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Old Jun 5, 2025 | 10:22 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 08:49 AM
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I wonder how they got into that ,looks like the door would hit the track..but see the passenger door open. I wonder if it was cut shorter and the only side to get in..
 
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 09:09 AM
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^^^^^^^^^^ I think it would also be a real bear to steer with those long tracks. No power steering and it would have a very strong tendency to just proceed in the direction it is pointed, especially under power.
 
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 09:31 AM
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Likely would have separate braking system both sides..
 
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 08:15 PM
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 08:43 PM
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^^^^just on the outskirts of Roswell, NM.....
 
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Old Jun 6, 2025 | 11:26 PM
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Hello, Spacely's auto wrecking? I'm looking for a gonculator for my 2057 Intergalactia coupe. I heard you had one in your yard. Would you happen to have the part for me?
 
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Old Jun 7, 2025 | 05:01 AM
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I do not recognize the brand of spaceship or of any vehicle shown.
 
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I do not recognize the brand of spaceship or of any vehicle shown.
Maybe you fellas with a regular desktop can see cars with a steering wheel, but on my tablet I can’t make out anything with one on either side of the cars.
So maybe it is an AI or CGI created image??????? Who knows?
 
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I agree, definitely AI. Look at the car to the left of the space ship. The grille bars do not meet and the tail fin juts up at a weird angle. I've never seen a hood ornament like the one on the car in the very front. The car to the right of the ship has windshield wipers on the rear window. And what is that white thing two rows back and to the left? It doesn't have a driver's door.
 
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They're all computer generated composite images of what could be considered cars. The one on the right end of the row ahead of the ship has tail lights, 2 different ones I might add, in the front grille. And as Don astutely noted, not one of them has a steering wheel. Looking at some of these abominations, it makes me thankful for actual automotive designers.

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Old Jun 7, 2025 | 11:23 AM
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But, I must say, the space ship looks like an authentic stock original.
 
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But, I must say, the space ship looks like an authentic stock original.
Just a little surface rust. Easy restore!
 
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Originally Posted by 56panelford


I wonder how they got into that ,looks like the door would hit the track..but see the passenger door open. I wonder if it was cut shorter and the only side to get in..
Originally Posted by Desert Don
^^^^^^^^^^ I think it would also be a real bear to steer with those long tracks. No power steering and it would have a very strong tendency to just proceed in the direction it is pointed, especially under power.
Originally Posted by 56panelford
Likely would have separate braking system both sides..
Separate per side would not be hard as it most likely still used rods to the drum brakes, I know a 31 Model A truck did.
Just disconnect the front and run each rear rod to a 2nd pedal.
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