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Old 11-25-2024, 11:32 PM   #931 (permalink)
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Even with those auxiliary windows, visibility still seems to not be so great.

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Believe it or not, it's a '99 model-year...

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I always thought the (novel and) movie Mortal Engines was a little over the top. Scaling problems and all that. But this strikes me as a reasonable thing to manifest into reality:

This design was never falsified. The only thing that stopped it was impending war.
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Which is more streamlined? 😁

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Compare with an American Ford F-250:
JACG: I've never heard of this before, that MV Agusta built these 1 ton flat bed trucks in the 50s... with only a 27 HP engine

Agusta is/was a Spanish firm. I have this from them in my albums:



Alongside one of their scooters, it appears to have side hinged canopy like a KR-200 and a[ open] long boat tail.
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I used to drive a 1954 International pickup. Please note the one in the background, stanced with a canvas water bag hanging on the front.

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