Filed under: Sports/GTs, Euro, Government/Legal, Green, Supercars
With the European Union tightening restrictions on carbon emissions, danger has been spelled out in big bright letters for the sportscar...
Archive: august 5, 2008
P-51-engined Cramer Comet goes on the block at Pebble Beach
Filed under: Convertibles, Coupes, Auction Action, Etc., Misc. Auto Shows, Special/Limited Editions
Click above for high-res gallery of the Cramer CometThere are hot rods, there are hot rods, and then there's "Um... what is that?" Tom Cramer, an ex-GI and mechanic in Omaha says, "I wanted to see what would happen if you put a really high powered engine in a chassis." Sound familiar? That was in 1953. So he found a fresh 12-cylinder 1,710-cubic-inch Allison airplane engine that produces 1,350-hp/1,500 ft-lb and got to work. The body of the Cramer Comet was Frankensteined from De Sotos, Dodges, Oldsmobile...
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