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1962 Aguirre X-Sonic

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San Bernardino-based custom carmaker Ron Aguirre sits in his 1962 X-Sonic, a radio-controllable vehicle inspired by the design of the 1956 Corvette. It included the first adjustable suspension system, made with hydraulic pumps and valves salvaged from a surplus B-52 Bomber. Aguirre used this equipment to raise and lower the automobile to pique traffic cops who believed it violated a California vehicle code regulation forbidding cars from having any parts closer to the ground than the bottoms of their wheel rims.

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