Can we please stop hotlinking pics?

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nderwater wrote:

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90 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket.

spitfirebill wrote:

IndyJoe wrote:

Why do I feel like Toyman is looking at this and thinking "if I throw a battery in this, pump up the tires and tape some flash lights on the fenders, I could probably make it home".

etifosi wrote: 90 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket.

I distinctly remember that photo from my yoof, a major influence on me becoming a science nerd/ egghead.

Thanks much for posting, that takes me way back.

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - Joker

fasted58 wrote:

etifosi wrote: 90 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket.

I distinctly remember that photo from my yoof, a major influence on me becoming a science nerd/ egghead. Thanks much for posting, that takes me way back.

Dad taught at Robert Goddard High School in Roswell, NM. Goddard had lived in and experimented with rockets around Roswell in the 1930's.
We painted my first bike Columbia blue, one of the school colors (Navy, Columbia Blue, and White). We never heard about space aliens around Roswell then (mid-60's), but we darn sure knew who Goddard was.

Almost forgot:

Danny Sullivan "Spins and Wins"

I remember this made quite an impression on me as a young kid.... AWESOME !

In reply to Gasoline:

Sweet !

I had to look two or three times until I "saw" it. Kudos!

iadr wrote: that is a great looking car. Unique wheels. Somehow it has "stance" (in a very good way), which almost makes me quizzical how so, on an open wheel car.

Yeah, I thought it looks pretty cool too. More information at this link:

Road & Track: How to buy a vintage Indy car, and make it turn right