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    Starling75
    last edited by 14 Feb 2012, 12:10

    Aero 50 Dynamik (1939)

    http://auta5p.eu/katalog/sodomka/aero_30_02.jpg

    http://www.starlingarch.cz

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      Starling75
      last edited by 14 Feb 2012, 12:25

      Tatra 903 (futuretro concept) - designer Mike Jelinek

      http://www.tatra-club.com/graphics/msgboard/8581/full/original_19494_xju35_shavcvbymwqlxkstw4d.jpg

      http://www.tatra-club.com/graphics/msgboard/3484/full/tatra-concept.jpg

      http://www.cartype.com/pics/5282/full/tatra_903_rt.jpg

      http://www.starlingarch.cz

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        ScottPara
        last edited by 14 Feb 2012, 21:11

        Eric,

        I saw this futureliner sell on TV a while back. Now thats an expensive bus.

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        Scott

        Love the fact that some HATE my avatar.....

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          boofredlay
          last edited by 15 Feb 2012, 21:47

          @unknownuser said:

          The Phantom Corsair is a six-passenger coupé prototype automobile built in 1938. Designer Rust Heinz planned to put the car into limited production. However, Heinz’s death in a car accident in July 1939 ended those plans, leaving the prototype Corsair as the only one ever built.

          http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/170-520x390.jpg

          http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/236-520x390.jpg

          http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/328-520x390.jpg

          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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            Alan Fraser
            last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 09:56

            Oooooo! supercool.

            Is it a boat? Is it a plane? Is it a train? No...it's a Scienenzeppelin (rail zeppelin)

            http://pics.livejournal.com/lord_k/pic/0018kb10/s640x480

            For the first couple of seconds of this clip, you'd swear you were looking at a modern high-speed train.
            Link.

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            You could be entitled to compensation. Call the Pro Claimers now!

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              Marian
              last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 11:35

              Link Preview Image
              Turbojet train - Wikipedia

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              http://englishrussia.com/images/soviet_turbo_jet_train/1.jpg

              http://thecontaminated.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/m497-jet-train/jet-train.jpg

              http://marian87.deviantart.com/

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                Dave R
                last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 14:14

                Talking about streamlined railway vehicles...

                http://www.festrail.co.uk/content/uploads/1/boat_juliabradbury_s.jpg

                http://www.festrail.co.uk/content/uploads/1/boat_s.jpg

                It's called Spooner's Boat.

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                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 15:18

                  That "Spooner's Boat" was very eco-friendly... but because it had limited seating and it couldn't 'tack', then the, 'The train for Holyhead is canceled because the prevailing winds from the West...' quickly made it unpopular with potential passengers... 😉

                  TIG

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                    Dave R
                    last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 15:23

                    The original train on that line was also very eco friendly. Gravity was the propulsion toward Porthmadog and horses were used in the opposite direction. The horses got to ride on the train going down. 😄

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                      Alan Fraser
                      last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 18:09

                      Looks like the photos were taken on the Britannia Terrace causeway just outside Porthmadog.
                      http://maps.google.co.uk/?ll=52.92176,-4.116794&spn=0.001688,0.005284&t=h&z=18

                      3D Figures
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                        Dave R
                        last edited by 18 Feb 2012, 18:30

                        Also known as The Cob.

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                          boofredlay
                          last edited by 21 Feb 2012, 19:48

                          Ironclads

                          @unknownuser said:

                          Ironclads were steam-propelled warships protected by armor plates. The rapid pace of change in the ironclad period meant that many ships were obsolete as soon as they were complete.

                          http://cdn2.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/269-520x380.jpg

                          http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/1123-520x330.jpg

                          http://cdn1.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/350-520x338.jpg

                          http://cdn3.retronaut.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/437-520x338.jpg

                          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                            michaliszissiou
                            last edited by 22 Feb 2012, 16:55

                            I'm not sure if this is the proper topic but... enjoy, scifi-retro-cult lovers 😄
                            http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=andromeda+nebula&oq=Andromeda+Nebula&aq=0&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=1&gs_upl=2315l2315l0l6960l1l1l0l0l0l0l250l250l2-1l1l0

                            And this one. A bit out of topic but I could not resist
                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXP4r8M3eGc

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                              boofredlay
                              last edited by 25 Feb 2012, 18:14

                              1954 Volvo TP21 “Sugga”


                              Sugga.jpg

                              http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                boofredlay
                                last edited by 3 Mar 2012, 04:12

                                Either retro cool or retro frackin' crazy! 😲

                                http://i.imgur.com/DqfEr.jpg

                                And this one I am sure everyone has seen before.

