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In 1948 - cars of the future (Original Post)
packman
Aug 2021
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MichMan
(11,939 posts)1. I have seen three of the fifteen Davis Divans that were originally manufactured
captain queeg
(10,208 posts)2. Cool. The one think all the futurists get wrong is clothing.
We expected high tech fabrics and body suits. But shorts and T-shirts are to most common
zanana1
(6,122 posts)3. What happened to the flying cars?
Weren't they creative enough to envision an imaginary flyer?
Beausoleil
(2,843 posts)4. I remember a Life magazine article that predicted flying cars by 1985! n/t
Harker
(14,024 posts)6. Here you go...
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)11. to me, a flying car is an airplane
didn't understand the difference.
Stuart G
(38,436 posts)5. I wonder if the future predicted...."A computer in every home & hand"....Maybe...the question was...
........What is a computer?
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)7. I bought my first PC around 1980.
A Wang 386. After the sale was completed the salesman asked
me "why would anyone want a computer in their home?"
That was in the Home Electronics Dept of a Montgomery Ward's store.
UnderThisLaw
(318 posts)8. The Tucker 48 WAS the car of the future
Trueblue1968
(17,228 posts)9. ha ha ha!!!!!
Demovictory9
(32,457 posts)10. #2 was a bit ugly