Just saw this car...

[Ark :D]

Just saw this (exact) car, sitting in the parking lot in a shopping center in my little backwater town of Willow Street, PA.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2018-velocity-exo/

Pretty sweet. The idea of an open diff in a V8 terrifies me though. I did not expect to find out it was a 4.2L V8 mated to a Boxster trans though, isn't that too much torque for that trans?

 

[JBINTX]

Wow!!!
That is beautiful.
Clean too.
Looks wider than a Goblin.
Fabric hood???
Engine looks like is is more forward than our Goblins. CG might be a little better.
The frame curves are pretty. But, notice the frame lacks some of the basic triangulation needed to truly give structural strength - especially in the roll bar.

 

[Rttoys]

That looks way cool

 

[Dale E]

No the Audi transaxle is strong enough. That is basically the same transaxle that the GT40 replica guys use. That Velocity car was designed and manufactured in the Denver. Colorado area. It is a similar idea of the Ariel Atom as is the original Palatov D2 (a friend of mine has one picture included). My friends Palatov has the Porsche transaxle with an LSx 550 plus hp. And yes the Velocity had a convertible top type body for covering.

Dale

 

[Chris_WNC]

The width on that thing makes it look mean. I like it.


CHRIS

 

[Ross]

Looks nice. I like the real windshield.

 

[socaljeff3798]

There are a lot of cool cars out there. I love that one as well....

 

[Premo]

I like it, that’s not my first time seeing that car. I wanted to build that car but couldn’t find anything about it online as far as what’s needed to build that car and also where they get the frame.

 

[Gage]

Here's a gallery of another one of those cars. They look incredible and the windsheild is so cleanly integrated:

https://flatoutautos.com/gallery

 

[Dale E]

@Sebnuts did a nice windscreen on his Goblin -- look it up in build logs page 12 and before.

The Velocity, Palatov D2, pictured earlier in this thread and this TR 42 kit have done various full windscreens, as have many other kit builders.

A Goblin with the full roll cage seems to be a candidate for incorporating one easily.

Use your imagination and do one!