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Old April 29th 10, 08:26 AM posted to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history
Pat Flannery
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Default OT - Meet Ford Prefect

On 4/28/2010 4:39 PM, Neil Gerace wrote:

Nicely inconspicuous.


Not as cute as the Nash Metropolitan though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash_Metropolitan
The cheery two-tone paint schemes just made that car.
One of my favorite odd cars is the German Messerschmitt
bubble car, which originally was powered by the two-stroke gasoline
engine that was housed in the intake cone of the Junkers-Jumo 004
turbojet that powered the wartime Me-262 jet fighter, and was used to
spin the turbine up to ignition speed.


Pat