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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated October 28, 1947 reads, "Art Murray, former Air Corps gunner behind wheel and Edward Kaufman, both of Denver, display an all aluminum coupe type convertible in North Hollywood. It is good for 100 miles per hour, weighs 1500 pounds, rides five inches off ground, has a nine foot wheel base and custom built body around four cylinder jeep engine back of driver's seat. Murray built it himself."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Automobiles, Convertible--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--Collectors and collecting--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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