2012 UBO Rouge Concept Car

 

The UBO was designed by Urbano Rodriguez. I don't believe it ever proceeded beyond the renderings.

Ralls- Home of the 10¢ Giant Malts

 I also came across a photo of The Ice Cream Can taken in 1928 in Hollywood, California.

Trust your car to the man who wears the star

 Fowers service station in Macon, Missouri in 1937

KdF-Wagen (Beetle sedan)

The Volkswagenwerk factory was destroyed following a series of Allied air raids. That abruptly stopped the production of missile and artillery systems that were being built there. Shortly after the war British engineers found a completely intact KdF-Wagen as well as the machines, tooling and parts used in its production stored in the basement of the facility.

An effort to speed up production resulted in a pickup and gooseneck trailer be assembled from the parts found in the basement. It was used to transport the freshly assembled KdF-Wagens to the inventory lot. In 1947 as production was increased the transporter was disassembled and used for parts.

 

Black Cat

Based on a 1950 Jaguar XK-120 the Black Cat was a modern project built as a tribute to earlier motorsport racing cars.

Homebuilt Oldsmobile motorhome

 

Downhill racer

 

The Wedge

The Wedge was built by a General Motors employee. He used a 1963 Pontiac LeMans chassis. It has a 215 cubic inch Buick engine with a Chevrolet Corvair transaxle.

Textured panels

 

Speedy wheelbarrow

 

1931 Mercedes 120H prototype

 

Lane splitter

 

Security

 

Home built Cyber Truck

 

Early motorhome

 

Ukrainian SUV

Apparently a few of these VEPr SUV's were produced. This particular one was built for the Dakar Rally and is powered by a Mercedes 4.0 liter engine and sold for $50,000

Unexpected delivery

 

1912 American La France

Robert Fuson was a surgeon that entered this firetruck in the Great American Race. Not just one race but actually nine of them. The La France was a chain drive truck. It broke down two or three times a day but fortunately the breakdowns were seldom serious- more along the lines of flat tires, overheating of fouled sparkplugs. 

Aftermarket Flux Capacitor

 

It has recently come to my attention that replacement Flux Capacitors are now available at www.oreillyauto.com/flux-capacitor. It does, however, appear that it is currently out of stock.

1921 Model T

The photo is of Secretary of War Newton Baker. He is checking out the Model T that was designed for the military to use as a cross-country reconnaissance vehicle.

1927 Rolls Royce

 

This Rolls was shipped to the United States in 1927 as a rolling chassis. 1n 1933 Alan Bemis fitted this lightweight and streamlined body and used it to pull gliders into the air.

Volga Atom

In the late 1950's the Soviet Union designed the Atom. It was an electric vehicle power by a small nuclear  reactor that supplied the electricity for propulsion.

1957 Fiat- Stanguellini

 This one off prototype by coachbuilder Bertone was sold at a Sotheby's auction in 2017 for $275,000. Additional information and photos are available here.

Motorhome

 

1945 Jeep cover

 The soldiers of the 644th Ordnance Depot somehow managed to come up with this plexiglass cap to make it a bit more comfortable in foul weather.

Ignoring the odds of actually moving that truck

 

1998 Renault Vel Satis concept

Old Blue

 

Isetta camper

 

Dodge Neon dually

 

1957 King Midget

The Midget Motors Corporation was located in Athens, Ohio. In 1946 Model 1 was produced as a kit and would accept any single cylinder engine for power. By 1947 the King Midget was available assembled with a 6hp Wisconsin engine. In 1957 the cars had four wheel hydraulic brakes and a 9.2hp Wisconsin engine. Production ended in 1970. There were about 5000 cars made. Read more about the cars here.