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F1 race car made from scrapPosted by Alice Xin Liu on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at 6:30 PM
At Youku Buzz, Kaiser Kuo links us to brothers in Tangshan who are building knock-off versions of F1 race cars. Unbelievable? Watch and see. The introduction in the short film reads: "How brilliant people turned rubble into an F1 race car". Following the Chinese subtitles directs to an analysis of how the motor came from an old car, the new wheels came from old wheels of cars that the Zhao brothers already had in possession, how the internal structure came from the iron skeleton of an old double bed, how old metal frame chairs became drivers' seats... There's also a chronological charting of how many days it took to build this replica. Netizen reporter for Youku.com Fanmuou (凡木偶) apparently found this knock-off spectacle and filmed it. Cutely, the shanzhai F1 is called Brothers (or "兄弟之星") and at the end of the video there are edited-in clips from real F1 shows － not to be confused with the actual "Brothers" race car. |
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Comments on F1 race car made from scrap
I like the guy with gyro-plane more, but moment with "air wind tunnel" is hilarious! They built whole car from steel and then they check aerodynamics!
I hope that "Brothers" will make more this kind of cars. I support them. One must to love diy spirit of Chinese people.
This short video encapsulates everything about Chinese manufacturing. Congratulations!