“sportscar racer-cum-engineer”

I was thinking the same thing. Put the suction on the turbine on the ground and skirt the car. Need to have a hell of an airfilter however, a tiny pebble sucked of the ground would be the end of your race day.

...a turbine engine meant for a military helicopter and taillights off a Ford family car.

#1 - Phantasm ‘Cuda.

No Maximum Overdrive??? Murderous Semi’s... win.

It may be tough to remember anything other than the flying balls o’ death and Tall Man in Phantasm, but it had a ‘71 ‘Cuda.

I was thinking along the same lines. I see some XJ220 influence as well.

Nah, I don’t feel written off. That’s my perception, anyway.

I agree, but the first thing I’d do is debadge it anyway. Hopefully they didn’t drill holes for those suckers, I’m sure the Ford badge isn’t removable.

One of the fucking best parody CD’s ever made.

I feel like the big schnoz would just gently push pedestrians to the left or right, where dozens of them could be cradled in the giant indentations until those areas got full and the driver had to stop and clear them out.

Hmm...what if you made the schnoz protrusion into a very soft crumple zone that would gently caress the pedestrian you’re hitting if they were whacked by the giant impalement box? Maybe build in an airbag that would go off when it senses a human butt at roughly butt-level in front of it. IDK, there’s got to be a way…

I want my coach and chassis to come from separate builders. None of this single company BS.

It’s all been down hill since the auto industry took away my ability to crank over my own motor. Now that was driving!

Needs NAZ.

I towed him that was illegal.

Wanna know what is Hollywood-bullshit tho? Those cannons. 

The Australian supercars series comes to mind; most entertaining racing I’ve seen aside from maybe goodwood revival.