Retro Cool

david_h

reminds me of these. .. The busses of Malta.

solo

How 'bout cars of Cuba:
http://jewishcuba.org/autos/

david_h

in Cuba. . .those are new cars. . .

boofredlay

The restored GM Futureliner.

And then a cool 3D model by Andrea Porcu done with Cinema 4D

Dave R

How about a rare one? The Mohs Ostentatiene Opera Sedan.

Starling75

Aero 50 Dynamik (1939)

Starling75

Tatra 903 (futuretro concept) - designer Mike Jelinek

ScottPara

Eric,

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

http://www.barrett-jackson.com/application/onlinesubmission/lotdetails.aspx?ln=1307&aid=53&pop=0

Scott

boofredlay

@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.

Alan Fraser

Oooooo! supercool.

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

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

Marian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbojet_train

Dave R

Talking about streamlined railway vehicles...

It's called Spooner's Boat.

TIG

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...

Dave R

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.

Alan Fraser

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

Dave R

Also known as The Cob.

boofredlay

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.