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Old 06-11-2009, 01:28 PM   #1
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spotted this on the road

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I would not want to rotate tires on this... Any idea what it is? Not an Airstream or Argosy.
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Old 06-11-2009, 02:07 PM   #2
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A pain to turn is what it would be!!!!!!!!!!
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An immovable object. I don't see how you could drive that thing, let alone back up. Probably need pull-through sites. A tire seller's dream and the technician's nightmare.

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... Any idea what it is? ...
Scary!
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Old 06-11-2009, 03:24 PM   #5
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Old 06-11-2009, 03:45 PM   #6
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Skidd steere like a bobcat!! Could you just imagine the ruts in the grass!!! lol
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That reminds me of those fake inflatable tanks they used in WWII to fool the germans flying overhead. I think there's a little trailer hidden under all that. After all, look how the front end is being propped up by a stick!

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Old 06-11-2009, 04:48 PM   #9
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Wow!

That looks like one of the vehicles from a British animated (puppet) show I used to watch when I was a kid. All the characters where puppets and all the team members vehicles could fly or float or go into outer space. And they always saved the world from impending doom! The newest Team America movie was based on this television show series. Ed
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Old 06-11-2009, 05:59 PM   #10
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That has to be the Thunderbirds - no?


But let's not get off topic - What the heck is this thing?
Homemade? Bought? I might have to drive the 4.5 hours back + $40 bridge toll to find the owner and ask...

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That looks like one of the vehicles from a British animated (puppet) show I used to watch when I was a kid. All the characters where puppets and all the team members vehicles could fly or float or go into outer space. And they always saved the world from impending doom! The newest Team America movie was based on this television show series. Ed
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That looks like one of the vehicles from a British animated (puppet) show I used to watch when I was a kid. All the characters where puppets and all the team members vehicles could fly or float or go into outer space. And they always saved the world from impending doom! The newest Team America movie was based on this television show series. Ed
Was it this show? Fireball XL5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There was another called Captain Scarlet.

Whatever that rig is, it looks like it was built just to see if it could be done. It would only need that many wheels if it was a mobile headquarters for WeightWachers.
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That reminds me of those fake inflatable tanks they used in WWII to fool the germans flying overhead. I think there's a little trailer hidden under all that. After all, look how the front end is being propped up by a stick!

Nice find
You mean like this:
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O M G !!! I am gonna laugh up a lung!!!! STOP IT!!! mobile headquarters for WeightWachers.
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I don't know but it probably needs new axles.
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OMG!!! Its a mobile rocket launcher!!!
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By golly, I think you're right. . . a motor home made out of a surplus Russian missile launcher!

Either that, or the motor home body is camouflage. . .
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Needs it's running gear balanced
as well as new axles.

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You guys are going to suffer the wrath of the moderators! You know that kind of talk is NOT tolerated any more.
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That has to be the Thunderbirds - no?


But let's not get off topic - What the heck is this thing?
Homemade? Bought? I might have to drive the 4.5 hours back + $40 bridge toll to find the owner and ask...
Sorry, Thunderbirds were newer version! Ed
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Was it this show? Fireball XL5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There was another called Captain Scarlet.

Whatever that rig is, it looks like it was built just to see if it could be done. It would only need that many wheels if it was a mobile headquarters for WeightWachers.

Yep, You nailed it! Really shows our Age eh? Ed
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