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  1. Pist-n-Broke
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    Pist-n-Broke, Aug 8, 2019
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    I like that scenario the best. Just like the belly tanks , pilot bomber seats and wide lap belts.
     
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    Stogy, Nov 11, 2019
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  4. gnichols
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    I'd bet a beer those designs first appeared on race cars, way, way back in the 20's.
     
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  6. edcodesign
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    Cool one to do, mine was a 60's build that I redid, good luck, coupes rule !
     
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    Another place to look for the "roots" would be in military aircraft markings of WWI and II.
     
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    Sorry H.A.M.B.'ers......1966.
     
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  9. The37Kid
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    Checkered is a lot easier than plaid. Bob

    550-plaid-midget.jpg
     
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    Checkered Firewall.JPG

    :rolleyes:...Ahh the Good Ole Days...Pics or it didn't Happen...:)

    Credit to Photographer, Owner
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    When did checkered firewalls start? That is the question. I’d like to think that they started with a umm, checkered past.[emoji38]


    Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
     
    chryslerfan55, Jul 21, 2020
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    from Somewherin The Twilight Zone dodododo

    wings.jpg
    a Curtis from the 1927 WW1 movie 'Wings" possibly a model

    Fokker.jpg
    WW1 Fokker
     
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  13. belair
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    That beats the P-47 by about 20 years^^^^^
     
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    Cunningham.jpg
    1919-21 Cunningham
    ww1 race car.jpg
    Walter Schuricht pre WW1
     
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  15. lippy
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    No definitive way to know but it wasn't Sam Foose!! :D
     
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