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![1953 XP-21 Firebird 1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc0cee_4fdd0e7ae4524ecebcc93f50a97b5f44~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bc0cee_4fdd0e7ae4524ecebcc93f50a97b5f44~mv2.webp)
1953 XP-21 Firebird 1
The 1953 XP-21 Firebird 1 was the first gas turbine automobile ever to be built and tested in the United States. Designed strictly as an...
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1953 Chevy Corvette
Influenced by the English and European sports cars being raced on road racing circuits after World War II, Earl decided that General...
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![1951 GM LeSabre](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc0cee_2bdb8437d2dd486d8636620153ae6a77~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bc0cee_2bdb8437d2dd486d8636620153ae6a77~mv2.webp)
1951 GM LeSabre
Designed by legendary GM stylist Harley Earl, the LeSabre embodied the styling of early fighter jets in its basic design. This is...
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![The Great "Double-Decking" 1959 Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc0cee_dc0dec86a01642e8abafb710ddc31fb2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bc0cee_dc0dec86a01642e8abafb710ddc31fb2~mv2.webp)
The Great "Double-Decking" 1959 Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus
"That's gotta be photoshopped" was my natural reaction, and maybe yours, too. But indeed, the 1959 Citroën U55 Cityrama Currus was very...
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!["Hull Yea!" The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI Racing Hydroplane](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/bc0cee_66bd23e18d0941348260f42a4c215595~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_320,h_240,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/bc0cee_66bd23e18d0941348260f42a4c215595~mv2.webp)
"Hull Yea!" The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI Racing Hydroplane
Imagine plopping a Ferrari Grand Prix engine into a boat...well, here's the story! The 1953 Timossi-Ferrari Arno XI Racing Hydroplane was...
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