[Land-speed] Fw: 1932 Helicron

[Wester Potter]

Naaah, not old enough.

Wes

On Dec 22, 2008, at 11:09 PM, J.D. Tone wrote:

>> From my daughter in Florida...........Can this be a friend of
> Glens??????????????????????????
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>        1932 Helicron
>        In the late 1930s this one-of-a-kind Helicron was placed in a  
> barn and
> forgotten. More than six decades later this odd lost little gem was
> rediscovered, rebuilt, and reintroduced to the world. Although the
> manufacturer is unknown, it's believed that this car was built in   
> France
> 1932. Following the first World War it was not uncommon for recently  
> displaced
> airplane engineers to look towards the automobile industry for  
> employment.
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>        As in this example, a few entrepreneurs developed propeller- 
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> cars with the notion that propeller power was an efficient means of  
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> vehicle.On this car, when the wooden propeller is spinning at full  
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> efficiently, this little 1,000-pound boat-tailed skiff can hit  
> freeway speeds
> exceeding 75 mph. This is the one and only Helicron in existence,  
> owned by
> Lane MotorMuseum in  Nashville ,  TN.
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