About this creation
An addition to the excellent Classic Race Teams Group
The first AVS Shadow was this lowline prototype built for the 1970 Canadian-Amercian (Can-Am) challenge. It was unusually low and captured the attention of Road & Track who put it on their cover and called it the "most radical Can-Am yet". Others have called it the ‘go-kart’ or ‘roller-skate’. The car's creator, Don Nichols called it “the two dimensional car. I call it "A Slice of Stealth".
Take a look

It has a Chevrolet 90º V8 in the back. And no, it's not growing palm trees, the intake trumpets should be black or grey and I don't have enough of either colour. You'll see a soloution shortly but I thought I'd put this detail in.
The engine is not up to standard so you won't be seeing it ;-)




Thank you to Lego builder, Chinchilla and Firas for helping me find a good rear exhaust solution, they should be oval, I think these wall bricks are the closest thing.
I like the rear of this car. In fact I like it from all angles lol



Here you see my solution to the tree trumpets...A bazooka lol
No it's not a Bazooka it's some kind of supercharger turbo thing. It looks cool whatever it is!

I thought this would be an relatively straight forward build but I was wrong, turned out pretty cool though I think, yet again very smooth but there is a stud showing somwhere, can you spot it?






To see more info and pictures about this car, the website below is the best place to go.
http://www.supercars.net/cars/1726.html#3edbAyMXhXquKCxM.99
What to you think of it? Stealthy hey :-)
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June 10, 2012 |
ravishingly beautiful! |
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May 26, 2012 |
Excellent! I like it! |
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May 22, 2012 |
very nice lines and shaping on this creation. Well done. |
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May 16, 2012 |
Quoting Builder Allan
Awesome! Looks very accurately shaped. I really like that smooth appearance :-) There's a couple of studs showing actually - one on the steering wheel and one on the back of that huge turbo. Thanks! It was a trick question lol, I actually meant solid studs and there is a black 1x1 round at the front of the giant turbo thing. Thanks for looking Allan! :-)
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May 16, 2012 |
Awesome! Looks very accurately shaped. I really like that smooth appearance :-) There's a couple of studs showing actually - one on the steering wheel and one on the back of that huge turbo. |
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May 14, 2012 |
Terrific design!! Wow!!! |
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May 14, 2012 |
Nice work on the slopes! The engine is so cool as well as the back! |
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May 13, 2012 |
Like Ape said, the car's shape is simple enough that when I saw the thumbnail, I thought it was a four-wide. And then when I opened the page It was so much more detailed than I had expected! Nice work, I like the use of palm tree parts, very clever! |
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May 13, 2012 |
Quite a simple build, and this it doesn't look as impressive as some of your other cars, but that's only because the real car is quite a flat easy shape, so still a 5/5 : ) Top quality |
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May 13, 2012 |
Wow, fantastic! I really love this design, it's very sleek. (Have a kind of Batmobile impression, too ...) |
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May 13, 2012 |
I think you've build another beauty in Lego. |
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May 13, 2012 |
Wow! It looks cool, you copied the features very well! |
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May 13, 2012 |
Very strange-looking. It looks more like an NPU on wheels, than a car ;-) |
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May 13, 2012 |
Awesome! As always the level of details is great. THe whole car is excellent, but my favorite part is the rear. 5 smilies! |
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May 12, 2012 |
The old UOP Shadows. Man how I love the Can-Am cars. I'm more partial to the McLaren M6Bs, but this is one fine piece of machinery. I like how you did the trumpets for the motor. |
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May 12, 2012 |
Excellent! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Whoa!!! :D Cool build, Tom! |
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May 12, 2012 |
I agree with Luke. Of it had a turbine between the front wheel s on the hood it would look like the Michael Keaton version Batmobile |
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May 12, 2012 |
Man, i love all your creations! |
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May 12, 2012 |
looks like it will hug the road! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Very slick, both the car and the build! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Looks simple, but still looks awesome. Great job! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Really impressive slope work on the front end. I like this car, a nice choice for a model. Great build. ~cheers |
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May 12, 2012 |
Well done! It seems a bit simple, but I suppose that's okay. This is the car that you were asking advice about in the CRT group right? I see you've found a solution for the exhausts. -LB Jr. |
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May 12, 2012 |
Please tell me they mounted a bazooka to the real car. Please? Lol, I like the shadowy look of it, obviously, and the engine. |
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May 12, 2012 |
Very modern and smooth design ! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Very cool, the stud showing is on the steering wheel, do I win a prize? lol JK great car anyway so smooth and sleek |
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May 12, 2012 |
Nice part use for the exhaust :) |
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May 12, 2012 |
Impressive! Looks like something Batman would like! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Quoting Nick Barrett
I assumed this to be a bit flat. It's 2ft high, knee height lol Thanks Nick
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May 12, 2012 |
very smooth! it really has a death race 2000 feel to it, especially with the 'cannon' lol, you used track parts for the rear, have nt you? a nice effect! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Back to cars again I see! The curves on here are unreal. The shapes and lines you achieve are superb. |
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May 12, 2012 |
Nice model! |
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May 12, 2012 |
Mate this is absolutely spot on, a perfect recreation. I can’t find the stud unless it’s the one on the back of the ‘supercharger turbo thing’. Love the rear of the car and the exhausts look great. Another amazing car. |
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May 12, 2012 |
Quoting Patrick Star
This is really nice!I love the curvy shape and the rear end!Well done as always!P.S,i'm currently working out the syncro,that you reccomended :-) Thanks Patrick. That's awesome, can't wait to see that, I think it will be a hit!!
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May 12, 2012 |
Quoting Mattyy 666
I like the slick and smooth look of this, very amazing. I really believe you when you say it wasn't that straightforward to build, because these can be the hardest to get perfect, but you really nailed it, great job! Thanks Matty, It was a challenge especially the rear end!
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May 12, 2012 |
Without knowing of this prototype, I assumed this to be a bit flat. Having looked at the real one, I see it's bang on! Another very fine car from you, even though it's far too smooth for my taste ;-) |
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May 12, 2012 |
I like the slick and smooth look of this, very amazing. I really believe you when you say it wasn't that straightforward to build, because these can be the hardest to get perfect, but you really nailed it, great job! |
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May 12, 2012 |
This is really nice!I love the curvy shape and the rear end!Well done as always!P.S,i'm currently working out the syncro,that you reccomended :-) |
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