Body Suggestions

Hi guys,it’s my first post in here,I thought in suggesting an 90s supermini called the “Gurgel BR800”.

The BR800 was manufactered by Gurgel,the one and only 100% Brazilian manufacter who went bankrupt in the late 90s and is now defunct.It used an 2cylinder air-cooled engine called the “Enertron”,which was an VW Bug engine cut in half :smiley:
The bodywork was made out of polyester-reinforced plastic,which was cheap and easy to manufacter.The BR800 was the Tucker Torpedo from Brazil,it had a lot of controversy both on the launch and when the company went bankrupt. Although the car wasn’t really a beauty,it was really practical,because of the small engine and the small size it was perfect for the Brazilian cities.
More pics:

(Funny fact:In the 80s, Gurgel made an entirely eletric supermii called the “Itaipu”,along other cars,Wikipedia page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurgel )

EDIT: Orthography error :smiley: (I’m from Brazil,btw)

That’s great. Good old Gurgel might not have been a genius of the design, but had visionary ideas. For example, he was against the use of ethanol or any other biofuel in cars: land should be used for growing food, he said.

Are you Brazilian? Just curious,the Gurgel is not really famous outside Brazil…

That was one fact I didn’t know… Interesting,I kinda agree,but ethanol also allows us to extract more from an engine with more compression rs…

[quote=“CarlosE3110”]

Are you Brazilian? Just curious,the Gurgel is not really famous outside Brazil…

That was one fact I didn’t know… Interesting,I kinda agree,but ethanol also allows us to extract more from an engine with more compression rs…[/quote]

Yup, I’m brazilian, born in Pernambuco but “exiled” in Curitiba.

[quote=“vfreire”]

Are you Brazilian? Just curious,the Gurgel is not really famous outside Brazil…

That was one fact I didn’t know… Interesting,I kinda agree,but ethanol also allows us to extract more from an engine with more compression rs…

Yup, I’m brazilian, born in Pernambuco but “exiled” in Curitiba.[/quote]

Oh,rs… Nice,I’m from São Paulo! It’s nice too see that more people on Brazil are interested on Automation KK

GM concept drawings of the 1930s and 1940s, might make for some good ideas.
mclellansautomotive.com/newsletter/articles/2006/may/01/index.php

Sample:
http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/newsletter/articles/2006/may/01/images/2-07.jpg
http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/newsletter/articles/2006/may/01/images/3-09.jpg
http://www.mclellansautomotive.com/newsletter/articles/2006/may/01/images/3-13.jpg

Yeah, maybe using them for some retro designs could be cool.

I dont know if anyone has already mentioned it but i’d really like to see a ford rs200,

What if… An interesting site imagining some new scenarios for various cars and makes.
whatifcars.com/gallery/What-If-Cars

Example:
http://www.whatifcars.com/gallery/albums/What-If-Cars/58_Pomona.sized.jpg

http://www.whatifcars.com/gallery/albums/What-If-Cars/58_Ambassador.sized.jpg

The Search for Lost Fiberglass Cars Across the World
forgottenfiberglass.com/?page_id=928

An amazing wealth of articles and drawings and pictures. A good resource for ideas.
deansgarage.com/
Some cool samples:






Some American cars of the 50s.
retronaut.co/2011/10/ussr-all-american-cars-1956/
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/3150-520x410.jpg
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/4123-520x327.jpg
http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/6101-520x398.jpg

What about some 4x4 and trucks…
hummer h1,h2,h3,land cruiser fj40’s
Willys
wrangler…
It would be nice.

4x4s?

How about this one?
retronaut.co/2010/12/the-first-suv/

[quote=“Marian87”]4x4s?

How about this one?
retronaut.co/2010/12/the-first-suv/
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5210/5253701673_e097694983_z.jpg[/quote]

Volvo made a similar car, before that one was made actually, i so want one of those :stuck_out_tongue:

this one started production in 1944, Volvo PV800 series, also called Volvo Suggan, which translates to Sow :stuck_out_tongue:

what about Renault 5 like body? or a Lancia delta?

What about the fantastic Peel P50?

http://www.salon-auto.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Peel_P50_5.JPG

Now seriously, Seat Ibiza:

Z31 ofcourse

The list can be quite large and extensive but trying to put only 5 cars:

Ford GT
Subaru impreza 2nd generation (the one we all remember from rally)
The classic Mini
Opel Insignia
Caterham super 7 (essencially something with no weight in it to be able to make something really fun with a normal engine)

opel insignia? are you joking :laughing:

ford mondeo :laughing: