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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles) 01/07/2015 at 12:09 • Filed to: get in my belly, planelopnik, dc-4, nom

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DC-4 Aviation Traders ATL-98 Carvair loves to munch on cars.

CAcoalminer > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 12:11

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All it needs now are those goofy looking eyes.

user314 > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 12:18

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Huh, that's an Airspeed Ambassador. G-ALFR in Dan Air colors puts this pic somewhere between '61 and '66.

ACESandEIGHTS > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 12:27

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SOMEBODY KILL MEEEEEEE!!!!!

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 12:31

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It looks like it's doing an impression of Sarah Brightman - THEE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA IS HEEEEREEEE, INSIDE MY MINDDD

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > user314 01/07/2015 at 12:35

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I think, but I'm not sure, that I can pinpoint it a bit better than that with the help of the foreground IIA 109 Landie. It appears to have a radiator support that was only in use ~'late '64-65, so odds are this is '65-'66. (No headlight trim rings.)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 12:37

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Is this a Facel Vega Excellence 2?

Chris Clarke > user314 01/07/2015 at 12:39

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According to Wiki.

The Carvair was used by Aer Lingus , BUAF and BAF among others, and was used in Congo-Kinshasa during 1960-1964

KnowsAboutCars > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2015 at 12:43

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Looks more like Opel Kapitän P2 to me.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > KnowsAboutCars 01/07/2015 at 12:45

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You are undoubtedly correct.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > user314 01/07/2015 at 12:48

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Aaand, to follow up, the Wikipedia page on the Carvair has this picture. Bristol, 1965 - so quoth Wiki.

ACESandEIGHTS > ACESandEIGHTS 01/07/2015 at 12:55

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user314 > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/07/2015 at 12:59

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Yeah, I just saw that looking for the Ambassador in Wiki Commons.

ALFR had a fairly interesting life, being the pre-production Ambassador II, and later used as a test-bed for the Napier Eland turboshaft/prop engine.

After production ceased with the takeover of Napier by Rolls Royce, she was returned to regular configuration, and flown by Dan Air until sometime in '66 or '67 when the Ambassadors were scrapped in favor of the de Havilland Comet.

CalzoneGolem > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 13:03

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Raph posted this one day looking for cotd noms. Made me laugh so hard.

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/cotdnoms-48634…

Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 13:18

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that car looks like its tongue.

Coachrotte33 > Chris Clarke 01/07/2015 at 13:24

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Aer Lingus sounds a little too much like the sexual lingusses. Especially when watching a car slide into its front orifice.

Chris Clarke > Coachrotte33 01/07/2015 at 20:20

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I flew on Aer Lingus went I went to Ireland. It was very satisfying.