Lounge picture thread: Unusual vehicles edition.

[Ptah]

[amerikat]

1. Soviet "carpian sea monster"

[baldguy]

2. It's "Capsian". As in Caspian Sea.

aka an Ekranoplan

[Orrex]

3. What a load of carp

[baldguy]

7. .

[amerikat]

4. I knew that just a typo

[Kali]

5. tee hee that looks like a cartoon car!

I have a whole ranchload of "unusual vehicles"

front and center: the youngest son's 74 Mercury Comet in baby shit yellow:

[Ptah]

6. Back in the day

[HopeHoops]

23. I had a 70 Maverick (same basic car) in puke turquoise.

[Motown_Johnny]

40. you could get a 302 in those things

that car looks to be in pretty good shape

I'll agree the color leaves something to be desired but I think it is a pretty nice car


a better example of the '74 Comet here

[kentauros]

8. Schienenzeppelin

[amerikat]

9. This lift truck can move sideways as well as forward and back.

[kentauros]

12. I wonder if they got their idea from

Survival Research Laboratories' Screw Machine. You can see a little bit of it at 2:00 and 2:15 in the following clip:

[stevedeshazer]

10. My uncle had one of these.

Isetta

[kentauros]

11. Aerotrain

[Brother Buzz]

13. LBJ's Amphicar

[Major Nikon]

19. LBJ's Amphicar

[Brother Buzz]

25. It's blue!

[Major Nikon]

30. It's at the LBJ ranch parked next to one of Lady Bird's Lincolns

[kwassa]

26. I saw one of these driving down the road about the month ago.

I had to look it up on the Internets as soon as I got to work.

[hay rick]

28. It's in dry dock now.

Wonder if you need some kind of marine insurance in addition to auto insurance.

[amerikat]

14. cool screw based drive system on a snow vehicle circa 1920's

http://thechedda.com/tech/fordson-snow-machine-1920s-screw-propelled-vehicle

[progressoid]

15. Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion car

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

[Joe Shlabotnik]

16. Gotta go with the beer-chair again

Good friend of mine (who is a mechanic, machanist, metal fabricator and all around genius), came to the conclusion one day that it was somehow wrong that he could not access the beer in my fridge from his desk. So 1 hour later he drove over (about a country mile).

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[Tuesday Afternoon]

18. that is awesome

rock on

[Enrique]

33. it's Aragorn!

looking epic as always!

[jakeXT]

17. A couple

[Major Nikon]

20. Aerocar

[Major Nikon]

21. Rutan Boomerang

My picture from 2011 Airventure airshow:

[Rob H.]

34. That's cool! That reminded me of this:

A Blohm & Voss BV 141 reconnaissance plane from WWII:



Check out the tail:



I had a model kit of it when I was a kid. Ah, good times...

[LiberalEsto]

22. It's the Chiquita Bananamobile!

and it's powered by banana peels

[eppur_se_muova]

38. You want a flying banana ? I gotcher flying banana right here ...

[HopeHoops]

24. I have one of these (but in white) - 68 Galaxie Fastback

The rear window runs from the roof to about where the tree trunk is in the picture.

[onethatcares]

35. that's a beautiful car.

and that color is exceptional.

I always liked the 1965 Galaxie 500 in red too, but my favorite is a 1965 Oldsmobile Dynamic 88 2 door in white with a red interior. Gaud I miss that car.

[HopeHoops]

42. The 65 had the stacked headlights. Mine has the side-by-side ones. Both good cars.

Her interior is a very dark red (but not quite maroon). She needs some work, but she ran great before I put her in storage. Unfortunately it takes money to restore things.

[kwassa]

27. The Weinermobile

[Bennyboy]

29. The Bus came by and I got on.......

FURTHUR today (Kesey's bus) ttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-puVVAuvsdIU/SiQr6wYS3qI/AAAAAAAAIjo/Uww4q-tNyLs/s640/100_0822.JPG

The Happy Bus:

[Bennyboy]

31. Some art cars! (Lots of pics)

[Bennyboy]

32. More art cars!

[Bennyboy]

36. More art cars

[MiddleFingerMom]

37. I WISH I could find a pic of the weird-ass motorcycle I considered buying several years ago...

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It was a LONG chariot-bodied motorcycle behind 3 or 4 (or so) paired merry-go-round
horses -- powered by (I believe) 3 or 4 in-line 125 cc motorcycle engines.
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It was COOL beyond belief. I can find much less-impressive examples -- this was
(apparently) a one-of-a-kind BEAUTIFUL monstrosity!!!
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Could you just see me in the "Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)" parade?
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[trusty elf]

39. Nice thread!

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[Motown_Johnny]

41. Looking forward

http://www.dcarreview.com/detroit-auto-show-2012-ns4-toyota-plug-in-hybrid-concept.html







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