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#A029 by Amsterdam SOLVED: Howmet TX (Turbine eXperimental)
« on: April 12, 2010, 02:59:50 PM »
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Re: #A029 by Amsterdam
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 08:01:50 AM »
But it is not Japanese

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Re: #A029 by Amsterdam
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 11:12:40 AM »
It's the Howmet Turbine LeMans car

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Re: #A029 by Amsterdam
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 12:27:30 PM »
Welcome to Autopuzzles.

....and Yes it is!
The Howmet Turbine experimental (TX) was an American sports prototype racing car designed in 1968 to test the competitive use of a gas turbine engine in sports car racing.
Planned by racing driver Ray Heppenstall, the TX combined a chassis built by McKee
Engineering, turbine engines leased from Continental Aviation & Engineering, and financial backing and materials from the Howmet Corporation