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You don't know what makes their grass so green
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Nyarlathotep wrote: ↑
Sat Jan 05, 2019 7:39 am
 Sometimes, I wish we really did live in the future that people in the past thought we would live in.
I agree – especially when trying to get on an airplane. :mrgreen:


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Grammatron wrote: ↑
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 You don't know what makes their grass so green
The hell I don't. That's half the appeal.
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Frank Curtis with a new Kurtis Craft Sport, 1949.
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A prototype armored car from the '40s. Only one ever built. Apparently it broke down all the time and the drivers hated the thing.

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Interior of the above

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"The Schlörwagen" A prototype aerodynamic rear-engine passenger vehicle developed by Karl Schlör (1911–1997). Wind tunnel tests yielded a drag coefficient of only 0.113. Unveiled at the 1939 Berlin Auto Show, project was shelved with the onset of World War II. Germany, Berlin, 1939.
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The finished version of the Schlörwagen, not just a protoype. :coolspecs:

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In 1942, the Schlörwagen prototype had somehow gotten into Russian hands; it was fitted with an Soviet radial air-cooled aero-engine which appears to have developed 100 or 125 hp, driving a ducted fan. Several references say it was a five-cylinder engine, but in this view three or four cylinders are visible, which suggests it was actually a seven-cylinder engine.
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↑ I think we can agree that this excrescence on an otherwise cool car is hideous. :cry:
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But it gets the job done, right? 8)
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Tah-dah!

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The apparently wooden appearance suggests it might float.
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Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 28, 2019 12:19 am
 apparently wooden appearance
Sounds like a UFO description… :mrgreen:

How about this one:

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Typically French, you have to rub it daily with garlic to maintain the finish.
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A Citroen 2CV?
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Abdul Alhazred wrote: ↑
Mon Jan 28, 2019 2:23 am
 A Citroen 2CV?
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Another interesting Citroën:

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"Yes! A BIG REWARD!" ====> Click here to turn in a sicko
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