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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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03-09-2018, 04:04 PM
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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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03-09-2018, 04:36 PM
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You cannot sell aerodynamics in a can............
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03-09-2018, 08:08 PM
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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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03-10-2018, 12:24 AM
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Earlier this week my dad has shown me a video of this car.
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03-13-2018, 06:11 PM
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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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03-16-2018, 07:06 PM
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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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03-16-2018, 07:46 PM
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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?
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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.
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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.
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Replica from the movie.
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_8454-Tucker-Turret.html
http://myquartermile.com/loader.php?story=tucker
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