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The vehicle was conceived as being armed with a primary armament of a 37-millimetre (1.5 in) anti-aircraft gun capable of firing 120 rounds per minute, mounted in an aircraft-style spherical gun turret. [3] The turret would have been supplemented by hull-mounted machine guns on production vehicles. The vehicle was promoted as being so fast it ...
Starting in 1933, a few welders and mechanics in the Fresno area began to construct and test cars suited for midget car racing.The sport of midget car racing was in its infancy but it was beginning to hold official races, such as one in August 1933 at the Loyola High School Stadium in Los Angeles under the control of a governing body, the Midget Auto Racing Association.
American Racing Equipment was the first in the industry to introduce a line of wheels with a Teflon coating. Through comprehensive testing, the company has demonstrated that Teflon finish considerably enhances the wheels' resistance to common contaminants such as brake dust, dirt, road film, and ultraviolet degradation.
Over half of the Factory Five customers today build their kit using engine/drivetrain parts from a donor Mustang, whereas the remainder elect to buy all new parts or a combination thereof. [2] Jim Youngs, the founder and editor of Kit Car Builder, says the Factory Five Cobra is the country's bestselling kit car.
The Avenger GT's styling recalls the Ford GT40 — the Mk.I and Mk.III GT40s in particular — but is not an exact copy of the racing car. It was a less expensive alternative to the Fiberfab Valkyrie , which looked like an Avenger GT with a short rear deck and had a custom chassis with room for a mid-mounted V8 engine.
The AA-12 (Auto Assault - 12), originally designed and known as the Atchisson Assault Shotgun, is a fully automatic combat shotgun developed in 1972 by Maxwell Atchisson. . However, the original development by Atchisson seems to have produced only a few guns at prototype-level, with the development that ultimately led to the gun entering the market being done later by Military Police Systems ...
Sprint cars were introduced in 1953 and the name was changed in 1957 to the California Racing Association, or CRA. In 1978, Gary Sokola became president and instituted several new safety measures, including the national 410 limit, the tire rule and padded roll cages. Sokola left the CRA to join the USAC and Frank Lewis took over.
[3] [4] The vehicle's armor was up to 12 mm thick, and the vehicle weighed 10 short tons (9.1 t). [1] The suspension was leaf spring on the front axle and vertical volute spring for the tracks. A 386-cubic inch (6.330 cc) White 160AX, 128-horsepower (95 kW), 6-cylinder gasoline engine gave the M15 a power-to-weight ratio of 15.8 horsepower per ...