Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

you won't be able to hear the engine due to your knees being up in your ears.

Have a look at the front- there's masses of leg-room due to the only the gearbox and steering rack being in the tip of the nose, the engine is hanging out the front:

My Grandad had a very, very similar three wheel sports car that he built himself, mainly (according to my grandma) in the kitchen of their home in Lyndhurst.

I think I'm going to have to build one myself.