Excalibur

Today seen a few Excalibur cars in Sirmione.

The Excalibur is a so-called neo-classical model of car.

He was produced in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by Brooks Stevens and is based on the Mercedes-Benz SS in 1928. The first prototype was shown in 1963. The body was mounted on a Studebaker chassis, powered by a 5362 cc 290Pk V8 Chevrolet engine.

When Chevrolet / Studebaker stopped the 289 V-8, two friends at General Motors (Ed Cole and "Bunkie" Knudsen) agreed to bear the Chevrolet 327s Brooks Stevens 300hp strong Corvette-tune engine, and thus the more than 950 was kg heavy Excalibur a true race monster. The standard 3:31: 1 rear-axle, it accelerated from 0 to 100 km / h in under 5 seconds. top speed was 250km / h