• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      6·
      2 years ago

      When gull-wing, butterfly, and scissor doors just aren’t fancy inconvenient enough.

      FTFY

      Also “Face-off” deserves all the upvotes.

  • Lexam@lemmy.caEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    The good thing is, if it catches on fire it’s easy to- oh you’re already dead. Never mind.

          • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
            2·
            2 years ago

            Yea, speedo would be a spinning steel wire in a sheath, everything else possibly be electric (tach, oil pressure/sensor, if it even had that).

            • nillocEnglish
              1·
              2 years ago

              Oil pressure was actually an air tube, and coolant temp was a copper pipe. You had to be careful not to kink them or your gauges wouldn’t work.

              Though the 70s was the transition away from that late 60s tech.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        A lot of it was still analog, which is so much worse. You’d still have the basics, speed, ignition, engine temp, oil, alternator (?), RPM, light switches.

        Edit: steering wheel…

      • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
        7·
        2 years ago

        Universal joints, which steering columns already have. Just need one that’s in the right spot with the necessary range of motion.

        Image from link above

        Alternatively, a ring/pinion gearbox could be designed to let the pinion rotate on one axis without issue.

        I assume they used a rack/pinion setup with u-joints.

  • ProfessorProteus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Looks a lot like a Sterling Nova. I wonder what “hurricane” means?

    Fun fact: the donor car for a Nova kit is an old Volkswagen Beetle (IIRC)

    Edit: I had no idea about the Holden Hurricane! So at least two designers thought the canopy was much cooler than it was inconvenient 😂