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A Sphinx With Jets

A Sphinx with Jets  :::::  Armstrong Siddeley Saphire Limousine

A Sphinx with Jets ::::: Armstrong Siddeley Saphire 346 Limousine

OK, motorheads, here’s something you don’t see every day . . . especially in rural California: a mid-1950s British Armstrong Siddeley Saphire 346 Limousine.  Found under a filthy tarp, in an old hangar, at a privately owned WWII training airport.   Yes, that hood ornament is a winged Sphinx with jet engines: Siddeley was best known as an aircraft engine manufacturer for Hawker and Bristol.  Who knew they made limousines too?

Totally dark space, Protomachine flashlight set to white and purple.

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