Keweenaw County Yooper
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That is the first McDonalds in Des Planes, Illinois.
Things you could order over 50 years ago that you can't order now !
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2LaneCruzer
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You and me too. Have a friend with one just like it. He might sell...
bigtiller
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I used to have one but it didn't have the Continental kit. I thought the round radio was unique. Traded it for a 63 ford falcon.
I wouldn't mind having either one back.
SouthernSky
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I used to think that as well but after checking Wiki they say Des Plaines was number nine.
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ultrarunner
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I was thinking California…I used to think that as well but after checking Wiki they say Des Plaines was number nine.
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Near the end of WWII, in late 1944, three US B-29 Superfortresses were forced to land in Russia near Vladivostok. The Russians seized them but returned the crews. They had been trying to get B-29's through the Lend-Lease program but weren't allowed to get any.
So the Tupolev design bureau took them, disassembled them and began making nearly exact copies, called the TU-4.
Years later an engineer that had worked on the original B-29 design was able to inspect a TU-4, and found that the copies were so exact the Russians had even copied a couple of holes in the main spar carry-through that were mistakes in the original design but had no use.
So the Tupolev design bureau took them, disassembled them and began making nearly exact copies, called the TU-4.
Years later an engineer that had worked on the original B-29 design was able to inspect a TU-4, and found that the copies were so exact the Russians had even copied a couple of holes in the main spar carry-through that were mistakes in the original design but had no use.
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They also made Model A Ford "B" engines and powered their "Jeeps"
The engines were quality and in the 60's-70's brand new surplus Russian Model A Ford engines were being sold stateside.
The engines were quality and in the 60's-70's brand new surplus Russian Model A Ford engines were being sold stateside.
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By coincidence, I read about those B-29 copies somewhere else today or yesterday.
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Sure it was a cow? Well maybe an old spent dairy cow.
turnkey4099
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I learned about them in my Russian language class 1955 Syracuse U. Small AF detachment off campus.
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