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From: bzs@bu-cs.UUCP (Barry Shein)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.auto.tech
Subject: Unusual car spotted in Texas (diamond wheel layout)
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Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 21:36:13 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 21:36:13 1986
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>Some weeks ago, in Austin, TX, some friends of mine saw a car with a
>fuselage pod for a body, something like a BD-5 aircraft, and several
>other unusual features.  It has tandem seating for a driver and a
>passenger, a bubble that flips open for entry, rear wheel driven by
>a chain, and two outrigger wheels slightly behind center (side view)
>that stabilize it at low speeds (they probably don't do much when it's
>underway).
>
>Could someone supply a manufacturer for this?  There have been several
>reports by others, also, on the Texas roads.

I'm almost certain that's an experimental bicycle you are talking about,
not a car, try net.bicycle :-)

	-Barry Shein, Boston University