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It Coulda Been a #1841 - Aeronaut Illustration by Alex Tremulis
« on: January 03, 2011, 03:39:54 AM »
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2011, 11:06:22 AM »
Way too short, but I'll take a chance and say Cadillac? ? ?
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2011, 11:51:04 AM »
Bulgemobile
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 12:41:23 PM »
Quote from: Vincent Vell Vet on January 03, 2011, 11:06:22 AM
Way too short, but I'll take a chance and say Cadillac? ? ?

Not a Caddy
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2011, 12:42:00 PM »
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2011, 01:30:49 PM »
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2011, 11:46:57 PM »
It's the Aeronaut by Alexander Sarantos Tremulis, c. 1940.

At first I thought it had to do with his 1940 Chrysler Thunderbolt design, but after more research, I'm leaning strongly towards a 1940 American Bantam proposal.  I think this has stronger ties to Ben Harris' Bluebird-inspired, Bantam-based streamliner than previously thought.  Tremulis' rear-engined TerraCobra, his Bantam Hollywood and Riviera designs, and this Aeronaut seem to share the same wheelbase and similar illustration techniques...

So, if I were to sum it up: Aeronaut - A Bantam-based, Bluebird-inspired, Ben Harris-influenced, Thunderbolt-incorporated Tremulis streamliner.   :faint:


Alex Tremulis' Bantam-based TerraCobra
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Re: It Coulda Been a #1841
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2011, 05:08:26 AM »
Nicely done!
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