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Jon65
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So did I miss the answer to this one? |
Its a 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman. |
Oh, of course. Why didn't I know that.  |
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Fish
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tacochris
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My buddy just picked one of these up with 12,000 og miles. Anyone know what it is?  I had never heard of it till me educated me on it.
Side note this is not his car just found a pic on the net. |
Just thought I should mention I actually know where one of these is sitting off to the side of someone's driveway!! ...and in the same color combination. I never knew what it was until i saw this......very cool.
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drscope
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Don't think this one has been up yet.
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Looks a lot like something Cushman would have made.
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Jacks
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Apal. Luv those
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Stonefish
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Don't think this one has been up yet.
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1951 Thrif-T...
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turboblue
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Don't think this one has been up yet.
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1951 Thrif-T... |
Yup.
Edited to repair broken link.
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mark tucker
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| nifty thrifty. |
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79SuperVert
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| Its a 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman. Built by the Beechcraft airplane people and used a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder air cooled engine in the back! |
So now I know of two aircraft manufacturers that thought about going into the car business. But SAAB actually made a go of it.
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iowegian 
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| Its a 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman. Built by the Beechcraft airplane people and used a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder air cooled engine in the back! |
So now I know of two aircraft manufacturers that thought about going into the car business. But SAAB actually made a go of it. |
Don't forget Messerschmitt. |
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Jon Schmid
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Umm.... Mitsubishi? Seems like they made a plane called a Zero or something...  |
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Fish
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mark tucker
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| drscope wrote: |
| Its a 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman. Built by the Beechcraft airplane people and used a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder air cooled engine in the back! |
So now I know of two aircraft manufacturers that thought about going into the car business. But SAAB actually made a go of it. |
Don't forget Messerschmitt. |
and porsche made a protype for the navy hellocopter, somebody has one for sale on flebay. |
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Fish
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Endicott jb
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| drscope wrote: |
| Its a 1946 Beechcraft Plainsman. Built by the Beechcraft airplane people and used a horizontally opposed 4 cylinder air cooled engine in the back! |
So now I know of two aircraft manufacturers that thought about going into the car business. But SAAB actually made a go of it. |
Don't forget Messerschmitt. |
and porsche made a protype for the navy hellocopter, somebody has one for sale on flebay. |
And you can't forget about Nissan. I also think that Mercedes, Rolls Royce, and BMW made a foray into the airplane business.
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:45 pm Post subject: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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| Didn't Ford make something called a Tri-Motor as well? |
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jmartin7
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Endicott jb
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I wonder what it's like to drive a Dr. Seuss car sometimes also.
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79SuperVert
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I was thinking more of airplane manufacturers that decided to try the automobile business rather than the other way around. Mercedes, Rolls Royce, etc. I think all started making cars first, then planes. Beechcraft, Mitsubishi and SAAB I think built aircraft first, then decided to try their hand at cars.
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Jon Schmid
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| Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 7:40 am Post subject: Let's Play, WTF is That!?! |
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Hi 79SV,
At the risk of hijacking this thread, I'll try not to butcher history; I could well likely be wrong on some points here. Many of the Japanese aircraft manufacturers before/during WWII were "heavy industries" i.e. they made a lot of things in addition to planes. After the war planes were a no-no, so they had to get into other things. Mitsubishi into cars, Kawasaki into motorcycles, etc. Likewise Germany, no planes, so Messerschmitt made those cool front door cars, and Heinkel among other things did some coachbuilding. All of these companies have a fascinating history, though not all of it necessarily good. OK, back to weird looking vehicles...
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