Retro Cool

andybot

The Douglas TB2D Skypirate was a torpedo bomber
what's to distinguish this from other WWII planes? Just curious what you find retro cool about it. (looks sorta like the corsair)

now that motorcycle - awesome!!

boofredlay

The dual set of propellers caught my eye.

andybot

ah, that is peculiar, Perhaps a thrust issue. Wonder how many horsepower was under that cowl.

dale

Do these still roam the streets? Screen shot 2012-03-06 at 6.10.21 AM.png

dale

Or these in the old mans shop.
Rigid

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pbacot

IDK about the tool, but she looks anatomically impossible!

Gaieus

Well, these are also anatomically incorrect yet still alive

david_h

somebody needs to buy that girl a hamburger.

david_h

my love of classic VW's segue's beautifully into this discussion

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Alan Fraser

Yes Dale, Mr Whippy is still alive and kicking...and just as annoyingly loud as ever. I can understand them at the beach or whatever, but why the 'burbs? It's not like we don't have freezers these days....and much cheaper ice cream from the supermarket.

urgen

@unknownuser said:

my love of classic VW's segue's beautifully into this discussion

...3d model
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=52b4ef2f4f07eec8c33d84e056f4fd5d

david_h

Sweet.

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boofredlay

@unknownuser said:

This is the ‘jungle yacht’, and was used by the Italian explorer Attilio Gatti in his 10th and 11th African expeditions. The expedition used two streamlined trailers designed by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky and using 1937 International Harvester D-35 chassis, and were 44 feet long and weighed 9 tons. The vehicles were built by the International Harvester company, who was evidently one of the sponsors of the expedition.

The trailers were pretty luxurious accommodations for camping out in the boonies of British East Africa. They were joined together in camp as a deluxe 5-room apartment on wheels, and served as headquarters while the expedition’s personnel sought out the secrets of the dim heart of Africa.

The camps were equipped with electricity and air conditioning and had a workshop, a photographic lab, and a ham radio station (Gatti was an enthusiastic ham radio operator). Electricity was supplied by a 110 volt generator mounted behind the cabs of the trucks. Each night a single wire 4500 volt electric fence was put up to dissuade the large specimens of the local wildlife from approaching the camp.