Blastolene Indy Special

The Blastolene Indy Special.

The Blastolene Indy Special is a unique, specially built car. Created from a military tank engine and a custom-made aluminium body,[1] it produces 810 bhp @ 2800rpm and 1560 ft-lb of torque @ 2400rpm.[2]

History

In 2001 an artist/designer named Michael Leeds designed the Blastolene Special with a Continental AV1790-5B[2](a huge engine that weighs the same as a Volkswagen Beetle) used in a 51-ton M47 Patton Tank back in the 1950s, a Greyhound bus transmission and metal for the body. Glass artist Randy Grubb built out the design

The Blastolene Indy Special is a similar car that is styled after a 1950s era Indy Car.

The car sold at auction for $260,000 on January 23, 2010.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Blastolene Indy Special official site URL accessed 4 April 2009
  2. 1 2 Car and Driver article URL accessed 25 February 2007

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