- 1. Airplane powered cars - was bad taste (score: 1)
- Author: jello@ida.net
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 16:20:42 US/Mountain
- Those things may be bad taste, but the power is pretty awesome. My dad knew Art Arfons - he was the first guy to put a jet engine in a car. He held several records in his lifetime, and still holds on
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- 2. Re: Airplane powered cars - was bad taste (score: 1)
- Author: MGALUVR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 19:05:23 EST
- Hi Phil, Just a little info you might be interested in. I met Art Arfons in the late 60's (Summer of 1967) when he appeared with his jet powered car the "Green Monster" at the Springfield/Ozark Dragw
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- 3. Re: Airplane powered cars - was bad taste (score: 1)
- Author: "mgamgb" <mgamgb@ihug.co.nz>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:13:56 +1300
- Not all airplane powered cars were big - Check out - www.sergent.com.au/other1960.html (have a look at 4th place in the Lady Wigram race.) and www.mclaren.co.uk/mclaren/features/lycoming.html (BTW De
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- 4. Re: Airplane powered cars - was bad taste (score: 1)
- Author: Max Heim <mvheim@attbi.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:04:59 -0800
- Great story! That Lycoming couldn't have been much of a powerhouse, though, seeing as it was seeded with the under-two-liter Climaxes. And what a clunky-looking thing it was, too. -- Max Heim '66 MGB
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