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Old 04-27-2025, 04:43 PM   #4291 (permalink)
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Was watching a video and there was this magazine cover from the 1960s framed and hanging on the wall.



Just big enough I could read the name. Here's the thing -- I can remember when I visited Dean Ing in his shop while he was building this car. Being pre-Coroplast, it was built on corrugated cardboard.


https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...agnum-one-off/

The gullwing doors use the same mechanism as the hatch on my XFi -- a wooden stick.

I see similarity with the Volkhart-Sagitta V2, with front fender pontoons, and a tulip panel below the windshield with enough gap that air can fall off the sides instead of lofting up over the cabin. Just a low two-seater where the V-S was four passenger. Nice last-minute air scoops for the engine, reminding one of the Ford Probe concept with rear radiators:


https://www.vettemod.com/media/ford-...ors-jpg.12307/

However, with a Corvair engine on a Beetle floorpan, they only claim 85MPH where the Volhart-Sagitta did 90MPH on 25HP.

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