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Subject:/f acceleration
Date:Wed, 18 Oct 1995 13:44:28 +0500

I understand Garret Turbine Inc., in Arizona still has one of their
turbine-powered 18-wheelers (which never made it to more than a
prototype) on display at their headquarters....  Does anyone know
anything about this ?
Cetin

Michael Wagner writes:
 > The place I'm temping has a business unit that manufactures the turbine 
 > engines for the Navy's Harpoon missile, and it looks like an IDEAL size 
 > to strap/weld onto the sides of a Transporter for vastly improved freeway 
 > acceleration.
 > 
 > The only drawback might be the $80,000 apiece price tag...