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Futurist Buckminster Fuller with the car and housing framework he designed, USA, at or after 1965?
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The 1938 version was cooler looking. Design wise if he'd moved the front wheels up and shortened it a bit the stability problem would have gone away. And 30 mpg in 1938 was pretty impressive, just not as big a selling point when gas was a nickel a gallon.