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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The RP-4, dual supercharged big blocks, dual props - contra rotating variable pitch props
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Awesome finds by 21Studs (where does Nik find such great photos?!)
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
the Pullman Railplane of 1933, self propelled, designed by Stout (of the Stout Scarab)
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In 1933, the Pullman Car & Manufacturing Company constructed the Railplane to Stout's design (some improvements were later patented by the company, see the positives below). This was merely Stout's familiar triangulated space-frame aircraft fuselage, this time adapted to railroad use. Here too, he was able to preserve his all-time important triumvirate: simplicity, practicality and comfort. The self-propelled car had an aluminum body, 60' in length. It was exhibited at the Chicago World's fair 1934 and then leased to the Gulf, Mobile & Northern in 1935 for service between Tylertown and Jackson, Mississippi. From the railroad point of view, all running gear could be easily serviced from outside, tracks and roadbed lasted longer and operating costs were significantly less. Despite proven advantages, there were no buyers. Union Pacific ordered a three-car version (future City of Salina) , but that's as far as it went.
from http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/sunday-streamline-12-pullman and http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/flying-americans
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Found on http://www.cardesign.ru/forum/diskussii/obschenie/1352/page28/
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Friday, June 3, 2011
Extremely broad variety of special cars, from hot rods and customs, to supercars
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Rolls by Thrupp and Maberly called the Star Of India
The guys in KKK robes are supposed to appear as persian desert nomads. What moron was in charge of costumes for that photo op? the vehicle is the Rinspeed Bedouin
Plymouth Savoy custom... doesn't seem to be in the right company
Hot rod Lincoln
The photos on this blog http://onlycarsandcars.blogspot.com aren't captioned, there is no writing, and I can only speculate that the person making this blog isn't American, must be english speaking European, because he titles the cars Chop Tops, instead of convertible.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
The AMX prototype, why anyone thought a rumble seat was a selling point in a car that would normally be driven over 50 mph... I doubt that anyone would enjoy that for very long.
Franklin in front, (Stanley Steamer in the back ) they look odd because they were aircooled, and didn't need the normal radiator looking front end
A 1910 Hupmobile that went around the world to prove it's durability
Owen magnetic... only 4 are said to exist, one is in this Cleveland Ohio museum, one is in the Nethercutt near Burbank Ca.
In 1900, there were over 1000 small auto manufacturers coexisting in the United States, over 70 of them in Cleveland.
The first auto sold in the US came from Cleveland's Winton Motors in 1897; the first car to make use of steel ball bearings was Cleveland's Baker Motors; and the first use of the French word "automobile" in conjunction with the US car industry was by Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter, Charles Shanks, in 1899.
The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum was formed in 1963 with the private collection of Mr. Crawford's company Thompson Products at its core. (Thompson Products later diversified and became TRW, Inc.) The museum showcases 200 classic automobiles, among them 80 cars that originated in Cleveland. An online quick look is at http://cleveland.about.com/od/clevelandattractions/ss/crawford.htm
the above photos are from http://www.carlustblog.com/2011/04/crawford-auto-aviation-museum.html#more
Saturday, April 9, 2011
full story from Hemmings at http://www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2009/05/01/hmn_feature9.html Sunday, February 27, 2011
Found on http://megamoto.tumblr.com/ But get info about it from http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2011/02/23/the-fc-150-van-now-in-color/
