This one ain't for the purists

But damn is it cool.
http://www.hotrod.com/featuredvehicles/hrdp_0905_1932_ford_coupe/index.html

If you're a 1932 Ford purist, you've been violated before!

While not everyone's cup of tea, you have to admire the engineering, stance, color, wheel package and sleepless nights involved.

Nice car.

Yeah, the stance and wheel/tire package are spot on! Man that's nice.

pushrod suspension with remote reservoir shocks. Yummy.

There was a long article about this car in Practical Performance Car a while back. I had some serious "want" when I read that article. Good to see that he's getting recognition outside of Europe, too.

They're building some superb cars in sheds in Sweden, guess they'll have to keep busy during those long winters.

That's just... Wow. Awesome.

BoxheadTim wrote: They're building some superb cars in sheds in Sweden,

Indeed. Leif Tufvesson makes some nifty cars.

http://jalopnik.com/360844/volvo-rod-a-swedish-t+bucket-named-jakob

Do want.

and the drooling ensues

The suspension alone is a work of art

Sweet. I love that they went to the trouble of AWD. I've been wanting to build a rod or Locost with an inline five (sans AWD) for a decade now.

There's video of that car doing a quick mini slalom. It's horrifying.

Any thoughts on how they did the AWD. AWD Volvos are transverse right?

EDIT maybe a BMW E30 or E36 set up?

BoxheadTim wrote: There was a long article about this car in Practical Performance Car a while back. I had some serious "want" when I read that article. Good to see that he's getting recognition outside of Europe, too. They're building some superb cars in sheds in Sweden, guess they'll have to keep busy during those long winters.

Link to the article by chance? I'd love to send it to my dad, who loves vintage Fords.

93celicaGT2 wrote: There's video of that car doing a quick mini slalom. It's horrifying.

This one?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDMOV_fmuLU

Looks pretty good to me!

Another one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L39YF5CqFr0

Here's a much, much better one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv9LNzYgYY8

Run 2:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L7eKGccAIY

First drive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdXuyLOTVUk

Impressive, most impressive.

The noise. THE NOISE.

Unf unf unf unf unf unf unf unf unf

Makes ones naughty bits get all excited.

snipes wrote: Any thoughts on how they did the AWD. AWD Volvos are transverse right? EDIT maybe a BMW E30 or E36 set up?

"Through a friend of a friend, he was invited to meet a guy with a personal backyard junkyard stuffed full of AWD Ford Sierra Cosworths--a car originally developed for Group A Rally racing. After hearing Tomas' plans, the gent reluctantly sold Tomas a trans and a set of differentials with a few spare parts."

snipes wrote: Any thoughts on how they did the AWD. AWD Volvos are transverse right? EDIT maybe a BMW E30 or E36 set up?

The videos say the car uses the T5R engine with a Ford Sierra Cosworth drivetrain.

btw thanks for the new wallpaper!

dyintorace wrote:

BoxheadTim wrote: There was a long article about this car in Practical Performance Car a while back. I had some serious "want" when I read that article. Good to see that he's getting recognition outside of Europe, too. They're building some superb cars in sheds in Sweden, guess they'll have to keep busy during those long winters.

Link to the article by chance? I'd love to send it to my dad, who loves vintage Fords.

I don't think it's online anywhere, sorry - it doesn't appear in the 'download articles' section on their website either.

For those who haven't heard of it, PPC is a mag here in the UK that caters to a similar crowd as GRM (and the only other car mag I subscribe to aside from GRM and CM).

Abso-freakin-damned-lutely awesome in every way.

<---swooning.

Easily the best hot rod ever, IMO. Definitely WANT!

Factory Five... Are you listening?

I loves it!

I've been itching to build a t-bucket or some sort of hot rod thing for a while. It wouldn't even be in the same universe as that thing.