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This is the 1910 Brooke Swan Car, a custom vehicle commissioned by a wealthy eccentric in British India to shock the Calcutta elite.

• Capabilities: Its beak sprays boiling steam to clear crowds, its eyes glow at night, and it features an exhaust-driven musical organ.

• Current Home: It is preserved at the Louwman Museum in the Netherlands.

It remains one of the most famous examples of early "art cars" ever built.

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