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Turbine-powered oddities, No. 467: American-LaFrance

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Inspired by Jim Donnelly’s recent profile of Chrysler turbine pioneer George Huebner in the October 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, Dave Collins thought we’d like to know about a very unique turbine-powered vehicle he personally had some experience with: a 1961 American-LaFrance pumper truck. Dave recalls that it was one of three that American-LaFrance […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, American LaFrance, Boeing, featured posts, fire engines, service and fleet vehicles, trucks and Jeeps, turbine-powered trucks  
 

Four-Links – TA Javelin registry, Leyland turbine, CoRVair, another Mustang wagon

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* Josh over at the AMC Javelin Trans Am Registry just emailed us this week to let us know that the registry’s new website is up, and contains just about everything you need to know about the cars, including an interview with Ronnie Kaplan.

* Continuing his obsession with gas-turbine-powered trucks, Brian over at BLB recently […]

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Tagged alt-power cars, AMC Javelin, amphibious vehicles, Corvan, eight-wheeler, Hemmings Muscle Machines, Leyland, Lost and Found, motorhomes, mustang, one-offs and homebuilts, pink, racing, shows, exhibitions and events, station wagons, Trabant, Trans Am, trucks and Jeeps, turbine-powered trucks  
 

Four-Links – Gama Goat predecessor, suspicious vans, old Trailmobile, first-person gas turbine experiences

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* While you may have heard of the six-wheeled Gama Goat by now, you likely haven’t heard much of its four-wheeled predecessor, the AGL-4. Like the very first Gama Goat prototype, the AGL-4 is powered by an air-cooled Corvair six-cylinder and features an articulating joint between cab and bed. GM apparently developed it for military […]

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Tagged AGL-4, buses, Corvair, Daniel Strohl, dealerships, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, Free Candy, Gama Goat, March Military Campaign, New York City, Studebaker buildings, Trailmobile bus, trucks and Jeeps, turbine-powered trucks, vans  
 
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