When I started Motoring Weekly back in 2008, I made a list of the weird cars that had been produced, mostly as a way of finding new technologies or a competitive advantage. The 6-wheeled car was at the top of my list! Pat Clancy Special One of the first true 6-wheeled car was actually a racing car - and built in the late 1940s! It raced at the Indianapolis 500 in 1948 … [Read more...]
Panther Westwinds
Panther Westwinds, commonly called Panther was a manufacturer of luxury, low volume sports cars based in Britain. The company was founded in 1972 by Robert Jankel, a fashion designer with a flair for auto design. He set up Panther after rebuilding a 1930 Rolls Royce and selling it to a Spanish bullfighter! The company was called Panther, a fast cat - like Jaguar - and … [Read more...]