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

Introducing: the Face/Off.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

FTFY

Also "Face-off" deserves all the upvotes.

[-] Lexam@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

My thoughts exactly

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I'm sure moving the entire Dashboard and every cable going there is a great idea

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think there is much cabling in the dashboard of that 1970s exotic.

[-] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

I’d bet the gauges and dash are still in the vehicle.

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Wouldn't that be mechanically driven from this era?

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year 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).

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year 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 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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...

[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That seems to be part of the steering column? But I'm not sure.

[-] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] TimeNaan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Oh shit, that's a Holden? I was expecting a European brand.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah how tf are they able to move the steering wheel like that?!

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How do you get out if the car flips in an accident?

[-] ProfessorProteus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 😂

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Keep your hands in your lap or it might pinch a leg off.

this post was submitted on 02 Jun 2024
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