"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/20/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: good morning oppo
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/20/2018 at 09:30 • Filed to: good morning oppo | 6
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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
> ttyymmnn
09/20/2018 at 10:00 |
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I actually saw an espada last week. Sorry SR20.
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ttyymmnn
> Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
09/20/2018 at 10:20 |
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I assume that’s the proud owner standing next to it. It’s a good looking car.
AuthiCooper1300
> ttyymmnn
09/20/2018 at 14:57 |
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ttyymmnn
> AuthiCooper1300
09/20/2018 at 14:59 |
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I’m glad a couple of you ID’d the car. I didn’t know what it was. I knew the plane, though....
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AuthiCooper1300
> ttyymmnn
09/20/2018 at 15:17 |
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The shape of the Espada has an interesting design story. It started life as a one-off, also by Bertone (more specifically, Gandini) based on a Jaguar E-Type, the “Pirana” (most likely a misspelling of Spanish
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> ttyymmnn
09/20/2018 at 15:19 |
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ttyymmnn
> AuthiCooper1300
09/20/2018 at 15:29 |
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I can’t find a bigger picture than the one I posted. And I can’t read it either. I also can’t find a definitive list of Qantas 74s by name. There is a list of 737s and 707s on Google, and it just says “and others” and says that the naming convention continued to the 747. I’ll try and look more later.
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ttyymmnn
> AuthiCooper1300
09/20/2018 at 15:34 |
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I found a list of 743s, but I bet this one is older than that.
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ttyymmnn
> AuthiCooper1300
09/20/2018 at 16:17 |
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I think I found it. VB-EHG, 747-238B City of Hobart . That looks closest to the blurry photo. Entered service in 1974. Not sure about the year of the Espada, but I think I saw it labeled as a 1972 somewhere. So that just about fits. For a while, Qantas flew only 742s.
http://www.aussieairliners.org/b-747/vh-ebg/vhebg.html
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ttyymmnn
> AuthiCooper1300
09/20/2018 at 16:35 |
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I missed this reply. Thanks for the info!