Minoru Hayashi founded the Dome company in 1975, his intent being to design and build both road and racing cars. Hayashi already ran Hayashi Racing in Osaka which was a prosperous aftermarket supplier for street and competition cars. The company decided that they should do a showcase concept car, and the Dome Zero was the result, shown at Geneva in 1978. This car was the successor- P2, shown at the Auto Expo Los Angeles.
Trying to describe it, it definitely shows signs of being derived from the sharp-angled show cars of a decade earlier, ie Lancia Stratos 0, Maserati Boomerang or Ferrari Modulo, the windshield could be left over from a Lancia Stratos. But still a sharp=looking car that probably wouldn't be out of place at a car show today.
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| Road and Track, Sept.1979 |
I remember that car from Road & Track. I was 15 and really wanted one. I think I might have assembled a plastic model of it, and it was that pea-lime green.
ReplyDeleteI remember breaking the piggy bank for the only thing Sratos within my
ReplyDeletereach: the Vitaloni helmet. Remember those ?
Vitaloni is a new name to me. there are some on ebay. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe Stratos is still amazing. I've been looking for a specific picture of one for a post.