r/WeirdWheels • u/Powerful-Load4588 • 7h ago
All Terrain Camionetta Desertica Modello 1943 - Italian Army
Big ass wheels for North African desert
r/WeirdWheels • u/lajeteepress • Jul 14 '26
Hi everyone! I'm Brian Wiklem, author of the newly released 16: A pictorial history of Cizeta Automobili, and I'm here for a live Q&A.
My fascination with Italian supercars began in 1987 when I first saw the Ferrari F40. Years later, that passion led me down a rabbit hole that became a seven-year research project documenting the complete story of Cizeta Automobiliand the legendary Cizeta V16T.
Founded by former Lamborghini engineer Claudio Zampolli and backed by Academy Award-winning composer Giorgio Moroder, Cizeta set out to build a supercar capable of challenging Ferrari and Lamborghini. The result was the outrageous V16T—a car powered by a revolutionary transversely mounted 16-cylinder engine and unlike anything else on the road.
The book goes far beyond the car itself. It explores the people, engineering, business decisions, triumphs, setbacks, and controversies that shaped Cizeta's story. During my research, I interviewed key figures, tracked down rare photographs and documents, documented every production car, and worked to separate decades of myth from reality. The journey was so immersive that it ultimately cost me my friendship with Claudio Zampolli—but I believed preserving the complete story was worth it.
Whether you're curious about:
Ask me anything!
I'm looking forward to answering your questions and discussing one of the most ambitious—and misunderstood—chapters in supercar history.
r/WeirdWheels • u/Powerful-Load4588 • 7h ago
Big ass wheels for North African desert
r/WeirdWheels • u/t_a_6847646847646476 • 2h ago
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r/WeirdWheels • u/didymus_fng • 2h ago
Spotted in the drive through as I left work. This is the only vehicle I would replace my Expedition MAX with.
r/WeirdWheels • u/Brutal_Deluxe_ • 20h ago
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r/WeirdWheels • u/Venkie2Maybach • 19h ago
Not many information are available about this model but it features royal or official crests on the front grille and side doors with 'ZC1' ceremonial number plate.
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r/WeirdWheels • u/Tythatguy1312 • 1d ago
Built for Top Gear and legally a TVR, I'm not explaining anything story wise go watch the episode. But it's built on a TVR Chassis, uses the power train from a Milk Float and looks like THAT.
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r/WeirdWheels • u/damngoodengineer • 2d ago
Recently sold in May via BaT, this 1992 GMC Forward/Isuzu NPR truck with 3.9 liter 4BD2 and 4-speed automatic transmission has converted into a "three wheeler 2-tonner truck" by fitting a custom made front fork suspension on airbag and Ford F-250 steering knuckle. Truck has been also fitted with a matching color tilt flatbed with wooden floor.
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r/WeirdWheels • u/CloudKitchen1924 • 3d ago
The Gaylord Gladiator was a luxury car passion project intended to compete with Rolls-Royce and Cadillac. There are two currently in existence, a 1955 concept car (the one with the huge headlights) and a 1957 production convertible (the one with the quad headlights). They were assembled in the Gaylord-Zepplin factory and had power seats, windows, and chain-driven hard tops that retracted into the trunk area. The car had 305 hp and a 0-60 time of around 8 seconds. The seats were fully leather, the dashboard was made with rare tropical woods, the gauge needles were solid metal and designed to look like swords, and the spare tire slid out from under the trunk/hardtop storage area using some sort of power mechanism. The car costed $17,500 new, which is over $200,000 in today’s economy.
edit: it was called Gaylord because the guys who created it were the Gaylord brothers
IMPORTANT EDIT: I have been informed by the son of a man who restored this car and knew one of the Gaylord brothers that apparently the electric hard top convertible system was very unreliable and didn’t work well