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Gold Convertible Midas Gold Convertible
 
Style Original design Convertible
Made by Midas
Produced 1988 to 1989
   
Introduced in 1988 the Convertible was a Midas Gold with the roof chopped off. Gone was the 2+2 option, replaced instead with a big boot.

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Worm gear

Worm and worm gearA worm gear, or worm wheel, is a type of gear that engages with a worm to greatly reduce rotational speed, or to allow higher torque to be transmitted. The image shows a section of a gear box with a bronze worm gear being driven by a worm. A worm gear is an example of a screw, one of the six simple machines.ExplanationA gearbox designed using a worm and worm-wheel will be considerably smaller than one made from plain spur gears and has its drive axes at 90° to each other. W

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