Weird transport.

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[onetrack]

Peter, I posted this photo last week.

[nomadpete]

No he didn't.

There are probably two of them

[facthunter]

One should BUZZ OFF.   Nev

[old man emu]

They hate WASPs in Harlem.

[nomadpete]

Get a Flick man

That's your answer

Remember one flick.... And they're gone

[onetrack]

The Brogan Doodlebug: 

 

In 1946,  Frank Brogan crafted a sleek, two-seat runabout he called the Brogan Doodlebug. It featured a highly streamlined steel body with headlights and windshield posts seamlessly blended in. The topless, doorless three-wheeler measured 96 inches long (2.5M), rolled on a 66-inch wheelbase (1.68M), and could be turned around within its own length. 
With the buyer’s choice of rear-mounted, single-cylinder Briggs & Stratton or twin-cylinder Onan air-cooled engines, the Doodlebug could achieve a top speed of 45 miles per hour (72kmh) and travel nearly 70 miles (113kms) on a gallon (3.8L) of gas.
Brogan designed the Doodlebug especially for women, so he made sure operation and maintenance were easy. Gear-shifting was automated using a mercury-actuated system similar to fluid drive, which eliminated the clutch pedal. Changing the hidden front tire simply required popping out the grille and unscrewing two bolts. The engine was removed just as quickly—lift the rear deck lid, release three pins, disconnect the gas line, and lift the engine from its position beside the five-gallon fuel tank and battery ... 
After photos of the Doodlebug appeared in the nation’s newspapers and popular magazines, Brogan received an average of 200 postcards and letters per month. Requests to buy and distribute came from every state and 20 foreign countries. Brogan hand-built 30 Doodlebugs and sold them for $400 each before realising he'd lost $100 on every car he turned out. Tooling for mass production required $150,000 that he didn’t have, so he suspended Doodlebug sales.

 

 

Edited October 8, 2023 by onetrack

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[facthunter]

Built on a Model "T" FORD. $#!t colour.   Nev

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[Marty_d]

None of those would make it down our driveway. 

[gareth lacey]

1 hour ago, Marty_d said:

None of those would make it down our driveway. 

I agree none would get there been there got down in a Hyundi LOL

HI Marty

 

[facthunter]

Over a Tonne of metal per occupant. That seems about right.  Nev

[red750]

 Wolseley-Vickers Wheel-Come-Track, armored car prototype.

 

[onetrack]

Something only the eccentric British could think up!! It looks like the result of a night-time mating attempt, from adjoining car and tank factories!!

[old man emu]

48 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Something only the eccentric British could think up!!

The term for that is Heath Robinson.

 

[red750]

Triumph

 

 

[onetrack]

I can just see Facthunter doing a Trans-Australia rally on it, right now!

[Jerry_Atrick]

The fact it ever went was a triumph.

[red750]

Curtiss V8 motor cycle.

 

 

[onetrack]

I wonder how they started it? That open bevel gear set looks like it's ready to drag in and chew up whatever item of clothing gets near it.

Obviously, safety guards were not something anyone ever thought of, in that era.

[red750]

Here's another oldie...   The Henderson 4 cyl. 1924. Note the gear level.

 

 

 

[onetrack]

My stepfather (who married my mother when she was 80, a couple of years after my Father died of cancer), was a Pommy plumber from Nottingham.

 

He told me he'd owned a Brough Superior when he was a young bloke, and he was stunned when I told him I had no idea what a Brough Superior was!

 

He waxed lyrical about the machine, and I had to go research it! They're worth a fortune now, apparently.