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Fun #13 - Hovercraft / Track Drying / Homestead, Florida / 1971
« on: July 07, 2011, 04:44:56 AM »
Trying to keep your AutoPuzzles spirits up, and your fever down.

Know the story? For 1 point, identify the reason this out-of-place vehicle is intermingled with the others, where this happened, and the date.  

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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 04:50:47 AM »
Experts?
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2011, 05:08:41 AM »
No guesses here - on to the Pro section, before the inevitable stop in the agujero negro :D
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2011, 05:22:27 AM »
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on July 15, 2011, 05:08:41 AM
before the inevitable stop in the agujero negro :D
See? Your Spanish is GREAT! ;D
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2011, 05:47:39 AM »
Actually, the place where this picture was taken is not lacking speakers of Spanish.  8)
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2011, 02:44:03 PM »
Curiouser and curiouser.

100E Fords, but left hand drive!
Spanish speaking (or at least partially)
Palm trees

is it a Carribean location?
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2011, 03:05:17 PM »
Slightly North of there
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2011, 04:03:45 PM »
Bahamas?
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2011, 04:42:36 PM »
A little more North, and West
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2011, 05:57:13 PM »
Florida?
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2011, 06:19:08 PM »
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2011, 10:51:04 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on July 21, 2011, 04:03:45 PM
Bahamas?
Lots of Spanish speakers in the Bahamas! Woodinsight's losing the plot!  :-[

Could the location be Key West?
Late 1950s/early 1960s?
Testing the speed/driveabilty of the hovercraft against some mundane machinery?
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2011, 04:22:35 AM »
Not in the Keys, but not far from their terminus.

This was not a comparative test of hovercraft and wheeled vehicles.
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #13 on: July 22, 2011, 04:27:52 AM »
It was an innovative experiment in track drying! It worked pretty well, but the hovercraft skid down the banking in the corners. Picture taken at Florida City Speedway, Homestead, on Sept. 6, 1971
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Re: Fun #13
« Reply #14 on: July 22, 2011, 04:29:22 AM »
Wow - you are solving some tough ones!

Another point for you.
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