[DeTomaso] NPC: Foose Coupe on BaT

[Mike Drew]

No Roland, Many of us have seen it. The engine is behind the seats and uses a RBT ZF gearbox. 

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Mike


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> On Aug 9, 2017, at 10:16, Roland <willibillie at live.de> wrote:
> 
> It is a front midengine car. So there is a ZF gearbox, but certainly not a ZF transaxle. 
> 
> Gesendet vom Irgendwo im Nirgendwo. 
> 
>> Am 09.08.2017 um 17:12 schrieb Mike Drew via DeTomaso <detomaso at server.detomasolist.com>:
>> 
>>  Yup, this stemmed from the original Hemisfear project:
>> 
>>  [1]http://www.chipfoose.com/ws_display.asp?filter=Hemisfear
>> 
>>  Coincidentally, Foose lived across the street from Lloyd Butfoy so the
>>  use of a new RBT ZF was a natural....
>> 
>>  Mike
>>  Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>  On Aug 9, 2017, at 07:48, Julian Kift <[2]julian_kift at hotmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>> 
>>    BaT auctions has the last produced (of five) Foose Coupes on auction
>>    and although I am not typically a big fan of hot rods, I was
>>  surprised
>>    to read this coupe is mid engine modular V8 mated to a ZF 5 speed
>>    transaxle. Apparently the design went back to Chip's college days.
>>    From the side profile of the car and where the seat line is it is
>>  hard
>>    to believe there is a V8 and ZF shoehorned behind the driver. Chip
>>  did
>>    an awesome job with the lines of the car masking a mid engine and
>>    although I recall seeing photos of the car previously, never for one
>>    minute did it cross my mind it was anything other than another front
>>    engine coupe. Quite the design and engineering feat, I have to
>>    wonder how it drives!
>>    Julian
>>    [1][3]http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2009-foose-coupe/
>>  References
>>    1. [4]http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2009-foose-coupe/
>> 
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>> References
>> 
>>  1. http://www.chipfoose.com/ws_display.asp?filter=Hemisfear
>>  2. mailto:julian_kift at hotmail.com
>>  3. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2009-foose-coupe/
>>  4. http://bringatrailer.com/listing/2009-foose-coupe/
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