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Apr 22, 2012 | 07:19 PM

chrisneu68olds

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Best description yet....

From a Tumblr blog:

The Cutlass: Named after a weapon, not an appliance

Apr 23, 2012 | 06:32 AM

joe_padavano

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Originally Posted by chrisneu68olds

From a Tumblr blog:

The Cutlass: Named after a weapon, not an appliance

Uh, what appliance is named "Cutlass"?

Personally, I prefer to think it's named after the Chance Vought fighter plane:

Apr 24, 2012 | 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by joe_padavano

Personally, I prefer to think it's named after the Chance Vought fighter plane

I missed that too, thanks for the info Joe.

Apr 24, 2012 | 03:54 PM

Allan R

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Quote:

Originally Posted by joe_padavano

Uh, what appliance is named "Cutlass"?

Well that's what I thought too until I found this http://www.jcwhitney.com/appliances/...1611j1s21.jcwx
Not what I was thinking either......

Apr 24, 2012 | 07:49 PM

MrRocket

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I always thought Cutlass was named after a sword.

Apr 24, 2012 | 08:01 PM

Allan R

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Originally Posted by MrRocket

I always thought Cutlass was named after a sword.

We had a discussion on this last year IIRC. The overwhelming consensus was it was named as Joe said. The theme of the Rocket power and military association with the experimental jet f85 Goblin + the F7U Cutlass jet. Olds was looking to the FUTURE, not the past as would be the case with the sword....