Wednesday, March 10, 2010

An Engineer Does Good


Starting in 1947 and working into 1948, automotive engineer Norman Timbs built his dream car out of steel, aluminum, and spare parts. The result was the '48 Timbs special. It's a steel space frame with an aluminum body, independent front and rear suspensions, and no doors. The mid mounted Buick V8 pumps power to the rear wheels. It also has a full spare. I'd say that they don't make them like this anymore, but frankly they never really did.

2 comments:

Anonymous Jones said...

Looks like a Straight 8.

bob said...

Gee and I wanted to put in my order for a Timbs.