I’ve been sitting here holding my tongue long enough. Ever since the Larson/Reynolds S10 went deep into the six second zone on Drag Week and ever since it went into the 5s at Las Vegas I have been working on a plan to really whizz in the Cheerios that those guys have been munching. Well world, here it is. I am going to take this 1958 Biscuter 200-I Furgoneta and grind those guys into dust with it. My plan was always to use a vehicle that no one had ever heard of, could properly pronounce the name of, or even identify.
There were some other requirements. Namely the ability to use golf cart tires, the need for a corrugated roof, wooden body construction, and room to transport sheep or other small livestock if necessary. This is a street truck, right? You’re damned right that it is. It also wanted to beat those guys with a 1-cylinder engine that produced less than 10hp, so this vehicle was not only right for the job…it was BUILT for the job.
Can you believe that this is what the Spanish automotive industry was making in 1958? Way ahead of its time, right? You know with the ability to steer the tires and its bold use of electric lighting, this truck was on the bleeding edge of high tech at that time. Sure you could compare it to stuff like a 1958 Cadillac, 1958 Ford F100 truck, or a 1958 Mack, but why would you want to make those American icons look so bad in public? The good news is that word of these Biscuters didn’t escape Spain because if it did we’d all the rocketing around in them, right? Am I right?
The naysayers will tell me that this is not a “street car” because it can only go like 8mph, but those guys don’t know about my trick turbocharging system which will effectively raise the top speed to about 11mph. They also may complain that the payload capacity is too low for this to be considered a truck but with the help of an suspension upgrade from one of those fat guy scooters, I’ll be hauling 7-8 cinder blocks at a time in the back of this Biscuter. That would actually preclude me from driving it at the same time but pushing this would be a pleasure and you know that.
Larson? Toast. Bailey? He should just stop his current project now. Andy Frost? Who the hell is that?
World’s quickest street legal crowd? Bow to your new king.
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the PatsVan people NEED to get ahold of this
I’m in Brian… You do the mechanicals and I’ll do the bodywork. I can smell the varnish now.
When I read “room to transport sheep or other small livestock” I suddenly realized that this is some kind of farmyard Pedo-van.
It should have “free candy” crudely spray painted on the side of the finished product…
Beaten by a gentle breeze.
did you check out the sellers “other items”? We could have a Dragweek microcar team! And I swear Brain wrote the description for this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Other-Makes-Champion-CH-2-Microcar-1949-champion-ch-2-/331395022554?forcerrptr=true&hash=item4d28aebeda&item=331395022554&pt=US_Cars_Trucks
Ermmmmm…….Brian: Have you been scarfing down multiple whole Christmas RUM CAKES, or did a power surge flip all your clocks to APRIL 1st??
The only way the spanish goat transporter has a chance @ the same MPH as the S10 is if you drive it out of the back of a of a C-17 Cargo plane at 30K feet!! lol
Chances are its terminal velocity is MUCH LESS than 200mph. More like 90 to 100 mph nose pointed down.
is that pronounced “bi-scooter” or “biscuit-er”, or possibly “biz-cuter”?