ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter Dork
9/26/10 8:57 a.m.

Yes, I know what this is. But do you guys?

No, that's not the original engine.

The guy in the second picture is the owner.

EricM
EricM Dork
9/26/10 9:10 a.m.

thorndyke special, with an LS swap

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ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter Dork
9/26/10 9:12 a.m.
EricM wrote: thorndyke special, with an LS swap

"Thorndyke special" is what it was called in a movie, do you know what the car was actually sold as?

EricM
EricM Dork
9/26/10 9:14 a.m.

Appollo, it had a buik engine orriginally

ReverendDexter
ReverendDexter Dork
9/26/10 9:30 a.m.

It was wet out and the guy was on slicks. It's a built LS2, guy had a big 'ol bottle of nitrous, too. Didn't do all too well, even in 3rd gear any time he tapped the gas it went sideways.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
9/26/10 10:07 a.m.

Yes, an Apollo. Pretty rare car.

TOZOVR
TOZOVR Reader
9/26/10 12:03 p.m.

Very cool. Always thought they looked like a GT6 Humped an MG and an E-type raised the offspring.

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed HalfDork
9/26/10 12:27 p.m.
TOZOVR wrote: Very cool. Always thought they looked like a GT6 Humped an MG and an E-type raised the offspring.

Well put.

yeha22
yeha22 New Reader
9/26/10 6:43 p.m.

Don't forget the front-end of a Ferrari 330 GTC that got mixed up in there too...

Luke
Luke SuperDork
9/26/10 10:56 p.m.

Awesome!

I have an old 'Classic Cars' (British mag) article on the Apollo. From memory, there was a convertible, too.

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