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Not a clue what it is, but it may have an Aurora engine, too. The Shelby Series One used the Aurora V8, it's a pretty stout powerplant....
Shelby Series 1 - Wikipedia
It's 1 of 3 1982 Guanci SJJ prototypes that came up for sale last year.
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Learning about Stalagmites...
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... what about the poor bunny??
Dick Brooks with his 305 in both pictures below:
Rossi rolled into Daytona with his driver Richard Brooks, undoubtedly to sneers and jeers. The guy was obviously nuts. Then they qualified the car eighth in the starting grid. Then they led five laps of the race. France had to be chugging Maalox.
Brooks got the car sideways and collided with Pete Hamilton, but still managed a seventh place finish. The car could have won the race and completed one of the greatest upsets in the history of organized auto racing. As best we know, that was the only appearance for the roaring little 305ci small block, but what a day it was.
Richard Brooks has been interviewed about the car and the little engine that wouldn’t die. He’s stated publicly that he watched the tach needle climb past 10,000 rpm on the straights. Insane.
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Rossi got with Keith Black to build the motor and for the era it was built in, the thing was a wonder. All accounts are that Black destroked a 340 to get down to the 305ci limit. The boys at Black’s shop called the little mill “the lunch box” because as one of the guys walked by the car he joked to the rest of the group that the motor looked so small it was like someone left their lunchbox under the hood.
1971 Daytona 500
Rossi rolled into Daytona with his driver Richard Brooks, undoubtedly to sneers and jeers. The guy was obviously nuts. Then they qualified the car eighth in the starting grid. Then they led five laps of the race. France had to be chugging Maalox.
Brooks got the car sideways and collided with Pete Hamilton, but still managed a seventh place finish. The car could have won the race and completed one of the greatest upsets in the history of organized auto racing. As best we know, that was the only appearance for the roaring little 305ci small block, but what a day it was.
Richard Brooks has been interviewed about the car and the little engine that wouldn’t die. He’s stated publicly that he watched the tach needle climb past 10,000 rpm on the straights. Insane.
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@Unkle Krusty
Rossi got with Keith Black to build the motor and for the era it was built in, the thing was a wonder. All accounts are that Black destroked a 340 to get down to the 305ci limit. The boys at Black’s shop called the little mill “the lunch box” because as one of the guys walked by the car he joked to the rest of the group that the motor looked so small it was like someone left their lunchbox under the hood.
1971 Daytona 500
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the Aurora engine was just a downsized Cadillac Northstar engine.
who are they?
Brian Angus and Lemmy?
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