Hand Made Cars !
Sometimes you just don't know what will be awaiting you when you start out a day. On the road for my day job today I had an appointment at Leopard Automobile in Mielec Poland. I knew that Mielec is a long time center of the Polish aviation industry with e...
The semi...
...Morgan styling doesn't do much for me, but the craftmanship in those panels is astounding. Making one side by hand is one thing, making the other side completely symmetrical is just astounding.
Amazing...
...I can't imagine all the hand hammering on cars still existed. A true pleasure to see and read about.
re: Hand Made
Welding aluminum is tricky but it looks like they have some really good craftsman in the shop. Did they start one up? How'd the engine sound?
Nice job you have :-)
Beautiful metalwork on that car. Very Brit- MG- Morgan-like in design, but the craftsmanship is well done. This message has been edited by mrsnak on 2011-03-16 18:49:39
Engine?
Fascinating to see cars being constructed in this way. Thanks, Don. Do you know anything more about the 6L V8 engine they are using? Andrew
By the bore and stroke....
...it looks to be an LS2 V8. By the 297kW, it would seem to be pretty much a standard engine, not much mass for it to push if that 1100kg is correct.
WOW! This is a piece of art and with vintage looks that is hardly avaible nowadays.
Don, could you share with me the price for the car? Cheers PAt
it reminds me of Morgan too.
they still hand make their panels and still use wood for their chassis. they dont appeal to me, but i can imagine the attraction for others. G
Handmade miniature car
Here's another hand built car, a 1932 Duesenberg, at 1/16 scale. It's really "a complete car in miniature". Even the eight cylinder 32 valve engine runs. The Internet Craftsmanship Museum: Video of the engine running: The image was sent to me by email, bu...
Scale Model Ferrari 312PB
....If you like that Duesie, try googling "Ferrari P312PB working engine" for an astounding bit of work. I think there's YouTube footage as out there as well.
very cool, especially the still pics in the vid at 2:21
Love the detail of the scaled engine, I've played with 1/10 & 1/18 gas and electric cars but the details on this one is amazing! LwC, do you race R/C cars? -MW
Excellent post
Really nice car. I love all the details to making the alluminum body. I'm going to check it out for sure. Best regards, George
One addition I would add to the car
Is that it be fueled on wine; that's the only fuel that would do it justice. Thanks for the photo's, Helen