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World's Oldest Running Car Up For Sale
cylonlover writes "A very special car will cross the auctioneers block next month — it's the world's oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 de Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout. The second prototype built by Count de Dion, the car participated in the world's first automobile race, which only attracted one competitor. It completed the course, and although it's arguably not possible to have a race without two competitors, this is the car that 'won' that race, achieving a claimed top speed of 37 mph on the straights."
37mph is more than you need for most Sunday afternoons on the M25!
Someone let Jay Leno know.
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Now show me the Carfax.
Yes, sadly it ran into hard times in the 1930s and had to hire itself out as a beer fountain.
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I know you were going for a funny but it would only have to comply with the regulations that were in effect when the vehicle was made, so none. Granted it may have to have one of those orange triangles on the back, but other than that it should be perfectly street legal. Also if the car isn't currently in the US it can easily be imported as it is old enough to not have to comply with current regulations (I know this because I looked into importing a car a few years back) and there wouldn't be any import restrictions on it. That is one of the great things about old vehicles is the lack of regulations, also vehicle age is determined by the chassis age not the engine so swapping out and old blown engine with the new one means you can strip off all the emissions controls and only run with the ones needed at the time of vehicle manufacture. This is why I like that my project car is a pre-emissions vehicle (it has some but they are very limited as it only has to deal with crankcase emissions), so basically I can do what ever I want with it.
Time to offend someone
This car was featured in the popular zoetrope: "Pimpeth Thine Horseless Carriage".
Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
The oldest bootable copy of the original linux on a 5.25 inch floppy is being auctioned.
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FWIW.
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Hey it's steam-powered.
It runs on steam, the same way a Prius runs on electricity.
Godaddy is a scam and a ripoff.
not really - it's a 4 seater so you don't get the "sports car" rate.. and i bet the blue book on it is crap. i've got a 79 midget.. and the insurance "value" of the car is ~300$.. when i added it to my insurance ~10 years ago it actually lowered my overall rate because it divided into the drive time of my then more modern and "valuable" car.
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AFAICT, in California the vehicle smogs as the donor, and you're never allowed to swap a motor older than the vehicle, truck into car, or diesel into non-diesel. Once it's pre-smog, though, it no longer requires checks for registration.
If you live someplace else you're probably right.
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We are talking about Linux, so 3.5" floppy disk would be appropriate. They were ubiquitous in 1991. You can go for double density disks, though, since they were cheaper. Bonus points for drilling a hole in the capacity indicator and formatting the floppy for high density resulting in no errors in Norton disk doctor.
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