Retro Cool
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These photos have been seen more often but I still think they are cool.
War Tubas
@unknownuser said:
The war tuba is a colloquial name sometimes applied to Imperial Japanese Army acoustic locators due to the visual resemblance to the musical tuba
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@unknownuser said:
Indeed.
@unknownuser said:
The Octoauto was an eight wheel car created by Milton O. Reeves, using a 1910 Overland and four more guncart-style wheel. Over 20 feet long, Reeves claimed that by having eight tires, each tire lasted longer.
do you have to carry 2 spares???
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I guess so
@unknownuser said:
These photographs have been unveiled after a stash of hundred-year-old photos were found in a skip. The pictures were retrieved by a caretaker who was looking after a building being turned into flats in 2006 and have spent the last five years in a carrier bag underneath his bed.
- Daily Telegraph
1886-1894
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@unknownuser said:
The Cadillac Cyclone is a concept car built in 1959 by the Cadillac Division of General Motors. The Cyclone was never mass-produced as a production model.
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@unknownuser said:
The Cyclone was never mass-produced as a production model.
And slow moving pedestrians were relieved to hear this news.
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I used to have one of these bad boys.
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I want a Dynosphere. The tower bridge construction photos are pretty cool as are the others. thanks, Eric.
So what did the Bigtrak do?
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You program turns and durations of straight line travel. After messing about for a bit you could make it navigate the whole house. Good toy for 30 years ago.
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Very cool Jeff.
Persu Streamliner, 1923
@unknownuser said:
Aurel Persu (1890–1977) was a Romanian engineer, and the first to apply aerodynamics principles to automobiles. He came to the conclusion that the perfectly aerodynamic automobile has the shape of a falling water-drop.
‘Persu implemented his idea in 1922–1923 in Berlin, building an automobile that could reach very high speeds for that time, and it could take curves at up to 60 km/h. It was the first car to have the wheels inside its aerodynamic line, which we take for granted today.
- Wikipedia
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British streamlining, also from the mid 30's. Coronation class loco, now in the National Railway Museum in York.
Also, bang up to date retro chic.
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That locomotive is magnificent! Thanks for posting. I have been threatening my wife with a teardrop trailer for years. However I want a Jeep too so this is the combination I am going for (kit for the teardrop of course).
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Nuclear Toys.
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Spacelander electric bicycle, 1946
@unknownuser said:
British born Benjamin Bowden originally designed the futurist Spacelander bicycle for the “Britain Can Make It” exhibition in 1946. Conceived in aluminum, the dynamic form featured a direct drive hub dynamo that stored the downhill energy and released it on uphill runs. The originally prototype for the exhibit was hand-made by the MG Auto Company. Due to the expense of manufacture, the bike did not go into production until 1960, when Bomard Industries of Grand Haven, Michigan contracted with Bowden to create the finished product. The final design was produced in fiberglass and built-in headlight and taillights were added. Ultimately, Bomard Industries went of business and only 522 examples were ever produced.
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$4100.00 in 1946!
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@unknownuser said:
Designed by Jean Pierre Ponthieu. in the 1970s. The Pussycar Automodule was created as a promotional vehicle. Described as ‘The Car of the Year 2000′, its rear wheel was powered by a 250cc single cylinder engine.
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@unknownuser said:
USS Macon (ZRS-5) was an airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting. She served as a ”flying aircraft carrier”, launching Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk biplane fighters. In service for less than two years, in 1935 Macon was damaged in a storm and lost off California’s Big Sur coast.
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@alan fraser said:
British streamlining, also from the mid 30's. Coronation class loco, now in the National Railway Museum in York.
Been there! Seen it! I love York! or Yarvik as it was know by them Vikings!
And. . . I have always loved airships. . .(I relate on a very personal level to big slow lumbering objects that are mostly gas)
See my post from Speedchallenge #3.USS Akron
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I've always loved the "Age of Steam" for locomotive technology. Especially the 30's and 40's before the diesels took over the lines ...
In 1934, J1E Hudson 5344 was the world's first streamlined locomotive.
This steamer is just cool. Even as massive as it is though, the 4-8-4's were larger still.
{Perhaps an interesting study for an SU project?
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Nice find! It's interesting that research on aerodynamics from the 20's and 30's found it's way not only into aircraft design, but cars, trains and even houses.
Got me thinking about Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion creations. Amongst which was this:
The Dymaxion Car.
@unknownuser said:
For those that haven't heard of it, the Dymaxion Car was a teardrop-shaped (least air resistance), 3-wheeled, rear-wheel (single) steering, 20 foot long, Aluminum bodied auto, designed by Buckminster Fuller in 1933 to achieve maximum output and service with minimum material input. It was about 6 feet tall (kinda like a big van), seated the driver and 10 passengers, weighed around 1600 lbs., went 120 miles/hr on a 90 horsepower engine, and got as much as 30 miles to the gallon of gas.
Ugly but efficient!
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