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This Was Once the Most Preposterous Vehicle Known to Man
www.popularmechanics.com ^ | Mar 24, 2020 | Lynne Peskoe-Yang

Posted on 03/25/2020 7:23:30 AM PDT by Red Badger

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To: wastoute; Red Badger

You are a fan of his work.


21 posted on 03/25/2020 7:41:06 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Red Badger

what if someone built one of those with some wings attached?


22 posted on 03/25/2020 7:43:05 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: mjp

It would be an airplane.................


23 posted on 03/25/2020 7:43:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Army Air Corps

Good one!!............................


24 posted on 03/25/2020 7:44:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: wally_bert

Hamburger out of unwary pedestrians.


25 posted on 03/25/2020 7:44:42 AM PDT by Orbiter
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To: Old Yeller
Are you kidding? That thing is an absolute beauty compared to this:


26 posted on 03/25/2020 7:45:47 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: wastoute

Do they have hill climb competitions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUA3T2-fBys

Buncha deplorables...


27 posted on 03/25/2020 7:45:47 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Old Yeller

They weren't ALL bad........................

28 posted on 03/25/2020 7:47:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: Red Badger

I suspect that variable pitch props would provide for good braking; however, variable pitch props would double the cost of making that car.


29 posted on 03/25/2020 7:47:58 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Old Yeller
Hey, now...

I loved my '73 Gremlin.
It was the last vehicle I owned as a civilian.
30 posted on 03/25/2020 7:48:02 AM PDT by RandallFlagg (Fact: Gun control laws kill innocents.)
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To: Old Yeller

“or any AMC car at that time.”

LOL! I’m offended. ;)

We had a Hornet in ‘71 that we drove on the Alaska Highway with our Nixon-Agnew bumper sticker. (Fun memories.)

Then I had a beautiful blue Matador with lots of power.

I like Nacho’s Javelin on “Better Call Saul”.


31 posted on 03/25/2020 7:49:10 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but youÂ’d better be able to prove your dog is v)
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To: Paladin2

From the title I thought they were talking about an actual airplane with no wings. The reason I clicked on was to see that. My first thought seeing the picture was , “Wouldn’t you have to point tha thing straight up? No wonder it’s ‘hard to drive’.”


32 posted on 03/25/2020 7:51:11 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Red Badger
unfortunately, he got it bass akwards


33 posted on 03/25/2020 7:52:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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To: Red Badger

“You think you hate it now, wait ‘til you drive it.”


34 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:23 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

No place to put a 4X8 sheet of plywood. Totally useless!


35 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:47 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: Paladin2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUA3T2-fBys


36 posted on 03/25/2020 7:53:53 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Howie66

I can’t carry one on my motorcycles either, but they aren’t ‘useless’!.............


37 posted on 03/25/2020 7:54:55 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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To: wastoute

I thought it was about helicopters.

They need two fans to go straight.


38 posted on 03/25/2020 7:55:14 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Old Yeller

Raggedy Racer, Raggedy Racer! Can’t even beat an AMC Pacer!


39 posted on 03/25/2020 7:55:26 AM PDT by Howie66 ("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
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To: dfwgator

“Ask the man who owns one!”..................


40 posted on 03/25/2020 7:55:35 AM PDT by Red Badger (If people were to God like dogs are to people, the world would be a really great place..............)
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