Solved: GTE 197 - 2017 'LE1 F16 Ground Fighter Jet' based on Wally Larson's LE1 Ground Fighter

[gte4289]

Please identify this outrageous vehicle for a point.

[gte4289]

Experts?

[FrontMan]

Citroen 2CV base???

[norberthanke]

Kleinschnittger-base?

[FrontMan]

 

[gte4289]

Citroen 2CV base???

Kleinschnittger-base?

[FrontMan]

.....a 346cu.in. Cadillac base?

[gte4289]

.....a 346cu.in. Cadillac base?

Not a Caddy block (and displaces a few more cubic inches than that )

[gte4289]

It's all fun and games until someone sets the neighborhood on fire.


[Yes, this pic gives away the country of origin, but was that ever really in question with this one?]

[FrontMan]

....ah; from Vatican City!

[gte4289]

....ah; from Vatican City!

[gte4289]

The Experts have had their fun with this one, so now up to the Pros

[jotage21]

Wally Larson LE-1 Groundfighter

[jotage21]

Here are some tehnical specifications:

WALLEY LARSON LE1 GROUNDFIGHTER
Year of fabrication: 2001
Engine: V8 turbo 3950 cc 32 valve
Power: 2000 BHP
Torque: 2025 Nm
Transmission: AWD
Top speed: 490 km/h
0-100 km/h: 2.2"
Brakes: Ventilated brakes on all wheels
Weight: 1336 kg
Power ratio: 0.67 kg/HP
Wheels: 17"
Price: $ 600.000

[jotage21]

Some pics

[jotage21]

other

[jotage21]

The car was upgraded a couple of years ago:
The Ground Fighter car, owned by Mike and Wally Larson of Medford Oregon.
Car has a 6000 HP Nitro engine and twin 500 pound thrust Maddoxjets pulsejets designed and built by world s top pulsejet engine builder Robert Maddox.
Maddox and Larson doing a short engine check on the pulsejets, car weighs over 4000 pounds.

[gte4289]

You've more-or-less nailed it! This is the 2017 'LE1 F16 Ground Fighter Jet'  by World Class Hot Rods, based on Wally Larson's 2001 'LE1 Ground Fighter'. This heavily-revised version of the Ground Fighter (owned by Wally's son, Mike Larson) is powered by a 572 cid alcohol-burning Keith Black hemi motor, along with two Bob Maddox pulse-jet engines.