Ford Taunus G93A the first (and until the 1970s the last) Ford Taunus to feature a fastback shape: in this application the rather severe slopes enforced by squeezing North-American style fast-back styling onto a relatively short wheelbase was not universally admired: the car became known as the "Buckeltaunus" (Hunchback Taunus). On 30 April 1939 Ford Cologne began to manufacture the Taunus, a mid-size car intended to slot into the range between the little Ford Eifel and the company’s big V8 models. The car was presented to the public in June 1939. Although the structure of the car did not follow the revolutionary monocoque
Thunderbird 2 pod vehicles the Thunderiser/Laser Cutter. No models have been issued of this device. The Electromagnetic grabs, according to the "Thunderbird 2" cross-section, are housed in all six pods of "Thunderbird 2" and are hydraulically lowered from a hatch in the base of the pod. However, in the Haynes "Thunderbirds Manual (Agents' Technical Manual)", the grabs take up the whole of Pod 2. The Grabs are used to grab and lift heavy vehicles out of disaster areas and, as seen in "Brink of Disaster" are strong enough to tear an individual carriage from a monorail out of the whole train. They are also