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    • soloS Offline
      solo
      last edited by

      What a Duesy!!

      http://www.carmild.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/In-Florida-Most-Famous-Duesenberg-will-be-displayed-1.jpg

      http://www.diecastcars.tv/images/B11E796l.jpg

      Duesenberg (often nicknamed "Duesy") was an Auburn, Indiana based American luxury automobile company active in various forms from 1913 to 1937, most famous for its high-quality passenger cars and record-breaking racing cars.

      http://www.solos-art.com

      If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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      • IdahoJI Offline
        IdahoJ
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        Starlings75's vid reminded me of the Tucker, and while researching it, I ran across this:

        http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/Images/ForumPictures/Norman-timbs-buick-special.jpg

        http://www.northrim.net/jhouck/Images/ForumPictures/Norman-timbs-buick-special2.jpg

        The man who built in also worked with Tucker on his car. Here's a link to more information:

        http://www.kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Norman_Timbs%27_Buick_Special

        I was just thinking how straightforward it would be to use a Volks bus chassis with a few mods, fiberglass body some louvers in the rear deck for cooling, hmmm ...

        Cheers.

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        • StinkieS Offline
          Stinkie
          last edited by

          @unknownuser said:

          I relate on a very personal level to big slow lumbering objects that are mostly gas

          👍 😆

          Well put, mr. H., well put.

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            Starling75
            last edited by

            Our masspoduced streamlined Albatros jet.
            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero_L-39_Albatros
            history
            This one belongs to Mr Elon Musk

            http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/middle/0/8/2/1203280.jpg

            http://www.starlingarch.cz

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            • boofredlayB Offline
              boofredlay
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              @unknownuser said:

              Leyat was a French automobile manufacturer established in 1919. Its first model was called Hélica, also known as ‘The plane without wings’. The vehicle was powered by a giant propeller. In 1927, a Hélica reached the speed of 106 mph. Between 1919 and 1925, Leyat managed to sell 30 vehicles.

              What, before they started chopping people to bits on the motorway? I still like it though.

              http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/549-520x329.jpg

              http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/747-520x435.jpg

              http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/842-520x349.jpg

              http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1171-520x331.jpg

              http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/1333-520x390.jpg

              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                Starling75
                last edited by

                http://parniloko.wz.cz/web/loko/rady/300/3860/3860f1.jpg

                http://parniloko.wz.cz/web/loko/rady/300/3860/3860n3.jpg

                Czechoslovak streamlined steam locomotive 386.001

                http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                  Starling75
                  last edited by

                  [flash=600,400:3l43bwv9]http://www.youtube.com/v/vN8MiGx0uiI?version=3&amp[/flash:3l43bwv9]
                  " Royal Blue" is on the right
                  "Coronation Scot" is on the left

                  http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-g2t9r4LNhhE/TZo_T2yNb7I/AAAAAAAAAFU/g9K4SBwkksk/s1600/Thomas+Viaduct+1939+with+2+streamlined+steam+locomotives+%25232.jpg

                  http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                  • Alan FraserA Offline
                    Alan Fraser
                    last edited by

                    I love that Hélica, Eric. It looks like the love-child of a swamp boat and Citroen 2CV. 😄

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                    • boofredlayB Offline
                      boofredlay
                      last edited by

                      Not sure if this qualifies as Retro but these images are pretty cool.

                      @unknownuser said:

                      Have you ever wanted to walk across the bottom of the River, Lake or Ocean to see all the ships that have sunk? Well....

                      The Aral Sea was once the world's fourth-largest saline body of water. It has been steadily shrinking since the 1960s, after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet Union irrigation projects. And now it's almost gone leaving a desert full of old shipwrecks.

                      And it had already been starved of nearly 30yrs of water by 1989.


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                      http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                      • EscapeArtistE Offline
                        EscapeArtist
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                        Those old trains are cool.

                        Some of my favorites are the high Art Deco steam locomotives.

                        The PRR S1:

                        Link Preview Image
                        Pennsylvania Railroad class S1 - Wikipedia

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                        20th Century Limited:

                        https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=20th+century+limited&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=kpg&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&ei=cHk0T_uJHcGIsgLVk_2xAg&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CA8Q_AUoAQ&biw=965&bih=643

                        I sense another modeling project to be added to my list!

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                        • thomthomT Offline
                          thomthom
                          last edited by

                          I'm loving this thread!

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                          • ely862meE Offline
                            ely862me
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                            http://www.latrecut.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/autobuz_gaz-450x336.jpg

                            http://www.latrecut.ro/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/autobuz-gaz.jpg

                            I haven't seen any of these but they really look retro .

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                            • david_hD Offline
                              david_h
                              last edited by

                              reminds me of these. .. The busses of Malta.


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                              If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                              • soloS Offline
                                solo
                                last edited by

                                How 'bout cars of Cuba:
                                http://jewishcuba.org/autos/

                                http://www.solos-art.com

                                If you see a toilet in your dreams do not use it.

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                                • david_hD Offline
                                  david_h
                                  last edited by

                                  in Cuba. . .those are new cars. . . 💚

                                  If I make it look easy...It is probably easy

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                                  • boofredlayB Offline
                                    boofredlay
                                    last edited by

                                    The restored GM Futureliner.

                                    http://blogs.automotive.com/files/2011/08/1953_gm_futurliner.jpg

                                    http://blog.cokertire.com/wp-content/images/futurliner-02.jpg

                                    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fl-D2c9FQd8/Tj8EMuFAywI/AAAAAAAADrM/rGjFzgYNZFY/s1600/futurliner.jpg

                                    http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/102.jpeg

                                    And then a cool 3D model by Andrea Porcu done with Cinema 4D

                                    http://www.bumpstop.com/gallery/data/504/gm-futureliner.jpg

                                    http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                    • Dave RD Offline
                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by

                                      How about a rare one? The Mohs Ostentatiene Opera Sedan.

                                      http://autorestoration101.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/1967_mohs-ostentatiene-opera-sedan-custom.jpg

                                      http://autorestoration101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mohs-part-2.jpg

                                      http://autorestoration101.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mohs-part-2-1.jpg

                                      http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_LgWX_SdRDjU/TUhQwuiQGhI/AAAAAAAAAF4/mr0jd8Q1n7Y/s1600/10-mohs-sedan-19420999-mfbq%252CtemplateId%253DrenderScaled%252Cproperty%253DBild%252Cheight%253D349.jpg

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                                        Starling75
                                        last edited by

                                        Aero 50 Dynamik (1939)

                                        http://auta5p.eu/katalog/sodomka/aero_30_02.jpg

                                        http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                                          Starling75
                                          last edited by

                                          Tatra 903 (futuretro concept) - designer Mike Jelinek

                                          http://www.tatra-club.com/graphics/msgboard/8581/full/original_19494_xju35_shavcvbymwqlxkstw4d.jpg

                                          http://www.tatra-club.com/graphics/msgboard/3484/full/tatra-concept.jpg

                                          http://www.cartype.com/pics/5282/full/tatra_903_rt.jpg

                                          http://www.starlingarch.cz

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                                            ScottPara
                                            last edited by

                                            Eric,

                                            I saw this futureliner sell on TV a while back. Now thats an expensive bus.

                                            Link Preview Image

                                            favicon

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