Four Engined Streeter – Paul Wirt 1960

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Pauk Wirt couldn't feel alone when he was driving on the Ohio highways, he had 1280 horses to keep him company, the noise must have been nice ! The Streeter was on board 4 Chevrolet engines (probably V8 Turbo-Fire 283), each with its own Powerglide transmission, automatic transmissions for dragsters.

Paul felt that his Streeter could easily reach the 321 km/h, he also had a plan to run it to Bonneville, but he never did.
Four openings are visible on the top of the car, they each contain a fan, 2 at the front to suck in the air and 2 back to spit it out, to be able to cool them better 4 engines.

Paul was way ahead of his time to create a car at 6 wheels fitted with a bubbletop! That said the look is still quite special with its 2 exhaust manifolds and its very square body.

Marc

Founder of mm2 France, oto6, then from Sixmania. The 6 wheels and more have always been a passion for me. It started in 1980 thanks to a certain Christian de Léotard, you know ?

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