New Jersey inventor Arthur Hotchkiss came up with the bike railroad, and this bike, before ordinary bicycles were invented
Before the modern bicycle (technically called the safety bicycle) came along, New Jersey inventor Arthur Hotchkiss came up with a very different kind of idea for making bike commuting practical: the bike railroad. His 1892 invention was essentially a fixed metal track that riders could pedal specialized bikes along.
He soon convinced inventor and manufacturer Hezekiah Smith to finance and built a prototype — a two-mile rail stretching from the latter's HB Smith Machine Company in Smithville, New Jersey to Mt. Holly, the home of many of the company's employees. Smith and Hotchkiss spent $10,000 on the track and charged workers two dollars for monthly passes, which allowed them to get to work in roughly six minutes.
Found on http://www.vox.com/2015/6/30/8861327/bike-lanes-history via https://www.facebook.com/historyprizeludington
the 1971 Star Streak motor home, built on a Olds Toronado
Found on https://www.facebook.com/HCCCmagazine I posted this years ago in a gallery of unusual things, but it seems to deserve a place of it's own. Seems to be a Cadillac car on the far left edge of the photo, so it's my guess that this is in a Caddy collection
It's in the California Automobile Museum in Sacramento permanent collection. It has been for at least 5-6 years. It is a hand built, one of a kind RV built by an Air Force officer with several engineering degrees.
It is based on a 1971 Olds Toronado chassis and has OEM trim from Cadillac. The panels, glass and such was all hand fabricated. The drivers location feels very much like an aircraft cockpit. It was designed to fit in the mans garage and after he and his wife put over 100,000 miles on it touring the U.S.
Thanks to Lou, who is a docent at the Cal Auto Museum in Sacramento, and told me that info!
I give up... an Arctic Cat 4 wheeler?
1964 Arctic Cat 1000 SBS Prototype
This was the very first Model 1000 that they made and it has many differences from the production models...this does not have the belly mounted fuel tank, this one does not have the flat front grille, this units final drives are mounted at an angle not straight up-and-down, etc.
The Arctic Enterprises ID tag on this reads...Serial: 63-1001 Model: X.
http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/acproto/sbs/1964.htmFound on http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/acproto/showroom/acprotosro.htm
they made 15 of these utility tractors in 1965 and 66 combined
http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/acproto/sbsmod/1000sbs.htm
well... that's different. Fully VELVET wrapped Aston Martin
That's new... not many people put fabric on the outside of the car
Found on https://www.facebook.com/stephen.gerardo?fref=photo
the Holman Locomotive Speeding Truck Company scam
It might have been supposed that the Fontaine experiment http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2014/08/unusual-locomotive-design.html would have deterred others from trying such an expensive experiment again; but when an amateur gets seized with the malady for designing a locomotive of an entirely new pattern, he generally produces something startling.
"They are advertising in Philadelphia papers that a company has been formed to sell this kind of locomotive,they make the claim that this sort of engine is destined to be the locomotive of the future."
"When we first heard of the Holman locomotive we supposed that it was the invention of some harmless crank who did not understand the elementary principles of mechanics, but we now believe that it has been, since its inception, an ostentatious machine designed to allure unwary capitalists into an investment which will be of the same real value as throwing gold coin over Niagara Falls."
The engine was run a few trips on a straight railroad in New Jersey, which was used merely as a stimulant to stock selling. Unfortunately many people with limited savings were lured into investing their hard earned money in this swindle,
History from Curiosities of Locomotive Design. Development of the Locomotive Engine, by Angus Sinclair. Railway and Locomotive Engineering—September-December, 1907
Miniature, fully functional 1/3rd scale replicas of a Cadillac were made for the British Royal family of Siam, Norway, and one for a grandson of the founder of Cadillac.
the one built for the royal family of Siam above, the other for Norway below.
Interestingly, Prince Chula was the great-grandson of the much romanticized King Rama IV (1851-1868) of ‘The King and I’ fame.
