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In testing under the "Project OTTER", for "Overland Train Terrain Evaluation Research", the vehicle performed well. But in the end the Army gave up on the idea as newer heavy-lift helicopters like the S-64 Skycrane made the train concept outdated. [8] The vehicle remained unused for a time, and was then put up for sale for $1.4 million in 1969. [9]
The Me 262 Project is a company formed to build flyable reproductions of the Messerschmitt Me 262, the world's first operational jet fighter. The project was started by the Texas Airplane Factory and administered by Classic Fighter Industries. It is based at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, United States, near Seattle.
This car is the only complete and fully restored running example. The Sloan Museum car was first purchased in southern Texas. The Classic 6 was driven daily until 1936, when it was bought by the Aldenhaven Family in Ft. Worth (who owned a Chevy dealership). It remained part of their collection until 1964, when it was placed up for auction.
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The Doodlebugs were part of an overall project by Texaco, contracted to industrial designers Norman Bel Geddes and Walter Dorwin Teague, to modernize their brand look. This project produced the Texaco star-T logo still used today and other updates, including the Doodlebug, which was designed by Bel Geddes [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and his design team. [ 3 ]
Austin FL1 hire car Private hire version of FX3 4 2,199 (petrol) 2,178 (diesel) 1948 1958 London Taxicab FX4: The classic Black cab (Hackney carriage) All steel body made by Carbodies on a chassis supplied by Austin in Adderley Park, Birmingham. Powered by a 2.2 litre diesel or 2.2 litre petrol, until 1972, when the petrol engine was dropped ...
Dick's Classic Garage was an automobile museum in San Marcos, Texas. It was founded in 2009 by Dick Burdick, a Texas businessman and car collector, who also operated the now defunct Central Texas Museum of Automotive History in Rosanky, Texas. [1] Dick's Classic Garage was inaugurated in 2009. [2] It closed to the public on December 31, 2018.
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