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May 1, 2009 - Who Knew?

The Great Race, starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, and Natalie Wood is one of my favorite movies. Little did I realize all this time that there actually was a NY to Paris car race in 1908!

It was won by the Thomas Flyer, covering 22,000 miles in 169 days. The 1907 Thomas Flyer at $4,000 was a proven machine. Weighing 5,000 pounds loaded, its 4 cylinder 60 hp engine could speed along at 60 mph.

Not exactly dazzling by modern standards, but hey, it was 1908!

Read more about the Flyer and the real Great Race at the 1908 Race Page

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steve_ - May 3, 2009 5:23 pm

No wonder the banks are in trouble if Mr. Drysdale loaned Jed money to buy that clunker.

pf_flyer - May 2, 2009 5:24 am

Actually that's a picture of the restored Flyer taken on part of its original route if I'm not mistaken. And everyone knows that Miss Hathaway was in charge of the photo-ops!

steve_ - May 1, 2009 10:13 pm

Did Jethro or Elly May take that picture?

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