  We study a possible formation mechanism for elliptical/S0 galaxies using
N-body simulations with GRAPE. A close galaxy encounter which does not lead to
a merger can induce a strong bar in an initially axisymmetric disk. This bar is
unstable against bending oscillations and loses angular momentum to the dark
halo. After 6 Gyrs the remnant is spheroidal with a de Vaucouleurs-type surface
profile and has ellipticities and rotation properties comparable to observed
elliptical/S0 galaxies: the system rotates fast (v/sigma \approx 1) and has
disky isophotes.
