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Thread: Smokey Yunick's 1964 capsule car - photos and video

  1. Oct 6, 2019, 09:51 PM #1
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    Smokey Yunick's 1964 capsule car - photos and video

    Smokey Yunick's 1964 capsule car.

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    Yunick was a B-17 pilot in WWII, and this design was inspired by a German Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance plane he saw in the skies while flying a bombing mission.




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    I had forgotten all about that one also! Thanks Jon.

    Here is more info about the car. https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/anot...s-capsule-car/



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