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    Posted: 30-Dec-2012 at 19:36
http://www.hemmings.com/story_image/314701-1000-0.jpg?rev=2
The Thunderbowl Comet, built for the 1936 film Speed, had a streamlined body that wouldn't look out of place on an aircraft. The car was later used to advertise a hotel and is currently undergoing restoration
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/tag/thunderbowl-comet/
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1938 Soviet race car:
http://jalopnik.com/5571982/the-tank+like-soviet-race-car-that-never-raced
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph0SjLC_lqk

Greatest road racing in the world !

Auto Union did indeed become Audi although I don't think the makers were ever Nazi's just Germans.
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Kev, check out this 1938 Merc. Its bodywork is almost 60 years ahead of its time:
http://www.retronaut.com/2011/10/mercedes-benz-w125-record-1938/
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Beautiful machine ! More into the bikes meself. Checkout Henne's BMW, 173.686 mph 76 years ago !

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Beautiful machine ! More into the bikes meself. Checkout Henne's BMW, 173.686 mph 76 years ago !

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http://silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/ernst-henne-bmw-supercharged.jpg


 



Cool.Thumbs Up Here's Burt Munro's Indian motorcycle with similar streamlining
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