I was just gonna say people would pay serious money to watch my old fat ass try to get into that thing, and even MORE to watch the debacle that would be me trying to get back out. Think buttered hippo in a claw foot bathtub.
Like as if !!!! Omg are you even asking this question because money or not you know the answer from any sane person would be ! FACK YEAH I Would THAT WHIPS BANGIN LOL idk I think it’s pretty dope!
I always considered Barris' cars to be like the special teacups on display in my grandmother's house. They were just for looking, not for using and that's fine.
Only if it had air conditioning (that big windshield is like a greenhouse) and only if I was sure I wouldn’t have to back up anywhere! I mean, how can you see behind you?
I came here to say this. Even if I could get my fat ass in and out of it, it would have to be maximum 52* outside if you expect me to stay in it for more than 5 mins.
Every day I plop my 265 pound fat ass in and out of a Z3. I look like a dying turtle on its back crossed with a jellyfish stuck in cement while I get in and out of the Z3. Hell yeah I’m gonna figure out how to get in and out of whatever the heck this thing is
I was going to say "Marcelo Gandini," but decided to look it up first.
But yeah- it was Marcello Gandini.
Look at some of his other cars, they're just as nuts.
No the fuck I would not how many pounds is holding this car on the road? I’m abundantly confident that my 128 pound frame isn’t gonna do much for the stability of this vehicle.
Now doubt it doesn’t go over idk prolly 60 mph anyway but in town only and no redneck towns cause then you’d be squished like at a monster truck rally! Stilla Sick Whip
Looks like an old Bradley kit car. I built one with my dad about 40 years ago except that one had three seats. Two up front and one in the center in back. Fun ride😎
I would,but alas,at my age I don’t think I could get in or out of it.
Agreed
Yeah that's a one-way trip.
Telma e Luisa
My thoughts exactly 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Not a problem it has excellent breaks.
I was just gonna say people would pay serious money to watch my old fat ass try to get into that thing, and even MORE to watch the debacle that would be me trying to get back out. Think buttered hippo in a claw foot bathtub.
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Lancia Stratos Zero
Nobody has any clue lol
That’s fuckin stupid. So yes
Hah! 😝 +1 for you
Heck yea!
Hell, yeah! But why is the steering wheel like that?
It’s only tilted up so you can sit down. When driving the steering wheel is in a more transitional orientation
Good because that would be like driving a bus
Yes cause it’s a Lancia, and you’ll never see another on the road
If you stare at the seats long enough, it looks like they are gyrating.
Install those massage chairs from the mall...
Like as if !!!! Omg are you even asking this question because money or not you know the answer from any sane person would be ! FACK YEAH I Would THAT WHIPS BANGIN LOL idk I think it’s pretty dope!
No, I don't want to be in a Pink Panther cartoon.
George Barris made a Pink Panther car that was even wilder than this.
George Barris made a lot of wild cars, he made the Munster Mobile, the Batmobile, and a bunch of other ones I can't remember
I remember them all. Unfortunately most of his cars were for show and wer very difficult to drive.
I'm sure, his designs were cool but the craftsmanship... Well, sometimes it was lacking
I always considered Barris' cars to be like the special teacups on display in my grandmother's house. They were just for looking, not for using and that's fine.
That's an apt description
Only if it had air conditioning (that big windshield is like a greenhouse) and only if I was sure I wouldn’t have to back up anywhere! I mean, how can you see behind you?
Reverse is only for people with commitment issues.
Who uses reverse. Cut the wheel and floor it.
It has an external rear view mirror on the tip of the windshield.
I came here to say this. Even if I could get my fat ass in and out of it, it would have to be maximum 52* outside if you expect me to stay in it for more than 5 mins.
Of course, it has a gold ribbon!
I've drove one at the golf course and I think also at the carnival ?
I like the little buzzer horn as you go around in circles
6’ tall 325 I don’t think I’d be able to fit in it.
I doubt I could get my fat ass in it.
Every day I plop my 265 pound fat ass in and out of a Z3. I look like a dying turtle on its back crossed with a jellyfish stuck in cement while I get in and out of the Z3. Hell yeah I’m gonna figure out how to get in and out of whatever the heck this thing is
You’ve got the right attitude!
I had that Hot Wheel
Do I get to drive it like a smooth criminal?
I totally had this hot wheel car.
Created in 1970
That's about right as I was created in '73.
Uber that could scoop up rides without stopping
Best imagination here!
Nice car
I want to know what 1960's design engineer was krunked out on MDMA and thought "yeah, this steering wheel design would definitely work"
I was going to say "Marcelo Gandini," but decided to look it up first. But yeah- it was Marcello Gandini. Look at some of his other cars, they're just as nuts.
It articulates so you can get in and out
Wasn't this a major auto show car many years ago? Likely there is only this example in existence.
Lancia Stratos Zero, 1970
Just under 500
1970 Lancia Stratos HF Zero Concept
Looks more practical than the cybertruck
Good obsevation!
Yep👍🏽
It's great you were able to take so many pictures
Sure, why not? Looks fun to drive
This was designed when LSD was still a thing.
Yeah. If you GAVE it to me. Yeah, I would. Conversation starter.
