There’s nothing like a cross between vintage aircraft and vintage auto racing to get our attention here at Silodrome. These fantastic designs are the work of Bill Clave, his goal was to set about creating a hybrid between those vintage racing cars that we all love so much and classic aircraft.
According to my appalling mathematics, we could all make these planes a reality if he had somewhere in the region of $17,000,000 – $82,000,000 USD and some free weekends. Who’s with me?
See more of Bill’s work here.
Via Motor Sport Retro.
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