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    Post by RipVanArkie Fri May 08, 2009 5:58 pm

    This is MOLAB (mobile-laboratory), built by GM for NASA in 1964.
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    Post by DanTheVanMan Fri May 08, 2009 6:05 pm

    That's way cool. Could you imagine finding this thing now?


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    Post by Guest Fri May 08, 2009 9:39 pm

    i also wonder what became of this epic machine! probably collecting dust behind closed doors somewhere when i could be mobbing it up some mountain trails and camping my butt off!
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    Post by RipVanArkie Sat May 09, 2009 5:10 am

    I have searched, might've been destroyed. The info I have found is sketchy, some says it's 64 some say's 66? Kwl either way! It was designed to sustain two men for a maximum of 30 days on the surface of the moon.


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    Post by G-Man Sat May 09, 2009 9:43 am

    Oscar Meyer Wiener moblie phototype ????
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    Post by DanTheVanMan Sat May 09, 2009 10:20 am

    Saw the wiener mobile the other day in front of Walmart the other day.


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    Post by Guest Wed May 13, 2009 6:03 am

    It might be a '68 as it does seem to have side marker lights. LOL!
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    Post by rocknrod Thu May 17, 2018 4:37 am

    Oscar Meyer mobile.
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    Post by vanny Thu May 17, 2018 2:12 pm

    Reminds me of the Chariot from Lost in Space:

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    Post by retrogeek Thu May 17, 2018 11:03 pm

    I wonder if I could still see this in real life.
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    Post by jrdunn96 Fri May 18, 2018 5:46 pm

    . . . or the new one.

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    Post by retrogeek Thu May 24, 2018 1:44 am

    I think the new one looks identical to the van used in the movie The Martian.

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