Obscure cars of history challenge

oddball7000 wrote:

whhooaaahh there, dude just cut in front of me! haha. lola?

impressive you got it, but do you know the cars history?

(also slightly cut infront wanted to put it up incase i forgot the challenge)

i'm just messing with you man, and no dont know anything about it, just looks like a lot of lola's ive seen

oddball7000 wrote:

i'm just messing with you man, and no dont know anything about it, just looks like a lot of lola's ive seen

well I will say what it is because Lola did not make that many cars anyway so it would not take long to find it out.

Its a Mk6 and is actually the Ford GT40 (or at least what the ford GT40 is underneath) and even ran with a Ford V8 inside before Ford took an interest in the car and used it as the basis for the Ford GT40 (Ford even paid Lola to stop working) and the designers worked with a guy called Roy Lunn created the Ford GT40.

But this Lola Mk6 is very much an unsung hero thanks to Ford hiding the fact that the Ford GT40 is actually a Lola underneath with tweaks to the chassis and design.

all what Carroll Shelby did was fit a bigger engine pretty much (sorry to say that).

This car also did compete at Le Mans but did get a DNF because they geared the car up wrong for the mulsanne straight and caused them to wreck the engine (they were 5th at one point)

however Ford did consider the Lola Mk6 ahead of its time.

Kinda looks like a gt40 here and there.

The very first gt40 model was CRAP. It wasnt until shelby took it and fixed it that it became the car we know today.

back to this, haha.

I'll give you a clue, its red

oddball7000 wrote:

back to this, haha.

I'll give you a clue, its red

its also got a steering wheel

think about it, its clearly an old race car, everyones saying its british, i'm saying its red.

The British part has me puzzled. The red clue pushed me towards Ferrari? Ferrari isn't British but red is Ferrari. So is it red, British, or both red and British? I can't think of a British company that is as red as Ferrari.

Mille Miglia

max takes the cake again, its the Cisitalia 202 Mille Miglia Nuvolari Spider

My turn:



Built in the 60's, this car did well in competition and broke several speed records, reaching a top speed of around 150mph.

I know it isnt a corvette but i keep wanting to say it is.

I wanna say Shelby something.

that is the rare and surprisingly pretty Russian ZIL-112 S. Looks a lot like a cobra from the back too has a 6 or 7 litre V8 producing a maximum of 270 BHP. The engine and transmission were from a 'luxury' sedan from the same brand and half the suspension was from a rather less luxury sedan from another Russian make (Volga). It won the 1965 Soviet Championship.

BOOM!

Yep, nicely done mate! Russian ZIL 112-S #2 Chassis

What the hell is THAT? It looks like miscolored Ferrari badging I am guessing it's some abomination that gladly stayed obscure! LOL

the coupe is better looking

Looking more closely at it...It looks more Lamborghini-ish than Ferrari though. Especially by the hood shape.  Probably neither name brand though. Whatever it is...it is butt arse ugly!

Heres the coupe from behind

Well, it clearly looks like a Ferrari badge on the back. Yes the Coupe does look better. Kinda a cross between an MR2 a Lotus Espirit.  I am commenting but have no idea really.

tisnt a ferrari, wrong country even

Well, after some research I know now what the name make and model is. But yet somehow I still don't know.   I have NEVER heard of this car before. This one 'to me' is truly the most OBSCURE car posted in this thread so far. What the hell? Where the hell? Did that come from?!  

i can tell you if you like? or we can let it run for a bit see if anyone else knows....