                                http://esl-voices.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Iron-Workers-having-their-lunch-Manhattan-NY-1932.tphoto-by-BettamCorbisiff.jpg

                                http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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                                  urgen
                                  last edited by 3 Mar 2012, 12:56

                                  .... 😎

                                  http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SlRfKzzRBJI/AAAAAAABDDc/SsvZHIcM1kE/s640/kjhgkjyguytuyt.jpg

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                                    mitcorb
                                    last edited by 3 Mar 2012, 13:30

                                    Nice find, urgen:
                                    A similar vehicle was built back in the 1960's for use in oil exploration in marshland. It had a large rectangular deck and long pontoon screws. I remember the demonstration film shot with an elevated camera, showing how it could easily move left, right, circles, etc.

                                    I take the slow, deliberate approach in my aimless wandering.

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                                      Dave R
                                      last edited by 3 Mar 2012, 14:57

                                      That old tractor is very cool. I'd love to have one. This winter it would sure churn up the mud, though.

                                      Eric, that guy hanging from the beam looks like an early PhotoShop job. 😉

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                                        michaliszissiou
                                        last edited by 3 Mar 2012, 17:47

                                        Lovely tractor
                                        Eric, both photos look like an early Ps work.
                                        The first one, well known photo, it's obviously a montage. See environment around figures.
                                        I won't discuss on the second one. Obviously a montage, once again.

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                                          boofredlay
                                          last edited by 4 Mar 2012, 06:13

                                          I am not so quick to discount those images. I can't say for sure about the officer hanging on but surely the one by Charles Ebbets is authentic.

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          This 1932 photo by fearless photographer Charles C. Ebbets shows workmen eating lunch on the 69th floor of the GE Building during the construction of Rockefeller Center. The photo was originally published in the New York Herald Tribune. Notice that the worker on the far right is holding what looks like a liquor flask. I guess it gets chilly up there.

                                          @unknownuser said:

                                          Were these men, whose feet were dangling hundreds of feet above New York’s streets, out of their minds? Because, really, who will eat lunch on a hanging girder and, consequently, who would be courageous enough to take a picture during the Rockefeller Center’s construction – on the 69th floor?

                                          This legendary photograph which portrays 11 workers having a lunch break defines the career of an American photographer, Charles Ebbets. In 1932, Ebbets was the photographic director of the building’s construction. He took this famous photo in September of the same year and shortly after, it was published in the New York Herald Tribune.

                                          This became one of the photographs that changed the world. It was adopted by pop culture and has so many versions to date. Some of these were humorous renditions featuring Hollywood icons, the Muppets, and even the casts from F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

                                          Here are a couple more of Ebbets famous photos.

                                          http://www.wallpapersphotography.com/art-photography/lunch-atop-a-skyscraper/037.jpg

                                          http://www.terra.com.pe/addon/img/noticias/18d5e9a12-charles-ebbets-p.jpg

                                          http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oQunymQFGrM/SasmH2RUXRI/AAAAAAAAC0I/D5B0eNQhvs0/s1600/slide0009_image028.jpg

                                          http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oQunymQFGrM/Sasl4f4kPYI/AAAAAAAACz4/_r9agE1jGpE/s1600/slide0011_image032.jpg

                                          And the man himself.

                                          http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oQunymQFGrM/SaslFIR0FzI/AAAAAAAACy4/-XpABksAy6E/s1600/slide0016_image004.jpg

                                          Now this one for sure is faked 😄

                                          http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/gallery/lunchtime/lunch_atop_a_skyscraper-19.jpg

                                          http://www.coroflot.com/boofredlay

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