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November 20, 2009

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1938 Curtiss Aerocar

By Dan Strohl

Hemmings

Life got you down? Itching to travel? Tired of seeing your neighbor scratching his butt when you leave the house every morning? What you need, son, is a house on wheels. Yes, sell that boring ol’ house on a foundation and put your money into mobility, maybe something like a 1938 Curtiss Aerocar, towed by a one-of-a-kind Chevrolet-based streamlined tractor, currently for sale on Hemmings.com for $250,000. Continue reading at Hemmings

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1938 Curtiss Aerocar

August 13, 2008

What Could've Been: A CRX Aerocar!

By Jen Dunnaway

Editor

Alex blogged some time ago about the Taylor Aerocar that was slated to appear at the Meadowbrook Concours. What I didn’t realize at the time is that we’ve got an Aerocar right here in Seattle at the Museum of Flight, where I did the obligatory tour while my dad was in town visiting this weekend. The Taylor venture was once a pretty promising one, and at one time it turns out that the company was planning to base a future model on a Honda CRX. That could’ve been kind of cool—probably good on gas, too! Follow the jump to see pics of the full-size Aerocar on display at the Museum of Flight.

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August 5, 2008

Meadowbrook: Aerocar

By Katherine Helmetag

AKA atomicalex

Ed Sweeney is quite the exotic car owner. Not only did he invite me to climb into the only remaining flying Aerocar, he whisked my kids into it, also. Like every other vehicle at the Concours d’Elegance, the Aerocar arrived under its own power, having flown into Detroit a few days earlier. The wings and tail section fold and stow as a trailer that is towed behind the Lycoming-powered cab. The propeller is at the rear of the tail section, and pushes the bubble-shaped podcar to airspeeds of around 100mph. Check out the rest of the pics after the jump.

Meadowbrook: Aerocar

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