Showing posts with label snow machines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow machines. Show all posts
Bring a Trailer, where the cool stuff for sale shows up
1951 Royal Spartanette trailer converted into a hauler 80's Dodge van sno cat 1914 Indian Model F 1954 Willys panel deliveryBrowse through the listings of all the unusual and rare vehicles, and race carshttp://bringatrailer.com/
Snowmobiles can fly. Anything that goes farther than the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk is really flying
On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.Three more flights were made that day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feethttp://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htmLevi LaVallee went 361 feet on a
home made snow machine
for more http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/01/28/a-solution-for-many-many-snow/#more-9642
C'mon steampunk inventors, the snowmachine of 1914 needs your recreation efforts
from a postcard found featuring St Petersburg in 1914 http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/10/05/unusual-soviet-snowmobile-equipment/#more-18818
Necessity, the mother of invention
From http://englishrussia.com/ and http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/ For a gallery of the homemade snow machines: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/04/14/russian-homemade-snowmobiles/#more-12333
WANT !
from http://aircooled-village.blogspot.com/2010/12/t1-promotion-pisten-bulli.html via the great http://stipistop.com
Streetcars, were good for more than just public transportation... did you know they were used to plow snow along their route?
read about plowing snow with street cars: http://cincystreetcar.wordpress.com/2009/01/I like that many were made into little diners. See the inside of one at the Henry Ford museum https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFCpJOUNWCq4lnWIoOz_tX3ruXoxdRJYIpiulcmAHGaKAN7lx2FnonMZ9v3Dk9PblzW5cEip_GLoirkFaobtws7Oc7u1hCk295bl6UbUM-FPlmtizWxJjK3pX-CoL_-qxFv7ryBv5Pt0U/s1600/Henry%2520Ford%2520Diner%5B1%5D.jpg it is the nicest I've seen, most are far more simple and less ornamental Some were made into houses:
The antarctic Sno Cruiser was driven to Chicago, then loaded on a ship for the south pole, and broke the off-loading ramp, you gotta see the video
full gallery here:http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowpics.htmland to watch the 50 second video (in color!) click on the bottom link here: http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowvids.html Some photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6023990&postcount=18495
Cool old russian vehicles!
1913 Russobalt Type-Kegresse1939–1946. Total 33 840 units were produced. This truck is powered by gas generator that used firewood (or coal) to produce gas that powers the engine. Because of this it has low power and speed, it is difficult to service and not so easy to start up. But because the lack of gasoline in some north regions this truck was indispensable. Yag -12 all four
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