Unexpected Public Relations Plug

[CAPOfficer]

A CAP connection to the 50 Worst Cars of All Time; http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657867_1657682,00.html .

[JayT]

Wow.


"Lets join the Civil Air Patrol Fellows! Soft beds, tasty foods, and a uniform so smart it could earn a degree from Havard!"

[BlackKnight]

A CAP connection to the 50 Worst Cars of All Time; http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1657867_1657682,00.html .

Those CAP buddies in Ohio were just a bit ahead of their time.  In the 1960's an official CAP car was developed and marketed: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1658545_1658498_1657834,00.html



Later they added wings, which of course begat the CAP glider program.   

[Al Sayre]

This must be where they got the NASCAR idea