Five more creations from the man who built a Defender Trophy Truck

The first turbodiesel to compete in Baja’s Trophy Truck class back in 2008, Scarbo was the 550bhp Touareg’s race engineer – his first job out of college.

Remember this? Based around an idea of Lotus’s stillborn 1960s Le Mans project, Scarbo was brought in later to help with suspension development for the Pikes Peak project.

Scarbo has built a few of these – steel tube chassis single seaters, typically fitted with a GM V8 in the back for maximum torque and noise in a car that weighs less than 600kg.

A project that started with Scarbo wanting to build his ultimate race-retro Porsche 911, and ended with Ken Block racing it up Pikes Peak in 2022 – unfortunately ended with engine failure.

The front half is a 1960s 911, the rear is a custom made spaceframe built to contain a powerful V8. The rest is a Le Mans-inspired caricature. Scarbo helped with the chassis development.