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> From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
> To: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Mystery Streamliner
> Date: Tue, 09 Nov 1999 13:56:38 -0700
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>Dick,
>That was one of a group of vehicles, some pedal powered, some powered by
>very small motors and some larger displacement types which set records on
>the salt with engines by the Strasburgs from Lindon, UT. There was even a
>diesel heavy hauler that resembled an insect head much enlarged. Luigi
>Colani did them as a design exercise. They were all timed on the salt
using
>USFRA clocks. The Strasburgs did the timing and that connection was what
>resulted in their campaigning the two cars. It proved that there are new
>design ideas that work. The diesel heavy hauler was used to transport the
>serially numbered collection ... it got about half again better mileage
than
>similar Peterbuilts and Volvo trucks. I hsve pictures of the whole
>collection somewhere. Dates back to 1989 if memory serves.
>Wes
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>> From: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
>> To: "Thomas E. Bryant" <saltracer@awwwsome.com>, dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
>> Subject: Re: Mystery Streamliner
>> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:39:08 -0800 (PST)
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>>The other day I was at the local boneyard and
>>noticed a poster the guy had over the counter and
>>wonder about it. It was a light blue-gray
>>streamliner that was very smooth with a "pinched
>>waist", in that it was much narrower in the
>>cockpit area. It carried the number/name: "Utah
>>10". The poster looked like it might have been
>>printed in the mid seventies. What can anybody
>>tell me about this car? It was just a real
>>striking photo and I'm curious about it.
>>
>>=====
>>Dick J - - ECTA #72
>>G/FCC - FX/GMR
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