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Tuesday August 29th, 2006 @ 7:44 AM
I recently received some wonderful news about the junked Siva Saluki that sold on eBay recently for $750. Following is the note I got (I wish my highschool had done this!) from Wayne Griffin, an engineering studies teacher at the school:
“The Siva Saluki (or look alike) featured in the August 6th posting has been purchased by Year 11 Engineering students of Inaburra, a private School located on the southern edge of Sydney, Australia. The class of twenty students have wasted no time in starting work on the car despite its rustic charms. As their Engineering Studies teacher I was amazed when in the space of one lesson the students organised themselves to clean the vehicle of its miscellaneous tyres, beer cans, grass clippings etc, removed a large quantity of oil off the pan and then separated the various fibreglass mouldings and frames. It was as if the car was being swarmed by ants.
The intention at this stage is to try something a little different and fit the car with an Electric Motor. The idea of going electric has gathered support and seems timely given the current state of Australian fuel prices. Some components that came with the car are in need of repair; there is a hand sized ding in the back corner for example and the steel reinforcement in the doors have rusted causing the skins do delaminate in places.
Whether the car is a Siva Saluki or a very close copy is a bit unclear. The car seems almost identical to Jaoa Andrade’s car and I had convinced myself (and others) before collecting it, that it was a Siva Saluki, although how it came to be in Sydney would have been a mystery. Now that we have the car it appears to be wider in the back to accommodate fatter rear tyres and there are a number of moulded lines that join the body to the rear wheel arches.
The seller maintains the car is one of two that were built from original moulds in Sydney and that the other is currently road registered. To simplify matters we will probably get the car going and consider the practicality of registration later. We also hope to have the body painted within a couple of weeks!
Thanks to our principal, Dr Paul Burgis and Inaburra P and F for their support.”
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Thursday August 24th, 2006 @ 8:31 PM
I wish I could remember the name of the kit (maybe someone can post it), but I really liked this modified VW with a truck rear and a Rolls-Royce-esque grill. Check out the custom made rear bumper/wing by the way.
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Thursday August 24th, 2006 @ 8:29 PM
You can click the business card on the right for contact details, but here are a couple photos of each of Kokopelli’s two Lotus 11 models.
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Thursday August 24th, 2006 @ 8:23 PM
I totally forgot I had this stash of photos from Carlisle! Here’s a great looking black Fiberfab Avenger GT-12 for starters.
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Thursday August 24th, 2006 @ 7:36 PM
I feel bad picking on this car, because it’s just so ridiculously ugly that I doubt the creator is even aware of what a monstrosity it is… I mean, it looks like it’s a destroyed Fiero that someone has stapled pieces of silver cardboard all over. The only reason I can think of that someone would bid on eBay item #270021535339 is to scavenge the two Fieros for parts. I’m sorry, but I think this may be the ugliest car I’ve ever posted here. In a way, it’s heartbreaking to imagine that this is the result of hundreds of hours of someone pouring their heart into a dream project.
Yeah, it looks promising in the first thumbnail, I know…
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Friday August 11th, 2006 @ 8:30 AM
I say “crazy Canadian hillbilly” in a purely complementary fashion, being one myself. This wild one-off creation from rural Waterloo, Ontario was recently posted to eBay although it never generated bids (asking price $9,000). To me it looks like a weird hybrid of a Lancia Stratos, a Lamborghini Countach, a Delorean, and something out of Mad Max. Which is pretty much what I expect when I think of exotic cars with 20ga steel bodies built in a barn. I don’t know what it is, but there’s something endearing about this car to me. Officially it’s called the DKX.
The car is build around a 1973 503 big block V8 Cadillac Eldorado engine (mid mounted) riding on 1985 Corvette suspension, with many of the other donor parts also coming from the Vette. The frame is two and a half inch tube with steel floor, roof, and bulkhead inserts, with 20ga satin coat steel welded and bolted to the frame. Steering is from a 92 Chrysler Daytona. The doors are gullwing, electrically activated with a hydro-electric opening device. It has full keyless entry, air conditioning, and so on, but it still needs a few parts before it’s street legal and fully running (some of the lights, the radiator, etc). Here are some construction photos:
Maybe I’m just a sucker for crazy projects (I’m currently building a V8 snowmobile), but I’ve got a real soft spot for this car!
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The intention at this stage is to try something a little different and fit the car with an Electric Motor. The idea of going electric has gathered support and seems timely given the current state of Australian fuel prices. Some components that came with the car are in need of repair; there is a hand sized ding in the back corner for example and the steel reinforcement in the doors have rusted causing the skins do delaminate in places.
