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We had a few small used car lots like that in town in the late 70's & early 80's. Just an office big enough to turn around in. They were consignments lots as I remember. I guess the land became too valuable & they all fell to larger commercial buildings & parking lots.
Could look at picts like that all day.
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Like I said...Let's pray. Hopefully this younger generation is more resilient than I've seen any evidence of.

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The best thread to come along in years right here. We all know what gets them locked. Let's not get this one locked, please.
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One of the great ones, Mark Donahue.

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One of the great ones, Mark Donahue.
Perfect illustration of a few things in this pic. Such as young guys in awe of their hero race driver while perhaps same time awkward gawking at the attractive young lady; and too illustrates how small & short many race drivers, actors, astronauts etc. are when compared side by side to others.

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This photo is actually just a scale model. The jet engines on an Me262 were far too valuable to use as a flying bomb.

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Imbedded the picture from U47's link. Cool poverty cap headlight covers...


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Megaphone exhaust ... wonder if they used Helmholtz formulas to design them.

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Megaphone exhaust ... wonder if they used Helmholtz formulas to design them.
I think they were designed to clear out the burnout area.

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Of smoke? or people?

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Both, Imagine the sound-not like regular open headers, but like the trumpeters at the Roman Coliseum !

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Both, Imagine the sound-not like regular open headers, but like the trumpeters at the Roman Coliseum !
you mean like this?
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Saw this on Facebook. Interesting car..


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