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Originally Posted by Por_sha911
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Promised in the 1964 Worlds Fair (not my photo):
We were promised flying cars. I WANT MY FLYING CAR!
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I was about six years old (1966) when I discovered that car in a big yellow hardcover book called "Future Cars" at the public library - been a hovercraft owner for the last 30 years. And you too can own a flying car. 
The history of the Howmet TX turbine car of 1968, still the world's only turbine powered race winner
Melvin Residence: The history of the Howmet TX turbine car of 1968, still the world's only turbine powered race winner
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The 1960's was a time when there were fewer restrictions placed on race car designers than today, and that period saw the appearance of gas turbine powered cars, such as Andy Granatelli's STP-Paxton and Lotus 56 cars and the American Howmet Corporation's TX sports-racing machine of 1968.
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https://www.conceptcarz.com/profile/989,13346/1968-mckee-howmet-tx.aspx
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