The brain behind the little car was Frederick S. Bennett, an Englishman who played a pivotal role in establishing Cadillac’s success in the UK.
As a Cadillac dealer across the pond, Bennett’s greatest challenge was emasculating prevailing public opinion that American products weren’t built to last. His persistence finally paid off in 1909 when Cadillac became the first American auto manufacturer to receive the Royal Automobile Club’s prestigious Dewar Trophy after a rigorous interchangeable parts test in 1908.
One of the finest and earliest miniature cars, a one-third size Cadillac built in England before the First World War, built in 1912 by Lockwood and Co of Islington, north London, the car was exhibited at the 1913 Paris motor show.
Though weighing nearly 400lb, the Baby Cadillac was capable of about 15 miles on one charge at speeds of up to 12mph. Driven along Pall Mall that year as a publicity stunt, the little car attracted royal attention and was bought for £62 by Queen Alexandra, wife of Edward VII, who gave it as a gift to her grandson, Prince Olaf of Norway. Though still owned by the Norwegian royal family, it is on permanent loan to the Norsk Teknisk Museum in Oslo
The third Baby Cadillac went as a fifth birthday present to Wilfred Leland, one of the Cadillac founder's family – possibly as close to royalty as the US gets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/2724262/Right-royal-fun-in-a-Baby-Cadillac.html
http://www.cocgb.dircon.co.uk/cadillac_spectacular.htm
http://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk/films/the-big-smoke
http://grofjardanhazy.tumblr.com/post/62235955433/a-baby-cadillac-bought-by-queen-alexandra-as-a
http://www.aacalibrary.org/articles/antique-automobile/f-s-bennett-and-the-three-baby-cadillacs/
http://thornews.com/2012/03/18/royal-journeys-1905-2005-norwegian-art-exhibition/
http://www.royalcourt.no/nyhet.html?tid=115905
It's called a parachute. Seriously. Luther Johnson, 1933 Indianapolis
the magazine clipping was found by Steve, who I swear, can find any answer to obscure stuff.
...out of 3 tries, and the only one where he was still running.
Luther Johnson
Started 20th Finished 10th Rigling / Studebaker
Prize: $1,100
the photo was found on a Facebook page of many strange and unusual vehicle things https://www.facebook.com/groups/yachtclubdesavionsdelaroute/?fref=nf
3 carbs, Navarro heads, Vertex mag, Moon fuel log... lots of great go fast stuff. Plus one thing I've never seen before, an Oberg tattle tale oil filter
one of the few cars that has had the year stickers piled on
40' Airstream coming to auction, it's a pair of 20 footers stitched together
Believed to be 1 of 5 in public possession
Mounted onto 50 foot flatcar for railroad service
Dismounted from flatcar in 1989
Restored by Timeless Travel Trailers
https://www.mecum.com/lot-detail/DN0615-215789/0/1962-Western-Pacific-40-Airstream/
Trackless Trolleys / Trolleybuses
Snoopy's home ice Zamboni, at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa Ca
https://www.snoopyshomeice.com/zamboni.html
Trivia:
Machine No. 4 is in the US Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, MN and machine No. 21 (originally sold to the Boston Bruins in 1954) is presently at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Canada.
Frank J. Zamboni was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY in 1988.
The shape of the Zamboni ice resurfacing machine (like the shapes of the Jeep® grille and the Coca-Cola® bottle) is a federally registered trademark.
On January 1, 1995, Rotary International’s Tournament of Roses Parade float entry titled “Lending a Helping Hand” featured Snoopy at the wheel of a Zamboni machine, surrounded by the PEANUTS characters.
Charlie Brown said it best: “There are three things in life that people like to stare at: a flowing stream, a crackling fire, and a Zamboni clearing the ice.”
Hudson Italia body by Touring Carrozzeria of Milan
those pipes on the rear quarters are there to house the tail and reverse lights.
Super Leggera means super light, aka made of aluminum
