Not mine - thank goodness. Interesting build to give Chuck Beck's Kia Coupe a run! Not pretty - front view may cause temp blindness.
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"Not pretty" is being kind.
Someone please do the seller a service by taking away his tools...….
F - me!
From the looks of things, the seller doesn’t have any tools to take away! At least any tools he can use properly.
Maybe he started building an early 60’s Aston Martin (based on the hood “scoop”) but gave up!
FWD Eclipse running gear.
The end result is deeply unfortunate, but what he’s got sitting there represents a freakload of work.
As my son is continually reminding me: just because one can, does not mean one should.
One of my ill fated thoughts was to run a 90hp. Harley engine in a Speedster and complete the car with mild Harley accents ( orange seat piping, shifter, HD scripts) ...I shelved that Idea more than once, but then again Harley fanatics do pay out the arse for anything Harley related and...hey ! it would already ….leak oil !
Urp..excuse me while I barf
burn it before it replicates
Well, yes......It's ugly.
But you have to admire someone stuffing an Eclipse 2.4 complete drive train under the front of a Speedster body.
Kind-of reminds me of the '40 Ford-looking VW Panel Truck that TC built with a Mopar 383 and Torqueflite in it. MOOSEY slicks in the back (and a working drag chute), aluminum shell driver's seat (no passenger seat, thankfully) and gutted interior, mostly taken up by bellhousing and transmission (those Torqueflites are BIG mothers!)
I declined taking it for a "fun" ride down his street.
I agree with Stan's astute son: Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you should.
And THIS is coming from a guy who once thought it would be "easy" to drop a Speedster body onto a properly shortened and narrowed Fierro V6 Turbo chassis. Trust me, it wasn't. But that's a whole 'nuther story........
Lightening holes and a large cyst. No thanks. I can't get past the aesthetics to appreciate the engineering. A few modifications too far for me.
Some people should get trophies for F'in cars up.
If he had only started this project with a super-wide body it might have worked.
But the only way to make it "real" is to include the rear engine setup as well: I'd go with a 1500, bone stock. Maybe a tiny K&N air filter on it and some chrome EMPI valve covers.
—no, fellas! hear me out!
So get that bad boy all rigged up with two engines in it and the air holes and the blister up front and the Enkaei circa 1987 wheels and maybe paint it olive drab with some camo striping.
Put a Brooklands aeroscreen on it. Cuz they're super cool. (Ask the man who owns two).
Roll bar, six point. Really real.
Crank up that 1500 and putt-putt-wheeze yo ass down to the local show-and-go, In-and-Out, whatever's there.
Brag.
Show off that mighty mill in the back.
Tell everyone you got 300 horsepower wrapped up in there and make them bet you some strong currency you can't outrun the King Ricer or whoever you can beat.
Putt-putt-wheeze on down to the local highway connector or whatever.
Start up that front-end engine...
And, boys, never look back. Not ever.