I believe it was a Type 57G, 1936-7: indeed a good-looking car. But by then designers were getting a handle on the idea: Found in the course of the search, a very interesting treatment on a Type 35: not pretty but much more relevant to my eccentric researches: Of course, the original Bugatti tank was the Type 32: Let's not forget Chenard et Walcker's attempts: Road-going iteration was perhaps neater: I think Voisin's "Laboratoire" qualifies as an example of the type: It seems to have been a French thing.
That French conversation would eventually produce the Voisin Aerosport, in 1936: A non-French iteration by the Dreaded Spohn in 1933, before they were really all that Dreaded, on a Maybach chassis: By 1937 they were beginning to display that Spohnishness. Another Maybach:
Bergholt Streamliner, c.1937, based on a '32 Ford: It was apparently partly inspired by Volvo's first concept car, the Venus Bilo of 1933:
PLEASE tell me that this is actually just a test fixture for an aero engine. Don't want to see this coming up in my rear view mirror...
Styling (?) cues all over this one. Merc breezeway rear roof Imperial roof panels Pontiac/Edsel nose Toronado headlights 56-57 Lincoln front fenders Plymouth rear fins.
and, of course, Bobby Darin's ultimate clash of styling... it's just too much for the eyes to take in at once; just Google it for more "interesting" views
I poked my nose through this thread and didn't see this art deco stealthy creation... The Phantom Corsair
Hi shawn.Yep,those engines(rotarys)were so lame that they powered almost all fighter aircraft in WW1 that had a round engine.Google up the name LeRhone.A French outfit that made almost all of the rotary engines for the WW1 AC that used them Good luck.Have fun.Be safe. Leo
I suspect that they wear out fast. Too many irregularities in the "flywheel" which would contribute to strange dynamic motions. Imagine a cat under the hood... eeeeeewwwww!
Stumbled upon tonight: http://www.spiritoftomorrow.com/ - again, the rabid chronolatry is redeemed by the ultimate obscurity of the project.
^^^^^^^^^ That was on the cover of Popular Mechanics or another magazine that size when it was new. Bob
I believe that is the "1958 Aurora" based on a 1954 Buick chassis. https://www.google.com/search?q=195...X&ved=0ahUKEwjal5ae-orOAhWBRyYKHRVbAakQsAQIGw
What has been seen cannot be unseen . I've that purple turd before. How does someone take such a hard left turn during a build and run headlong into an ugly tree? Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
I ran into this one again earlier today. Described by some as "the worst car ever made" and "a catalogue of bad design decisions" this German prototype is something of a Bond three-wheeler in reverse. The engine, gearbox, rear wheel, rear suspension, and fuel tank all sit in a turntable mechanism which rotates for steering. This takes up most of the volume of the car, leaving the occupants squashed into the extreme front end. Here is an article: http://www.microcarmuseum.com/tour/hoffmann.html The front-drive Bond Minicar actually worked quite well, and had a degree of commercial success: First to use the principle, as far as I know, was Phänomobil, pre-WWI but for many years after: I've wondered about the limits of the principle. Front-wheel-drive seems to be one way of getting the "delta" three-wheel layout to work. Getting a blown Hemi to rotate with and drive the front wheel of something like a Davis three-wheeler would take some doing, though!
Nader wouldn't have been able to contain himself on this one....... Evidently the designers saw no need for changing the driving tire.
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