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2. Devin Enterprises - Wikipedia

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   Devin designed his own ladder frame for a custom race car that used the engine and front-wheel drive transaxle from the Panhards. The wheelbase of this chassis was 2,134 millimetres (84 inches). Devin also took a mold of the body of the DB Le Mans, made some changes, and began to produce custom bodies for his new car. [4]

3. Hood (rail transport) - Wikipedia

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   A hood is a rigid cover to protect a load on a flatcar, gondola or a coil car. [1] Gondola hoods developed from loose tarpaulin covers that were deemed unsatisfactory in damp climates; [2] but tarpaulins are still used as hoods in some cases. [3] For some gondola loads, hoods made of fiberglass were sufficient. [4] The hoods on coil cars were ...

4. Ford Fairlane (Americas) - Wikipedia

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   The racing Thunderbolt was a two-door post car, heavily modified to incorporate Ford's new 427 CID (7.0 L) V8 race engine with two four-barrel carburetors on a high-riser manifold, ram-air through the openings left by deleting the inboard headlights, equal-length headers, trunk-mounted battery, several fiberglass parts (hood, door skins ...

5. Bradley Automotive - Wikipedia

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   With the batteries installed the car weighed about 2,900 lb (1,315.4 kg). The original VW suspension was retained, but overload shock-absorbers were installed to handle the extra weight. [17] Top speed was over 75 mph (120.7 km/h) in Boost mode, and 55 mph (88.5 km/h) in Cruise mode. On Boost the car accelerated from 0-30 mph in 8 seconds. [18]

6. Fiberfab - Wikipedia

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   In around 1975 Fiberfab introduced a kit for a reverse tricycle called the Scarab STM (for "Sports Transport Module"). [4] The car used a custom frame with front suspension from a VW Beetle and a motorcycle frame and engine in back. [49] The Scarab STM was made at the company's Baldwin Street, Bridgeville, Pennsylvania plant. As few as six were ...

7. Quarter midget racing - Wikipedia

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   Sarah Fisher's quarter midget car in 2007. Quarter midget racing is a form of automobile racing. The cars are approximately one-quarter (1 ⁄ 4) the size of a full-size midget car. The adult-size midget being raced during the start of quarter midget racing used an oval track of one-fifth of a mile in length.

8. Fiberglass - Wikipedia

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   A suitable resin for combining the fiberglass with a plastic to produce a composite material was developed in 1936 by DuPont. The first ancestor of modern polyester resins is Cyanamid's resin of 1942. Peroxide curing systems were used by then. [6] With the combination of fiberglass and resin the gas content of the material was replaced by plastic.

9. Funny Car - Wikipedia

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   It would be the first Funny Car on the cover of Hot Rod, in April 1966. [32]) Similar cars went to Chrisman, "Fast Eddie" Schartman, and Kenz and Leslie. [33] These cars had the first coilover suspension in funny car, and were powered by Hilborn-injected 427 SOHCs producing 1,000 hp (750 kW) on 80% nitro. [33]