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Old 03-07-2018, 02:49 PM   #401 (permalink)
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Looking for the heart of Saturday night; I bought a brand new Airmobile.

Body follows Tropfenwagen, wings follow Otto Lilienthal. Like his, the wings lack ailerons, and probably three-axis control. Acetylene was an alternative to naptha:



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It's random and un-aerodynamic.


Just A Car Guy: turn up the volume

Test drive video at the link.
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I like Beetles and all, but if you watch the video you'll see it could never match the performance of the Ripsaw Tank[-like] drive system.

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=palemoon&q...ages&ia=images

But still:



Although this is probably more my speed:

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Earlier this week my dad has shown me a video of this car.
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Guns, Oil, & Dirt | x-rod: #camping

I like the corrugated paneling on the doors and front quarters.
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cRiPpLe_rOoStEr — This is right up your alley, so to speak:

https://jalopnik.com/i-want-a-cheap-...sal-1823793408

I don't know how to link inside the page, look for: Expert 4: David Tracy - This Is Not A Jeep

I my eye it looks like a widened 1954 Willys station wagon with a one-piece windshield, Studebaker Wagoneer taillights and a 1942 Willys grillle.
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Do a 180 degree flip on that cap and maybe it would have been worth the effort.

Random TRANSPORTATION pictures - Page 1995 - Pelican Parts Technical BBS

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https://pikabu.ru/story/dzhip_quotvi...ogodyi_2547117

I was looking for the one with a real-deal B-17 canopy grafted on, but this is the closest DuckDuckGo could find. Can you find the thread or the original of this?

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I was looking for the one with a real-deal B-17 canopy grafted on, but this is the closest DuckDuckGo could find. Can you find the thread or the original of this?
The only thing that comes to mind is the Tucker Turret.

Tucker gun turret
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucker_gun_turret

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The Tucker gun turret was a fast-traversing electrically powered gun turret widely described as having been mounted on World War II bombers and on some ground vehicles and small naval vessels like US Navy PT boats.[1][2][3] American industrialist Preston Tucker first developed the turret for the experimental Tucker armored car in 1938.

Highlighting the Tucker Tiger, a 114-mph tank that could have been
December 25, 2013
http://autoweek.com/article/car-life...ould-have-been

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Just one prototype was built. Initially, Tucker had planned to sell to the Dutch, who wanted something to traverse muddy ground.

Replica from the movie.

http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_8454-Tucker-Turret.html


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