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not the gull wing but the blue car in the back ground. I'm guessing it would fly with a very
mild small block in it.
 
Pretty sure that's a Morgan, but for giggles , (and to make sure I wasn't wrong) I checked out the Lotus seven. At one time they could be had with the Kent engine from a Cortina, and the base engine for the early Pinto. BUT! the seven weighs about 1100 lbs, ready to go. Caterham still makes a version, street legal in the US only if assembled from a kit (legal assembled in the UK).
 
I would think even a stout turboed 4cyl. would make that thing fly. I don't think I'd want to crash it though.
 
I would think even a stout turboed 4cyl. would make that thing fly. I don't think I'd want to crash it though.
I think the baddest motor you could get in a Lotus Seven was around 100-125hp, and even that was seriously quick. Can you imagine a 350hp Honda, Mitsubishi or Subie in one? Yikes! ( probably equivalent to a 1300hp hellcat). I think Caterham will sell you a 1500 lb version with 250 hp.
 
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not the gull wing but the blue car in the back ground. I'm guessing it would fly with a very
mild small block in it.
It's a gull wing Mercedes coupe. 300SL Wow you guys are an embarrassment to Mopar owners everywhere. We usually know more about off brands than their owners do. :poke: :rofl:
 
He's not taking about the 300SL. He's talking about the blue racing Morgan in the background.

Actually, the Morgan came with a Trump 2liter 4, but it also came with the 3.5liter Buick/Rover V8, and that model was pretty damn fast. Practically no suspension compliance, however, so a rough ride. They essentially still make the the same car as the 1930s version.
 
He was asking about the blue car, not the Mercedes Gullwing.
:rofl: That will teach me to just read headlines and look at pictures. That little blue buggy looks like a fiberglass replica of a MG.
 
Here is one I am working on (mine) 1980 Caterham, Ford Kent crossflow, around 134 hp, It is a street legal go kart very quick, tops out alittle over a hundred. I figure it's going take me a year or two to restore it.

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Morgan was what came to my mind first.

I likes me a Lotus 7 though.
 
Just to put "real" hotrodding in perspective, when I was at Navy electronics school in 68 a fellow classmate from Detroit showed me a photo of his early MG TD, with a 283 Chev. It would not fit inside the hood, so they left the hood sides off and just ran it "32 Ford" style, with the top pieces installed

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Just to put "real" hotrodding in perspective, when I was at Navy electronics school in 68 a fellow classmate from Detroit showed me a photo of his early MG TD, with a 283 Chev. It would not fit inside the hood, so they left the hood sides off and just ran it "32 Ford" style, with the top pieces installed

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I've got a couple little foreign cars with V8's swapped in.... but the ultimate huge motor in a little car is the 426 hemi swapped bugeye sprite. Completely insane.
 
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