Saturday, December 11, 2010

Unique Cars Retro Streamliners


Speaking on scarce and expensive vehicle, have you ever heard of a vehicle called McQuay Norris Streamliners?. This car is one strange car in the world and an important part of automotive history.
McQuay Norris Streamliners only produced a total of six units in 1934, on orders from the company McQuay Norris in St.Louis. This company is engaged in industrial spare parts (spare parts) of vehicles.







Therefore, McQuay NorrisStreamliners also be used as a means of testing for the components of the new engine. For this purpose, the interior is equipped with many buttons and instruments to monitor the performance and condition of engine parts.
Design of body McQuay Norris Streamliners inspired by aircraft windshield with a canopy made of glass / plexiglass. An aerodynamic body made by Hill Auto Body Metal Company in Cincinnati, Ohio by using materials from steel and aluminum frame attached to the timber, which is paired with a frame and transmission and engine from a Ford V8 in 1934.



Uniquely, all the workmanship of the starting material into a single unit until the car is done manually by hand (hand made).
In his era, a futuristic model and draw the attention always seemed to make a traffic stop when the cars are going on to take the company salesmen visiting customers and distributors. Now, from 6 units of cars built, only the remaining 2 units. Salahsatunya was restored in 1990 and became a collection of Hemmings Motor News.

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