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Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978 - "Sacfireboid" Kurtis
« on: April 06, 2011, 04:35:45 AM »
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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 05:00:02 AM »
Wow - I don't know how much easier I can make a Rookie puzzle...

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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2011, 04:21:33 PM »
Are we talkin' turbines here?

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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2011, 04:26:00 PM »
Follow that hunch
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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978
« Reply #4 on: April 15, 2011, 05:32:58 AM »
1957 Sacfireboid Kurtis Race Boeing Gas Turbine

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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978
« Reply #5 on: April 15, 2011, 05:36:27 AM »
Too difficult for Rookies; too easy for Experts...  :D
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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978 - "Sacfireboid" Kurtis
« Reply #6 on: April 15, 2011, 03:14:41 PM »
Is that Bill France behind the wheel???

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Re: Easy Rookie Racer Puzzle #1978 - "Sacfireboid" Kurtis
« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2021, 12:56:28 PM »
This car was built by members of the Strategic Air Command in Omaha, Nebraska during 1955.  Chassis was donated by Firestone, gas turbine donated by Boeing.

It is probably more accurate to call it the SAC Fire Boid, or the S.A.C. Fireboid.  With or without the name Kurtis attached.