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Old 05-26-2025, 06:06 AM   #1
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A spaceship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCFDFlVM25c

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Old 05-26-2025, 06:51 AM   #2
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Saw it after it was found and again after it was restored.
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Old 05-26-2025, 10:12 AM   #3
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I just saw his T boat tail with a six cylinder at Speedy Bill's in Lincoln, last week.
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Old 05-26-2025, 07:16 PM   #4
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Hello ,Edsel Ford doesn’t get the credit he deserves for the styling of Ford Products of the prewar era , including my personal favorite, the 1941 Continental. The prototype was Edsel s personal car , when friends saw it they wanted one too , so limited production started in 1940 , using modified Lincoln Zephyr convertible parts .
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What did Timmy do with the lawn mower, three fireworks and a squirrel?
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Old 05-27-2025, 04:17 PM   #7
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Bob Gregorie put down in drawing and clay what Edsel described to him but he made a few changes of his own on that one. Bob's book is a very good one to have. The panels were custom made at the Ford Airport where the Trimotor was manufactured.
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Old 05-28-2025, 08:14 AM   #8
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Did it have a B motor or a V8?
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Old 05-28-2025, 02:30 PM   #9
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Gotta love the "jet inspired" comment when the car was built 5 years before the first jet airplane. These youtubers need to do a little research for the AI scripts they create to tie a bunch of still pictures into a click bait "video".
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Bruce, The video describes the engine and engine change. I believe a Mercury was put in for more power, 125 hp vs. 75 hp for the original Ford V8.
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a pretty easy body to replicate out of glass............


who wants to "print" 100 kits?
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Old 05-29-2025, 09:09 AM   #12
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The original engine was probably not the average production engine.
Edsel would have been able to use the parts being developed for the Indy and Elgin race cars.
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YouTubers suck.

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