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Rocket Cars in Cleveland (wsj.com)
larrysalibra 4 days ago [-]
I grew up in Cleveland and saw these around occasionally...never knew anything about the backstory though...pretty interesting!

I had heard stories about Euclid Beach Park sort of like one hears stories of Coney Island. Never really understood why these parks disappeared.

dr_dshiv 4 days ago [-]
We used to ride on them every 4th of July.

“Ron Heitman’s mind was amazing. He could make a car out of anything. I have a car he built out of a bathtub. He decided to build the Rocket Car, a street-legal vehicle he could use to drive his family around.”

Personally, I love the attitude of a person with the know how (and confidence) that they can make a rocketcar street legal.

Are Burning Man art cars street legal?

marssaxman 4 days ago [-]
Street-legal cars are generally not Burning Man-legal.
pvg 8 days ago [-]
mattmaroon 4 days ago [-]
We also have blimps which are kind of just flying rocket cars.
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