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Yep! 1 red color non convertible C5. It belongs to the US ambassador. I ever tried pushing him with my GTiR, and even never pull. lol!! Probably he see my 4 banger no up, typical american opinion of Japanese small cc car. The attitude which I always encounter while in US dragstrip. They will laff at my friends 4 banger turbo eclipse, but end up their V10 cant even match to a Trust/Greddy 4 banger. laugh.gif But got to say, their car can be really fast on straights, with full mods.

 

Shelby Cobra CSX 4000

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wish i had the chance to sit/drive one of these snakes..... have you tried one before?? thumbsup.gifthumbsup.gif

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the purple next to it also nice. any pics of it? do you remember what car is it?

 

Looks like a Ford Mustang to me but don't know which year

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Dun think many will pay 6.0L road tax for a car with the same power as a 1.3L RX8.

 

sure have one, some ppl just got too much money to spend [shakehead]

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The 'purple' convertible besides the Corvette in the pictures is a Chevrolet Corvair. Below are scans taken from the 1966 catalogue. The Corvair was unique (for mainstream American cars) in that the engine was placed in the rear. Because it was 'new' technology at that time, there were some imbalance problems which when put in inexperienced hands, met some accidents (a little like the A-Class which failed the elk-test). Anyway, the 1966-69 models had that fixed, but Ralph Nader's book "Unsafe At Any Speed" basically sounded the death-knell for the Corvair. The nation-wide publicity surrounding this car helped to direct attention to the launch of the 1966 Mustang and from there, the pony-cars to the muscle-cars...

 

Actually, it is much loved amongst car aficionados and it has quite a cult following. And from the scans, it is evident that this car had many ideas way ahead of its time. Some, even, are used today in MPVs, etc...

 

Would dearly love to own one in Singapore, complete with simulated wire wheels and white wall tires... dreaming on... tongue.gif

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thanks for the info, uptill now, i always remembered the Corvair as the "Unsafe Car" as described by this Ralph Nader guy..... smile.gifsmile.gif

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