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10/09/2018 at 09:57 • Filed to: None
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"Censored" (chrisbrown2992)
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Eating lunch the other day, we were talking about car shows that we attended earlier in life and cars that we remembered. I remembered a show from back around 1994-1995 (I would have been 11ish) where I saw and stared at a Chrysler 300f with the cross ram intake, enjoy below.
I also remembered at this show seeing a Milk Trailer converted to a crazy off road vehicle. I did a quick google of Milk Trailer Converted 4x4 and was rewarded with what I had seen when I was 11. The Dobbertin Surface Orbiter. Rick Dobbertin wanted a vehicle to circumvent the earth with no support crew, funding drew this to a close. No lack of funding can take this crazy vehicle and even crazier builder from history though.
http://www.dobbertinhydrocar.com/Dobbertin%20Surface%20Orbiter.html
You know you’re ballin when you can take a picture of your car in front of Space Ship Earth.
A surprisingly modern looking interior from 1995.
Oh the things that you can remember from Street Machine Nationals at Du Quoin, IL circa 1995. I went to this car show every year for as longs as I was able to stroll, probably from 1986 to 1996 when it was canceled. In recent years, it is trying to make a comeback but it will never be the same as it was in its hey day.
slipperysallylikespenguins
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10/09/2018 at 12:25 |
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I completely forgot that thing existed. I remember seeing it on the Discovery channel when I was a little kid and wanting it so bad.
BaconSandwich is tasty.
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10/10/2018 at 00:23 |
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From what I recall, he didn't cross the Atlantic, but he did still take it around the Bahamas.
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> BaconSandwich is tasty.
10/10/2018 at 07:44 |
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I admittedly know nothing about it other than it is awesome, however there are pictures of the website that show it in the ocean. So I wouldn't doubt it at all.
Doctor of internal combustion
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10/10/2018 at 15:21 |
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That thing is from my town! He built it in a 1 car garage next to the post office. It’s an old milk tanker. I remember a science class field trip in jr high to go check the thing out as it neared completion. Attention to detail on it was remarkable. every single bolt head was smoothed and polished. We watched it do sea trials in the lake.
If I remember correctly, the reason it failed to cross the atlantic was due to the fact that salt water had a negative effect on its tires...
Still it looked good in the 4th of july parade
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> Doctor of internal combustion
10/10/2018 at 16:00 |
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That would have been awesome. It had an a
ffect on me in a few minutes at a car show, I can’t imagine having a personal connection to it.
Chariotoflove
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11/08/2018 at 12:14 |
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Well now I know what internet rabbit hole I’m going down today. Thanks!