Totally insane race car....and you would have to be mad to drive it too

I could look at that for hours.

 

I believe it's a 1908 JAP Aero engine of which there are only 4 in existance. 3 are in museums and the one you see before you.


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Holy shit! Can I drive it? Please? Please? Please?

 

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adding a few more images................

 

To cool!

It would be a blast to drive!

 

I love it, hey at least the wood grains running in the right direction. A fellow rolled up to our local cruise in, in something simular to that. Except that it was a 4 banger flattie, exposed valve train. So cool, He even wore the old era garb. Hav`nt seen it since. I told him now thats a real hotrod. He walks away without a peep. probably sick of answering questions to us gawkers.

 

built back in the days when the ships were wood and the men were steel!

 

I want

 

........... */speechless

 

Thank you for your discussion, I found the perfect answer, thank you very much.

 

Love that car!

 

WOW... That thing is perfection

 

crazy...but cool

 

I think it's a 'handfull' on any corner...........









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I know I am late to the parade on this, but WOW! OMFG! Thanks gnichols for leading me here in a roundabout way!!! Coolect thing I have seen on the HAMB so far! Only in England...

 

When I was a kid, one of my dads friends had a JAP engined brough. Man, what a machine.

 

That is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time!!!

 

strait up Bad Ass !!

 

Surprisingly few negative comments in this thread regarding the oak rails.

There were more early cars with wood frames than realized: Some of them had oak frame rails skinned in light sheet metal.
Control Line airplanes use wood fuselages, oak or maple rails glued in for engine mounts: model airplane engines can make 1 H.P.! (and more and less, depending on size/specs)
I'm building a Bunch Midget tether car, 18" wheelbase, with oak frame rails.
I cut out and fabricated a steel pair, but replaced them with wood...something real Classic about the oak!
Excellent thread, really enjoyed it.

 

I need to attend one of these races and check these cars man!

 

and it's street legal......!

 

think it was spelled Bleriot. back then lots of car companys made horse drawn conveyances buggys coaches etc. they just started experimenting check out Studebaker they made wagons. The Morgan used a wooden frame into the sixties I believe maybe even later!

 

How the hell have I survived so long without seeing this?
Talk about sinister looking. The more I learn about it, the more I love it.

 

Wow, missed this the first go around but glad someone dug it back up again. Crazy cool!

 

Still herpe free but now I've got tailpipe burns and splinters in some really odd places.

 

Simply beautiful. It's technical perfection of the era on wheels. I have very, very deep respect for the owner using it for what it was made for in stead of letting it rot in a museum. Downright amazing it is.

 

OMG That's one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen ! The man who built that car wasn't crazy, he was in love. ! All of you would be ooh-ing and ah-ing if it had T sedan frame in it.
Yah , It doesn't fit the forum. It's a beautiful Car though . . . . . . . . .