AVE Mizar
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The AVE Mizar was a roadable aircraft built between 1971 and 1973 by Advanced Vehicle Engineers of Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. The company was started by Henry Smolinski and Harold Blake, both
A Mizar at Oxnard Airport, Oxnard, California, August 1973
Ford Pinto
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The Ford Pinto is a subcompact car that was manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company in North America from 1970 until 1980. The Pinto was the first subcompact vehicle produced by Ford in North
AVE Mizar
…Institute of Technology's aeronautical engineering school. The prototypes of the Mizar were made by mating the rear portion of a Cessna Skymaster to a Ford Pinto. The pod-and-twin-boom configuration of the Skymaster was a convenient starting point for a hybrid automobile/airplane. The passenger space and front…
Ford Pinto
First-generation American subcompacts, left to right: AMC Gremlin, Ford Pinto, Chevrolet Vega
Ford Pinto design proposal, 1970
1971–1972 Ford Pinto sedan with enclosed trunk