WTF?

[JohnD]

Anyone know anything about this?  It's on the Triumph Racing Fb page, so USA?

[SpitfireBGT]

Someone was inspired by Ken Tyrrell's P34. It appears to have had too much to drink the night before.

[JohnD]

Which was an aero project, to  reduce frontal area.  I don't think the above does that any favours, there's somthing a lot taller than it should be under that bonnet!

John

[Hamish]

 

Perhaps the sonic got its inspiration from that.   

https://www.aronline.co.uk/concepts/wolfrace-sonic/concepts-and-prototypes-wolfrace-sonic/

 

 

There is a 6 wheeler here

http://www.paulstriumphherald.co.uk/triumph_herald_pics/

[JohnD]

That's the Batmobile!

[Hamish]

The wolf race sonic ?

its a twin rover v8 engined promo car built to promote the pepper pot style wheels. 

2 engines drive via 2 auto gearboxes to a single axle twin diff rear end. 

Recently sold on eBay in a real state to be resurrected. 

[Hamish]

https://www.historics.co.uk/auction/lot/lot-183---1981-wolfrace-sonic/?lot=18341&so=0&st=&sto=0&au=96&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=96&pn=1&g=1
 

Auction results for the wolf race car

[Escadrille Ecosse]

On 12/1/2019 at 9:49 AM, Hamish said:

The wolf race sonic ?

Oh that's a blast from the past!!

[Escadrille Ecosse]

On 11/28/2019 at 10:04 PM, Hamish said:

There is a 6 wheeler here

http://www.paulstriumphherald.co.uk/triumph_herald_pics/

And thank you for that Hamish. Again a couple in there, including the six wheeler I had forgotten about form the dim and distant past.

[JohnD]

Another car that was born from a commercial was the Mirov 2:

The 'car' in the ad was just a bodyshell, built in six weeks, plonked on top of a kit car chassis, just for filming.    In  fact two, that were later bought by Brian Thompson, and rebuilt over many years into a working, usable car:

He published an account of his project, which is a useful guide to car modification techniques:

As they say, Технолóгия  для  Прогрєсса!

John

Edited November 30 by JohnD

[JohnD]

Hamish was not the onohnone to note that this extraordinary car, the Wolfrace Sonic, was to be suctioned.  It festures in the Aiction zroom column in the current (January 2026!) MotorSport:

[Escadrille Ecosse]

19 minutes ago, JohnD said:

Hamish was not the onohnone to note that this extraordinary car, the Wolfrace Sonic, was to be suctioned.  It festures in the Aiction zroom column in the current

Suctioned and festures 

Sorry John. But it is nice when I find it's not just me with the fat finger affliction

Edited December 1 by Escadrille Ecosse

[JohnD]

Write out 100 times, "I must stop posting from my phone!"

[Hamish]

The guy was into this project for over £100k 

or that’s what he wanted back 

[thebrookster]

1 hour ago, JohnD said:

Write out 100 times, "I must stop posting from my phone!"

Yeah, it takes practice to use the auto mistake function on smart phones!

[PaulAA]

On 11/28/2019 at 11:04 PM, Hamish said:

http://www.paulstriumphherald.co.uk/triumph_herald_pics/

There are things on that web page that cannot be unseen. Horrible things - the stuff of nightmares.

But on the bright side, I saw a picture of a pink Herald stretch limo recently. When I've recovered, I'll post it.

[mpbarrett]

8 hours ago, PaulAA said:

There are things on that web page that cannot be unseen. Horrible things - the stuff of nightmares.

But on the bright side, I saw a picture of a pink Herald stretch limo recently. When I've recovered, I'll post it.

was that the one built by Canely Classic for one of the 10CR runs?

mike

[PaulAA]

56 minutes ago, mpbarrett said:

was that the one built by Canely Classic for one of the 10CR runs?

mike

I was mistaken. Not so much pink as lichen-streaked... 68 UTW past its glory:

[Escadrille Ecosse]

11 hours ago, PaulAA said:

There are things on that web page that cannot be unseen. Horrible things - the stuff of nightmares.

oh yes 

[JohnD]

Why?

 

But, on the other hand:

Edited December 2 by JohnD

[Escadrille Ecosse]

Not my thing at all, but I can sort of understand. However compared to this horror 

or worse still

[RogerH]

nice wheels

 

Roger

[Nick Jones]

4 hours ago, PaulAA said:

I was mistaken. Not so much pink as lichen-streaked... 68 UTW past its glory:

Yes, that is the “stretch”…. As built for 2002 RBRR (DNF?) and used successfully on the 2003 10CR

https://www.canleyclassics.com/?archive=herald-streeeeetch

[RedRooster]

Beat me too it, the Escort one was my 2nd favourite. 

[RedRooster]

7 hours ago, JohnD said:

 

Way cool ❄️