Cool, Awesome & Amazing Custom/One-off/Prototype Cars

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1995 Lotec C1000 Mercedes-Benz


A little bizarre but interesting for a 22 year old design. đź‘Ť

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Early sketches for compact car Volvo 440, circa late 1980's.

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Here is a second Volvo prototype from the same time period, though I could not determine whether it was a design for a 440 or a different vehicle.

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Here is a second Volvo prototype from the same time period, though I could not determine whether it was a design for a 440 or a different vehicle.

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To me, that looks like a an early concept model of a 440 or even 460 estate, judging by it's profile.
 
Mercedes-Benz 300SL 6.3 Pininfarina Coupe 1970.

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I think that BMW might have used this as a bit of inspiration.

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Plates are fake. The real registration number popped up on Google, 84-99-ZK. Registered in 1988 in the Netherlands and it is still here. Probably hidden under a blanket.

Very cool.
 
Inferno251
Sounds awesome :) Do you have any more information about the car? Does it still exist?
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/156095-fageol-twin-engine-356-a.html
http://jalopnik.com/the-craziest-twin-engined-racing-cars-were-made-by-a-bu-1683914079
http://www.fantasycars.com/news/lou-fageols-twin-engine-porsches-1lfv

There are no contemporary shots of the car out there, so the latter seems unlikely, but I don't know for a fact that it's gone.

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Mercedes SL-X

Many of us know the C-111 series, the flashing orange prototypes powered by rotary engines. But Mercedes had another mid-engined prototype in 1965:
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And speaking of C111, the car in the background of the last picture is its fourth itineration:
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Powered by a 4.8L TT engine it clocked in at over 400kp/h at NardĂł.
 
Hurst Rescue System 1
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After the invention of the Jaws of Life by Hurst founder George Hurst, this all-purpose rescue vehicle was created to transport the new machine. The base was a 1973 AMC Gremlin X, outfitted with a stretcher, water tank (for dousing fires), aforementioned Jaws of Life, a first aid kit, and even a winch rated at a 1000 pound capacity; all packed neatly within the little AMC. The one in the picture above was purchased by Murray County Rescue in Georgia, and is the sole survivor of the original 8 RS1s. The RS1 was not just some promotional piece either; this one in particular spent its life racing around the county acting as a fire truck, ambulance, and recovery vehicle. It enjoyed a long service life too, staying in active use continually until 2002, where it was sidelined (perhaps ironically) on the basis of a new mandate concerning crash safety of rescue vehicles. Currently, the RS1 serves mostly as a parade vehicle, though on rare occasions is used as a backup if no other vehicle is available.
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After the invention of the Jaws of Life by Hurst founder George Hurst, this all-purpose rescue vehicle was created to transport the new machine. The base was a 1973 AMC Gremlin X, outfitted with a stretcher, water tank (for dousing fires), aforementioned Jaws of Life, a first aid kit, and even a winch rated at a 1000 pound capacity; all packed neatly within the little AMC. The one in the picture above was purchased by Murray County Rescue in Georgia, and is the sole survivor of the original 8 RS1s. The RS1 was not just some promotional piece either; this one in particular spent its life racing around the county acting as a fire truck, ambulance, and recovery vehicle. It enjoyed a long service life too, staying in active use continually until 2002, where it was sidelined (perhaps ironically) on the basis of a new mandate concerning crash safety of rescue vehicles. Currently, the RS1 serves mostly as a parade vehicle, though on rare occasions is used as a backup if no other vehicle is available.
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Jeremy Clarkson was on the right track then?
 
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