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Offline nebulous

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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #30 on: July 19, 2010, 12:34:59 PM »
Thank you Mr gearhead!
Only 788 and 7070 are missing.
Thanks again Jack
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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #31 on: July 19, 2010, 12:54:21 PM »
Thank you Mr gearhead!
Only 788 and 7070 are missing.
Thanks again Jack
Not a problem, glad to help but.......I think I got it from a post here on the LSR forum and know nothing about where this shot was taken?
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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #32 on: July 19, 2010, 03:05:33 PM »
Gearhead
That was at Half Moon Bay Dream Machines '08
Thats Tim Cunha standing there. just before he almost walked into the spinning prop of a Yak 9
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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #33 on: July 19, 2010, 09:05:37 PM »
 I'm no expert but my eyerometer indicates the 988 car is the perfect shape for a FWD landspeed car!!!!  Jack, is that number available?

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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #34 on: July 19, 2010, 09:10:34 PM »
988 is still in Jack's name as of  2009.
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Re: The new Costello/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #35 on: January 23, 2017, 06:55:20 AM »
Just for the sake of the discussion, do you know the approximate date the Costella flat bottom vehicles started appearing


1991. suddenly this drop dead gorgeous, diminutively sized streamliner showed up at elmo. just sitting there it looked as if it wanted to go trans-sonic
SCTA officials at the time were betting on when it would go through the lights backwards.
who knows, how many records later, i think THEY had it backwards

i remember talking to Jack asking him for the reason of gluing nylon strings behind one of the front tires. measuring tire growth was his answer.
it was an aircraft tired, pre-steamroller solid wheel design

Derivatives of that car and even 2 wheeled versions continue to wreck havoc -- to this day

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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #36 on: February 01, 2017, 07:20:15 AM »
Another pic would be great. :-D :-D
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Re: The new Costella/Cunha J streamliner
« Reply #37 on: February 01, 2017, 10:36:56 AM »
Google Jack Costella. Lots of pictures.