Road Trip: Classic Remise

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Austin Healy Sprite
The “Bug-Eye”, Austin Healey Sprite; quite possibly the world's happiest car! To make the structure as rigid as possible, the Sprite has no external trucklid- you need to fold the seats down to access the storage space. It wasn't quick with an 80mph top speed from it's 42.5hp “A35” engine.  But it was very cheap with a lot of aftermarket support for improving the handling, which drivers claimed already elicited enough confidence to whip around.

 

Lamborghini LM002
The Lamborghini LM002 “Rambo Lambo”, a 3.5 ton off-road luxury truck. Yes, I know that makes no sense. 500lbs of that weight is the gas required to fill the 76 gallon tank which will provide about as far of a driving radius as a Nissan Leaf. The tank gets sucked dry from the V12 Countach Quattrovalvole.
This one in particular was custom built for a professional Lamborghini boat racer; figures…

 

Jaguar E-Type
It's been said that Enzo Ferrari called the Jaguar E-Type (XKE) convertible “the most beautiful car ever made.” It has a semi monocoque structure (just the center of the body) with the engine and front and rear independent suspension setups mounted on tubular subframes. This design knocked 440lbs off its predecessor and offered better handling. This is the Series 1 with 3.8L twin cam I-6 engine, capable of up to 150mph. 

 

Jaguar E-type
Just like a Jaguar- gets nervous and has an accident: “cleanup, oil 4!”

 

The biking “workshop” is either a little overgrown or an afterthought; nonetheless, it's a conglomeration of the wild world of 2 wheels:

 
Classic Remise bikes
Organized chaos

 

Abmessungen scooter
This looks a little like something you would find in Burt Munro's garage.  The Abmessungen scooter was capable of carrying 260lbs to a top speed of 22mph.

 

Pranafa bike
According to Google translate's fluent German, this 1956 Pranafa bike has the smallest 2 stroke engine in the world.

 

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