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Four-Links – Virgo, pedestrian strainer, retro ads, sidecar sailing

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* Can’t decide between a dune buggy and a sports car? Back in 1970, Beau Hickory had the ideal solution, and he called it the Virgo. Geoff Hacker at Forgotten Fiberglass has the story on the dual-purpose machine. * Use for a Ford flathead V-8, No. 45,607: Connect it to a propeller and scoot around […]

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Tagged Beau Hickory, Clifford Robins, Duesenberg, dune buggies, factories, flathead Ford V-8, Forgotten Fiberglass, Fred Roe, Hemmings Classic Car, motorcycles and scooters, Peter Helck, sidecar sailing, three-wheelers, vintage ads, Virgo, windwagon  
 

Ray Russell’s sectioned shoebox and other modified Fords

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A while back, Paul Bellefeuille let us borrow a few of his copies of Ford Times, Ford’s in-house monthly magazine that ran from 1908 to 1996, and after some perusing, we came across somebody who should be familiar to faithful Hemmings Blog readers, Ray Russell, he of the Gadabout and the hydraulic-drive and plastic-bodied cars. […]

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Tagged Beneventani Marco, coachbuilt cars, Detroiter, featured posts, flathead Ford V-8, ford, Ford Times, Ford Victoria, Forgotten Fiberglass, H.M. Bennett, Hemmings Classic Car, hot rods and customs, Paolo Cordero di Montezemolo, Ray Russell, Raymond Russell, sectioned cars  
 
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