Showing posts with label unusual. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unusual. Show all posts
Challenging Mopar trivia masters, what unusual about this 1969 Dart?
Answers are here after the link: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2007/05/tokyo-plates-on-56-nomad-bitchin-ride.html
Innovation in steering wheel design, that never went into production... the "Wrist Twist" from Mercury
At Mercury, engineer Bob Rumm produced this one-off 1965 Mercury Park Lane convertible with so-called "wrist-twist" steering controls. The standard steering wheel has been replaced by two 5-inch, wrist-operated dials, that the promo claims frees up knee room, improves visibility and makes parking easier.Skip the first 45 seconds and the male chauvenist attitude, they are both uselessFound on http
1970 concept design of a Lambo Muira Le Mans was just found in Indiana at an estate sale
Read about it and seee the whole gallery of the as found (horrible) condition at http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2011/01/ebay-find-luigi-colanis-1970.html
1922 Mitchell F 50
Click on the image for the full size, the writing on the car is a self promotion campaign to advertise the positive attributes of the Mitchell car. Awesome sphinx statue in the backgroundfound on the hamb http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585
Jim Lakey's Speed Shop, Piqua Ohio, 1963 Nash Metro B/Comp dragster. Lovin it.
Found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585
Inside the Lincoln Tunnel, New York
found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585
ever seen VW dump trucks?
I'm thinking that the obvious problem is too much weight over the rear axle, and if they had too heavy a load getting dumped, it might tip this over backwards.from http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2010/04/classic-volkswagen-vanswell-ti.html
Renard Daimler Road Train - built for the world road transport market in the early 1900's
This probably qualifies as the first ever semi tractor trailer. from http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2010/03/awesome-ancient-aussie-renard.html#more
drag racing Caddy hearse, 2007, wet track
found on http://www.rodsnsods.co.uk/forum/chat/post-random-pic-thread-7157/page76
Biggest monster truck that I've never heard of? It's got 6 more tires than any other I've seen
from http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog/2010/08/the-road-bossthe-worlds-bigges.html
Cool and unusual trucks found on Big Lorry Blog
An older semi in Brazil, and I like the grill, full length and looking like a 1940's car design Cool. Looks like the back wheels also steer Looks like water cannons on top, and armor covering the back This and the last photo in this gallery are both 4 wheels under the cab. It seems similar to an F.A.R. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/three-wheeled-tractor-trailer-rig.html but definitly
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
24 butterflies, 8 blowers, and makes 3400 hp worth of Nitrous powered grin... Mike Harrah's Detroit Diesel, does it make you feel a bit awed?
180 photo gallery of the intake and engine going together here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/learaviator/sets/72157623774941005learned about it on http://www.autoblog.hu/videok/video_24_hengeres_dizelmotor.html not much info on the www yet, but I did find that the guy is a millionaire real estate developer, and owns the biggest of the Blastolene cars (can't recall the name, it's the one with the
I've seen big trucks with half tracks, but I've never come across tracks plus back tires.. on an ambulance!
from http://englishrussia.com
What would you make a former diesel locomotive put onto a missile launcher chassis for? Mobile KW power plant?
from the great finds in English Russia http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/11/16/fantasy-of-russian-engineers/#more-24746
Zaniest thing I've seen in a while, the Jade Warrior from 1985
Skip the first 30 secondsLearned about it from http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/ information from http://www.dragzine.com/news/the-jade-warrior-a-truly-insane-and-one-of-a-kind-ride/The creation of British motorcycle racer Angus MacPhail, who built it himself in his garage, it's called the “Jade Warrior,” did the quarter mile in under 8 seconds a quarter century ago without the use of
Porsche tractor gallery
see the whole gallery at http://zelastchancegaragedu78.blogspot.com/2010/11/porsche-tractors.html
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