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car on top is a 1930 something Maybach?!?

 

what an eff'n amazing car that is. i saw the autoweek article some time ago. very cool.

rear window shape and the strong rear shoulders are definitely along the same lines as our cars. i hope they build it!

 

The Maybach Exelero is just a one-off built for Fulda Tyres. You can read up on it at the Maybach site: http://www.maybach-manufaktur.com/index.htm .
All I can say is thats one sexy car for testing tyres, but it would be nice to see this in limited production.

 

I saw this car 'in the metal' at Hockenheim last year. They ran it round the GP circuit before the race. To be honest I think it looks a lot better in the pictures! IMO it looks a bit too stretched out from the side. I snapped this pic while they were waiting to join the circuit - a bit grainy as I had to use a long lens!



EDIT - found this one as well:

 

thanks Simon... yeah in your photos it really looks stretched... hey in the 1960s did you have a tv show called the GREEN HORNET??? i think it looks like the car ... unless i am mixing up tv shows... it goes way back, i wasn't even in school yet...

j

 

I think the rear looks about right, and in proportion, but it seems that the distance between the A pillar and front wheel is a little too stretched. I suspect the used such a long wheelbase for stability during the high speed tyre testing (200 mph+ apparently!)

Now you mention it I do remember the Green Hornet (vaguely!) Didn't the car revolve upside down in the garage, or I am thinking of something completely different?

 

google is wonderful... http://www.the-black-beauty.com/gree...t-history2.cfm

 

wow... you just jarred my memory more!!! yeah... why do you think it revolved upside down... 40 years later???



its a 1966 imperial.

 

... good lookin! thanx.


its funny when i posted the pic, your post wasn't there! now it is! screwed up cookies i guess.


when the car is not in use, it is kept under Reid's garage floor, suspended upside down from steel clamps. with the push of a button, the floor flips, and the car is right-side-up and ready for action.


j