Chinese Wildfire
This delightfully quirky little car is called the Wildfire.
Hailing from China, these contraptions come with a two cylinder motorcycle engine, and can achieve greater than 60mpg. For around $7000 out the door you can have this four door, three wheeled wonder and it really might be worth thinking about.
It will turn on a dime, and of course that Star Trek space shuttle look, incredibly light weight and the large amount of room on the inside (seriously, rear leg room is insane) make this look like a pretty killer city car. Put on some studded tires -maybe a front ski- and it could make for a sweet winter wonder-mobile considering the driver sits on the engine. It apparently can hit highway speeds but I wouldn’t want to be caught dead in one of these on the highway, which is probably exactly what would happen should you need to make any emergency avoidance maneuvers.
Redneck and I found out about this after chasing down one we saw going the other way down the street. The owners told us about the local dealer and we fully expect to check it out and go take one for a test drive. Mr. Redneck has some more on the technical details on this thing I’m sure so hopefully those will come out soon.
The only thing it’s missing is a retro flower power paint job, and maybe some bubbles coming out of the exhaust.
Gleason Cruise Day
So I know I haven’t posted in a while, to make up for it I plan on being busy tonight, throwing updates in this general direction. So in chronological order, here is what I have been busy with.
A couple weeks a go at work there was a car show composed of vehicles owned by current and retired Gleason Employees. Since we do make gears for all types of applications, it only makes sense that some of the people working there are Gear Heads (sorry couldn’t resist).
Road Trip
So this past weekend I headed to Cedar Point in Ohio with friends. Since I wasn’t driving for once I could take pictures along the way. I have many of the obligatory friends making funny faces and random stuff photos, thankfully this is the only one you will have to see.
Bruce’s Hobby Shop
Last week I went out for a ride and out of the corner of my eye noticed a beautiful baby blue Chevy pickup. I twirl my head about and see an amazing lineup of cars, the likes of which you rarely see in this area. I stop by and immediately begin taking pictures, admiring everything from ’40’s and ’50’s sedans and pickups to ’70s muscle cars and ’90s sedans. (more…)
Introducing the Slazer
Today we had the fortune of meeting Rick, proud owner of a vehicle known best as the Slazer. This vehicle is truly a fine piece of redneck engineering, and we hope a great sign of things to come.
Battle Wagon
While out visiting my family, I came across this in a dealer’s parking lot and couldn’t help but take a few pictures. This Roadmonster is sitting at a local dealer who is well known for specializing in classic, full size, body-on-frame, B-body wagons.