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an old invention

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here is a video i got in an email. i uploaded it to you tube so everyone could see it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCmMtpn-zJE[/video]
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Ah, a bow thruster, or would that be stern thruster?

Pretty cool, wonder why it didn't catch on?
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please don't drink and drive that thing :lol:
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where can i get mine.lol That would neat to have at a car show and park it with that..it'll be tripping some people out, and for some of the old timers may say
"aawww I had one on my car" dam wife was driving and thought she was pulling the heater vent on and the dam car did a 360 in the middle of the street.I had to sell it the next day!! wife would never drive after that!
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what really hit me was how did he use driveshaft power to turn the wheel? was it a belt or chain that engauged that was hooked to the car driveshaft and went to a secondary shaft to turn the wheel to move the car?
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I like to find that one out as well there fordman ..It is a neat invention
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never caught on cause it murdered trunk space i'd imagine. or cause most men can drive just fine anyway
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BRUTUS_T_HOG wrote:never caught on cause it murdered trunk space i'd imagine. or cause most men can drive just fine anyway
that or you would have a hole in the floor of the trunk. or a hinged door that could rust shut.
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