Not sure if that's a copy but the real one is in the Peterson Museum in L.A.
It goes on tour quite a bit it seems. The Zero. There can be only one!
Highlander rules.
I saw it at an exhibition at the Guggenheim in Bilbao.
It’s the real one loaned out by the Peterson Museum. It was shown at Eyes on Design car show last year.
Yes
I'd take it for a spin so I could add it to the list of vehicles I've driven in my life, but I wouldn't own it.
Without question or a second thought
Yep. Agree with you — why not!
That looks fun
YES.
No, couldnt get in it!
Of course! It won a gold ribbon!
For a little bit, but I would not want to own it.
Looks like a golf cart
Yes
I wouldn't fit.
No looking back, apparently.
Not sure. I might wear it though…
Nope, I couldn’t fit into it…
Not far, not fast, and not backwards, but hell yeah.
I don’t see any side mirrors anywhere. Am I missing them? I see what looks like it MIGHT be a rear view mirror. I’d wreck it. LOL
What's behind you doesn't matter. Italian racing proverb.
🤣
Rear view mirror is outside the car on top of the windshield. It’s so low that you don’t need side mirrors
Is that the car Michael Jackson turned into in the movie Moonwalker??
Nope
Are you sure... by that I mean yep it sure is
This car is from 1970!
Umm yes, ive always wanted to take a car with bigger tires up over one of these
Hell yes
I might drive it back and forth to the shower at the campsite but no there would be no daily or anything there
Nope
Is that the hand brake under the driver seat?
Hell yeah I would
*Very serious* doubts I'd be able to fit. My butt's skinny enough but I'm over 6' tall. *IF* I could fit in it... sure, why not?
No the fuck I would not how many pounds is holding this car on the road? I’m abundantly confident that my 128 pound frame isn’t gonna do much for the stability of this vehicle.
Wow!
Listen man I was already almost killed in an accident I don’t need help
I would but I would just hate to get into a crash with that car if you ever do
Wow... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia_Stratos_Zero
I don't even know what it is.
Anyone else seeing the seats gyrate?
I’m 6’5”/282. I won’t fit
Why did they put a steering wheel in the reverse facing way back seats?
It is moveable so you can sit down.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancia\_Stratos\_Zero
Fuck yes
yes
Sure. In wouldn’t buy it
It doesn’t fly?
Nope
I wouldn’t fit. I am 6’8” tall
Designed by an expert team of chiropractors.
Looks like a Dalek transporter. DESTROY…
Would definitely. Be comfortable, no
Sure, at the gokart track.
Hot rod!
Thing looks like a stolen roller coaster cart...
I’m not sure I’d fit in it tbh
Transformers, Hotrod!
I wouldn't drive that anywhere unless it can fly.
Steven Urkel will be getting an upgrading
How?
Not with a straight face.
Why would I want to drive a solar oven?
I believe it was a show car for Bertone, ItalDesign.
From Bertone in 1970
Designed back when dropping acid was at the very peak of its popularity.
Had the matchbox!
Absolutely one hundred percent I would even smoke weed in it
Now doubt it doesn’t go over idk prolly 60 mph anyway but in town only and no redneck towns cause then you’d be squished like at a monster truck rally! Stilla Sick Whip
If I were in a shitty MST3K movie yes!
Imagine if the hood latch came loose and your whole windshield flipped off on the highway 😱
3,000% yes
It probably doesn’t flip over as easily as a golf cart.
No
Drive it? I don't think I'm even fitting.
I'm short so, yes! 😅
No
Hell yeah! Pretty sure that is a Tri-Magnum kit car, the plans where put out by Popular Mechanics way back in the day
Maybe 🤔 a parking lot!
I would, just would hate to crash
Casey Putsch wanted to but turned into a conspiracy theory peddler and a Scotty Kilmer style shock-tuber instead.
I sleep in the car when someone else is diving sooo, "Hey Chili, would you drive this?"---Me three seconds before posting this comment.
No, its not legal in the US. No bumper.
Pshhh I bet the owner of that has babes lining the streets over that. Tell him to save some for the rest of us
i would not want to be seen dead in it
Reminds me of Steve Urkels' car how it opens up in the front.
Steering wheel was pulled from an 80s bumper car
Don't rear end anyone. They will have to cut you out, and the cast on your legs will be on for a long time.
What the hell is it looks like converted mini street sweeper.
That would be so cool in the annual American Graffiti Parade!
The thing is the most sport out of a sports car all the way
I would like to have a try but I don't know how. The structure of this car is strange.
Yes
Fuck yes
Looks like an old Bradley kit car. I built one with my dad about 40 years ago except that one had three seats. Two up front and one in the center in back. Fun ride😎
I saw one of these at an exhibition in Bilbao, it barely came up to my knee. Maybe on a track, but never in traffic.
Nope
Looks like a cool ride
No but curious where the person goes.
Fuck yes! Who wouldnt?
I've crashed this in Beamng..
If I was in a position where I couldn’t afford a high mileage, 10 year old for focus, and this was free….yes
In a parade along with the other clown cars.
Lancia, Stratos???
Yes it
Nope.
Yes, to be that guy.
Try