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Saw this in the apartment complex near work. They had their own reserved spot in front.

Dealer tags.

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Forty years ago, two Maritimers drove into the Guiness Book of World Records.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1604749259.jpg

Volvo was assembling cars in Halifax at the time. This is the one that set the record.74 days. One guy drove, the other navigated.

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Les

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 11093238)

What was the record????

Like Pre-Chinese Volvos.... had several.

Here is the article about the feat 40 years ago.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/volvo-around-the-world-maritimers-odyssey-1.5785959

A pic from the article 'way back then.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1604791997.jpg

No GPS, just crazy enough.

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Les

Lohner Porsche : 1899
https://cartype.com/pages/2417/lohner_porsche__1899
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The first hybrid car.

The up to 56 km/h (35 mph) fast carriages broke several Austrian speed records, and also won the Exelberg Rally in 1901 with Porsche himself piloting a front-wheel drive hybrid specimen.................

In 1902, he was drafted into military service. He served as a chauffeur to Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, the crown prince of Austria whose assassination sparked World War I a mere decade later.

Dr Ferdinand Porsche Builds Electric Car
https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.upsbatterycenter.co m%2Fblog%2Fdr-ferdinand-porsche-electric-car%2F&psig=AOvVaw1AMV0o36SChFmc37ViL8ku&ust=16049 27836217000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAkQjhxqFwoT CJD1k5-E8-wCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAM
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It’s strange the way things go around in circles. The Poet T.S. Eliot wrote in 1941 that “we shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started. And know the place for the first time.” The Porsche motor company is rolling out its ‘first electric car’. Did you know their founder Dr Ferdinand Porsche beat them by 120 years?

https://www.upsbatterycenter.com/blog/dr-ferdinand-porsche-electric-car/
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Ferdinand Porsche worked with Jakob Lohner to produce the company’s first electric car in 1898. He engraved the symbol ‘P1’ on all the key components, signifying he had made them. The motive power for the ‘Porsche 1’ comprised hub electric motors on the front wheels under battery power.

120 Years of Lohner-Porsche
https://www.secret-classics.com/en/120-years-of-lohner-porsche/
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In the above link I have not seen a couple of these Flash photos before, nice stuff.

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Thanks for that story. Great adventure, what woiuld today's challenge be?