Beanzawave!
03/07/2009
I think I’d prefer the mini monster truck, but I guess if I was going bulldozing I might want to do it in style?
The Jalopnik guys are pretty scathing and there’s no really technical details but then who needs ’em!? It’s a massive engine, with a supercharger, and zoomies, in a dinky frame, with 4 wheel steer. It’s awesome!
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Yes, it actually runs, FF to 3:20.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIdQFnUvCA
The Russian-built, 10220cc Vedeneyev M14P radial engine was originally commissioned in the 1930’s for airplanes and over the years power rose from 360 HP to a stout 460 HP when electronic injection was added. The Goggomobil was a German-built micro-car, like many ulta-compacts which sprouted up during the post-war era. Its most powerful iteration produced all of 20 HP. The two were never intended to go together, but a German mad man named Uwe Wulf has married radial monster to microcar for what is easily one of the most technically impressive and plain old-fashioned spectacular small car/big engine transplants we’ve ever seen.
More details and photos on Jalopnik.
From CBBC. Given the dearth of decent original material on “adult” TV, perhaps we should all start working shift and stay at home during the day.
I like the key in the back, but I love the blower up front.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL9YuEjjrs8
If you get a spare hour in front of a computer between now and May 26, this RTE documentary about Chuck Feeney is well worth watching. I rarely last more than 5 minutes watching video on a monitor, but this held my attention the entire way through. An incredible man.
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