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Renault / Record de Vitesse. 1956

Sold for $700 at Poster Auctions International Inc on Mar 12, 2017.

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Artist: LOUIS MORIN (1855-1938) Size: 63 3/4 x 23 in./162 x 58.6 cm Courbet, Paris Looking like Speed Racer's Mach 5, Renault's "Shooting Star" was an experimental car built on a tubular structure, fitted with a polyester body, and powered by a turbine engine similar to those used in helicopters, delivering about 270 HP. On September 5, 1956 it swept across the Bonneville salt flats of Utah at 192 mph (308.9 kph), setting four world records, two of which still stand today. (Automobile)

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