:  |
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1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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A brilliantly odd thing I spotted at the Festival of Speed last year.  DSC_4032 by dbizzle_, on Flickr Had to verify from the links, but yep, recognized the A from Alpine. Always nice to see something different. |
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Renault Laguna Sport Tourer 2.0dCi 178hp -11 // Renault Laguna 2.0T -03 // Renault Clio 1.4 8V -00 // Renault Safrane 2.2 -94 // Renault 11 1.4 T -84 // Renault 11 1.4 T -88 // Renault 11 1.7 TXE -86 // Renault 11 1.4GTL -85 // Renault 5 1.3 TS -79// Renault 11 1.4GTS -84
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WTF has happened to all the Vennies?
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As long as people still create things like this I still have a little bit of hope for the world  |
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'79 Cossie ran Cortina - Sold
2000 Fozzer 2.0 turbo snow beast
'85 Opel Manta GSI - Sold
03 A class Mercedes
Looking for a FD Ventora - Anyone?
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Fun fact: The OSI Silver Fox is the inspiration for one of the vehicles to appear in the new Carmageddon:Reincarnation game.
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