It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a ... rotary-powered Domino's pizza delivery vehicle! And it's up for auction

Do Martians like pizza?

Of course, that’s a wildly presumptive question. But assuming that there are Martians, Domino’s is halfway prepared.

Consider its 1985 Tritan A2 pizza delivery vehicle, built almost 40 years ago at the behest of Domino’s founder Tom Monaghan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It didn’t fly, but it certainly looked like some NASA engineers might be enticed to retrofit one.

Only 10 were commissioned by Monaghan, and all were customized with warming ovens in the rear. Now one of the few surviving A2s — the oven’s been removed — is being offered for sale at a Las Vegas classic car auction on November 10.

The Tritan A2 was designed by engineers James Amick and his son Douglas, with large arch-shaped rear wings and a broad, curved airplane type windshield. The two-seater could run on gas (a 440cc Syvaro SP-440 rotary engine) or electric (Yes! An EV!) motors.