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Old 12-03-2024, 12:09 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The car was built in Paris with the gearbox (on the rear axle for forward, neutral and reverse) built in England. It was exhibited at the 1926 Paris Motor Show but only a few were made. General Motors signed a "lucrative" royalty agreement to manufacture the torque converters, giving Constantinesco a $100,000 advance on royalties, but didn't make any, leaving the inventor deeply in debt and the mechanical torque converter sidelined.
General Motors? 1926? Why does that ring a bell?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy#Early_years
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