No Gearbox, No Clutch, He Goes by Prop (Jan, 1956)
No Gearbox, No Clutch, He Goes by Prop
Overcoming “low-altitude drag” with a push propeller geared to a Ford V-8 engine, Clifford Robins pilots his homemade motor car along the roads of Yeovil, England, at a top speed of 70 m.p.h.
Robins, a grocer, used no rear-axle drive, no gearbox and no clutch. He estimates that the car cost him £200 ($560).
And it leaves a trail of finely chopped birds, pedestrians, and housecats.
@Tim: As opposed to the trail of flattened birds, pedestrians, and housecats that modern cars leave . . . .
Interesting Car
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INTERESTING CAR
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I N T E R E S T I N G C A R ! ! !
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Never mind
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I wonder what that would cost today?
I wonder what it would cost today?
An arm and a leg.
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But will it blend?
Pocket parking that thing must have been interesting.