Road-legal track specials are almost commonplace now—not that they're tame, but everyone knows what an Ariel Atom is. In 1992, though, the road-legal Light Car Rocket was wild and revolutionary. The man responsible was Gordon Murray, who was at the same time working on the McLaren F1, which would quite quickly eclipse the Rocket itself.

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Here's why the Rocket deserves to be remembered: it only weights 770 lbs. That's with everything bolted up—engine, gearbox, wheels, lights (such as they are). Out back, there's a Yamaha liter-bike engine swiped from a FZR1000, making 143 hp at 10,500 RPM and a sequential five-speed (also from the Yamaha). While the power-to-weight ratio is staggering, by all accounts the Rocket was better on the street than on the track. It was so light it was hard to keep heat in the tires, leading to skittishness in track driving.

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In fact, it's rarer by half than the F1: only 46 were built by Chris Craft, a former endurance racer who had nothing to do with boats, by the way. In 1992, the thing cost $54,000 and change in Britain—as of today, at least one rare example in the U.S. is hoping for $99,500. It's a lot cheaper than an F1, and the Gordon Murray connection is real.

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