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08-01-2014, 06:04 PM	#1191 (permalink)
arcosine Master Ecomadman Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chicago area Posts: 1,149 sc1 - '98 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 43.17 mpg (US) Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour rans - '97 rans tailwind tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129 2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L 90 day: 28.25 mpg (US) red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI big tractor - '66 ford 3400 red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI 90 day: 58.42 mpg (US) RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo 90 day: 16.67 mpg (US) Thanks: 20 Thanked 333 Times in 225 Posts	1934 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries PX33 Prototype[/QUOTE] Yes, its got Bonneville hub caps. __________________ - Tony

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08-01-2014, 06:13 PM	#1192 (permalink)
arcosine Master Ecomadman Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chicago area Posts: 1,149 sc1 - '98 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 43.17 mpg (US) Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour rans - '97 rans tailwind tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129 2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L 90 day: 28.25 mpg (US) red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI big tractor - '66 ford 3400 red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI 90 day: 58.42 mpg (US) RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo 90 day: 16.67 mpg (US) Thanks: 20 Thanked 333 Times in 225 Posts	__________________ - Tony

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08-01-2014, 09:55 PM	#1193 (permalink)
freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 27,695 Thanks: 7,775 Thanked 8,584 Times in 7,068 Posts	Yeah, not the most aero example; but I was liking it when I made the post. 1968 Opel GT Elektro 1968 Volvo P1800 ES Rocket Concept by Frua 1961 Porsche 718 RS-61 Spyder Prototype 1961 Pontiac XP-758 Scorpion Concept

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08-02-2014, 02:50 PM	#1194 (permalink)
arcosine Master Ecomadman Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Chicago area Posts: 1,149 sc1 - '98 saturn sc1 Team Saturn 90 day: 43.17 mpg (US) Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour rans - '97 rans tailwind tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129 2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L 90 day: 28.25 mpg (US) red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI big tractor - '66 ford 3400 red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI 90 day: 58.42 mpg (US) RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo 90 day: 16.67 mpg (US) Thanks: 20 Thanked 333 Times in 225 Posts	__________________ - Tony

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08-02-2014, 04:14 PM	#1195 (permalink)
Varn Do more with less Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: North Eastern Missouri Posts: 930 OD - '05 Ford Econoline 90 day: 18.64 mpg (US) Joetta - '86 Volkswagen Jetta Turbo Oil Burner TEAM VW AUDI Group 90 day: 49.71 mpg (US) Benzilla - '85 Mercedes Benz 300D 90 day: 28.08 mpg (US) Thanks: 66 Thanked 177 Times in 112 Posts	Tony, which car did you rebody in coroplast? : __________________ “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” George Orwell “Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed.” – Noah Webster, 1787

08-04-2014, 06:27 AM	#1196 (permalink)
redneck Master EcoModder Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: SC Lowcountry Posts: 1,795 Geo XL1 - '94 Geo Metro Team Metro Boat tails and more mods 90 day: 72.22 mpg (US) Big, Bad & Flat - '01 Dodge Ram 3500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 21.13 mpg (US) Thanks: 226 Thanked 1,353 Times in 711 Posts	Libyan Rocket African cars.: Saroukh el-Jamahiriya (Libyan Rocket) 2009

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Hi Dave,

I rode the coroliner around Lake Michigan a few weeks ago, 800 miles in 6 days. I didn't quite make it, tendon problems. I would have been 1100 miles around. Taking the nose off helped a lot in cross winds and slow speed turning. About 2 miles and hours slower at 29 mph.

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Yeah, not the most aero example; but I was liking it when I made the post.

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