LINER ON WHEELS.
MONSTER VEHICLE PROPOSED. BOON TO DESERT TRAVELLERS Desert travellers may soon be able to cross enormous stretches) of sand in comfort similar to that enjoyed by people who travel on the sea. Such is the view of an inventor who proposes to build a monster vehicle, a veritable ocean liner on land, capable of accommodating 300 passengers, who would have no fear of hunger, thirst, or the dreaded sandstorms.
Forty-foot wheels, rimmed with paddle-like blades to gain a firm foothold on the shifting sands, will be propelled by huge petrol motors in the hull, capable of sending the vehicle along at 20 miles an hour. The steering apparatus and the pilothouse will be at the front, of the 300 ft. long craft, which will have windowed cabins. A powerful searchlight will cast its beam over the sands at night.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5172, 31 August 1927, Page 3
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142LINER ON WHEELS. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5172, 31 August 1927, Page 3
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