A bit ponderous, but the 'father' of your Ford GT


Cobrar

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jun 24, 2006
4,017
Metro Detroit
Full scale (drivable) reproduction of the world's first self-propelled vehicle - 1770 Cugnot (France). Original is in a museum in France (not working), designed to haul (24#) cannon. Predates Benz by about 100 years or so.

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Sinovac

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
Jul 18, 2006
5,832
Largo, Florida
That reproduction Cugnot came from the Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, which is a privately owned collection of mostly European vehicles. The owner took his Cugnot to France for an exhibition. I've seen it in person and it is very cool.

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HHGT

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Must have been before the word surrender was introduced into the war dictionary.
 

Beach-GT

GT Owner
Mark II Lifetime
May 8, 2006
887
Seminole Florida
Has a florida plate. Wonder what top speed and mileage is on the highway.
 

Neilda

GT Owner
Oct 19, 2005
3,559
London, UK
A very early coal-powered whipple on the back there.
 

rdjmp

GT Owner
Feb 6, 2011
63
DFW Texas
Must have been before the word surrender was introduced into the war dictionary.

Look again at which direction he is traveling in the action shot - AWAY