Tercel Design Story
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Re: Tercel Design Story
Hi guys. Check out this link for more on the original concept car, along with some other rare accessories and versions.
(sorry if its been posted before; I couldn't find it posted in earlier threads.)
http://www.team-go-on.com/les-toyotas-f ... d-t246.htm
Gotta love the 4WD Sedan!
Can't tell if that red stripe is part of the diagram, or a unique addition to the pattern...
(sorry if its been posted before; I couldn't find it posted in earlier threads.)
http://www.team-go-on.com/les-toyotas-f ... d-t246.htm
Gotta love the 4WD Sedan!
Can't tell if that red stripe is part of the diagram, or a unique addition to the pattern...
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Re: Tercel Design Story
Thanks, Bryan!
Since I cannot read French - that top photo with the photograpic/video gear on the car's roof - is it an ancestor of a Google Streetview car?
The large lettering on the side appears to read "IMRO" (or "IMRD") and "WATCHING." Any idea on this?
Tom M.
Since I cannot read French - that top photo with the photograpic/video gear on the car's roof - is it an ancestor of a Google Streetview car?
The large lettering on the side appears to read "IMRO" (or "IMRD") and "WATCHING." Any idea on this?
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
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"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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Re: Tercel Design Story
Hi Tom- In the article, the author speculates about the drivetrain and comments on the roof-mounted "bird watching camera."
The concept is referred to as "The Car of the Future, available next year."
I love it.
BT
The concept is referred to as "The Car of the Future, available next year."
I love it.
BT
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A-HA ! on the clue to the sign on the side!
It is a car dedicated to IMRD WATCHING!
Ornithologists and birdwatchers the world over know (and are quite keen to add to their lists) the seldom-seen and fleet (when unladen) IMRD swallow. The IMRD species is the very rare cousin to the African and European swallows...
Tom M.
It is a car dedicated to IMRD WATCHING!
Ornithologists and birdwatchers the world over know (and are quite keen to add to their lists) the seldom-seen and fleet (when unladen) IMRD swallow. The IMRD species is the very rare cousin to the African and European swallows...
Tom M.
T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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Re: Tercel Design Story
what is the average wind speed of a swallow?
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Is that the breaking wind speed or the making wind speed?
Tom M.
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T4WD augury?
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/z ... o00333.htm
"Estimates for maximum speed of swallows is probably 40 to 50 mph."
Swallows DON'T fart. It's a matter of pride with them.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v10 ... -p0156.pdf
As measured by doppler radar...12 different birds. meters/sec.
"Estimates for maximum speed of swallows is probably 40 to 50 mph."
Swallows DON'T fart. It's a matter of pride with them.
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v10 ... -p0156.pdf
As measured by doppler radar...12 different birds. meters/sec.
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@Bryan
Great Post!
Great Post!
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But was that bird carrying coconuts?takza wrote:http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/z ... o00333.htm
"Estimates for maximum speed of swallows is probably 40 to 50 mph."
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was that African, or European? But the African are not migratory.
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No - but enough of them could carry grooms wielding said coconuts.hberdan wrote:But was that bird carrying coconuts?
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"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
"Oh, do not ask, 'What is it?' Let us go and make our visit."
T.S. Eliot - "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
"Now and then we had a hope that, if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates."
Mark Twain
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Birds are evolved dinosaurs....humans are devolved apes?
Give a boy a gun-give a biatch a cell phone-and pretty soon you almost got yourself a police state.
Orwell said: War is peace! Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength...
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This is soooo cool. The T4wd is probably the most utilitarian vehicle ever built. I love the cubby in the back with a TV and place to prepare one's sushi
I will always have at least one of these cars, but I'm getting buried in my 4WD van
I will always have at least one of these cars, but I'm getting buried in my 4WD van
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Really like those 4wd 'yota vans also. To bad it is so hard to find one that has not been driven to the moon and back...emmahumpfritter wrote:This is soooo cool. The T4wd is probably the most utilitarian vehicle ever built. I love the cubby in the back with a TV and place to prepare one's sushi
I will always have at least one of these cars, but I'm getting buried in my 4WD van