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Penny Riley

Thu Jun 13 2013 01:24:30 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

c.1970: Alex Tremulis checking out the cockpit of the Thunderbowl Comet (aka Golden Eagle), a faux land speed record car made for the 1936 movie "Speed" starring James Stewart. Tremulis and his brother-in-law (and Gyronaut crew member), Pete Politis, went to check out the car in Acton, Ca where it resided as a tourist attraction. Powered by a front wheel drive Cord L-29 drivetrain, the car is currently being restored to its former celluloid glory...

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