Land Rover Discovery trailer

 

1974 bragging rights

 

1965 Bugatti 101C roadster

 The original Bugatti car company died in 1952. Virgil Exner, an American designer,  was assigned the task of resurrecting the marque. It looks like he started by using a Bugatti radiator shell from the 1930's. This 101C concept was built by Ghia.

Mr. Graham's three wheeled car

 Apparently Mr. Graham built this car and the photo was taken as he and his bride we leaving on their honeymoon. I was unable to find an additional information.

1954 Chevrolet Corvair Corvette concept

Poor number  of sales after introduction nearly caused Chevrolet to discontinue Corvette production. Only 300 examples of the 1953 model were made. The idea of introducing a fastback version of the car was quickly shelved. Apparently there were five Corvairs made but none of the originals survived. Blue Flame Restorations created a replica of the 1954 Corvair. The story and more photos is here on silodrome.com

1940 A81

During WWII Volkswagon Hired Ferdinand Porsche to design a number of light military vehicles. The A81 was 2 wheel drive and powered by a 1000cc engine. The army specified that with four combat ready troops on board it could weigh no more than 2100 pounds.

Standards have changed

 

Summer fun

 

Down Rio way

Early 50's Borgward Hansa 1500 Isabella 

Offroading

 

Suburado?

 

Gentleman's tractor

 1938-41 Minneapolis Moline ULDX Comfortractor

Dark freight

 

1946-48? Chevrolet Fleetline Aerosedan

 

Poor judgement

 

Piaggio Ape

Another example of providing war torn Europe with affordable forms of transportation. Introduced in Italy in 1947 it came in different configurations with various engines from 50cc to 175cc. Cabs weren't added until 1964. Read more here.

Rhodesian Security Leopard

Based on 70's VW Beetle. This V-hull design was an early attempt at directing the force of a land mine out and around the passenger compartment. 

Volvo Venus Bilo

 

The Venus Bilo was a concept car from 1933. It had nine specifically designed suitcases for compartments in the vehicle. It had two spare tires one of which served as a rear bumper. It rode on a PV655 chassis. The design led to the Volvo PV36 Carioca production car (pictured below) from 1935-38. The fate of the concept is unknown. After WWII it was sold to a scrap yard where it was turned into a truck.

Monkey business

 

Berlin triple decker bus 1926

 

Dual power

 

Taking that last ride in a Lamborghini

 

1910 Oldsmobile

 

Happy hour on the porch roof

 

Mobile hoarder

 

One man's treasure...

 

Conversion van

 

Totaled

 

Side lined

 

Dutton

Tim Dutton was based in the UK and sold these vehicles as kits. The 2WD versions were built on Ford Fiesta drivelines while the 4WD was on a Suzuki Samurai or Suzuki Jimny. At some point the name, the jigs and molds were sold to a company in Poland.

Home grown

 

A Zundapp Janus follow up video

 

                

Coming or going?

 This is a Man TGM 18.320. It is four wheel drive as well as four wheel steering. It is equipped with 6.9l engine producing 320 horsepower. Man produced trucks in Germany. It is used for fire and rescue operations in tunnels where there is not enough room to turn around.

Citroen DS Tissier

This transporter was found in a salvage yard in southern France. It is one of three remaining vehicles out of a production of thirty five built by Tissier. The standard pneumatic suspension system was altered to allow the ride height to be controlled individually. This allowed raising the front suspension and lowering the rear suspension enabling loading/unloading vehicles without the use of ramps.
 

Clown conversion

 

Zunndap Janis microcar

 

Following WWII Zundapp offered an array of two wheel motorized vehicles. In about 1955 people started demanding weatherproof transportation. The motorcycle industry began to falter.

Zundapp looked around and settled on Dornier's prototype and named it Janus after the two faced Roman god. It had Isetta style doors and a centrally located 250cc Bella scooter engine. It had a MacPherson strut suspension. The 14hp engine proved inadequate as the top speed was 50mph (80km). 

Production began in June of 1957. It was determined that 15,000 cars was the break even point, but in the first six months only 1731 cars were built. It was found that people weren't keen on watching the landscape from the rear facing back seat.

By 1958 it was obvious the Janis would not succeed and the factory was sold to Bosch. Few examples of the car remain.

               

Farmall rat rod

 

Strapped and good to go

 

Group project

 

Bentley Speed Six

 

Going halfsies

 

Home built

 

When cubic inches ruled the road

 The ad reads: The spirit of the seventies is nowhere more evident than in the handsome 1970 Eldorado. It exclusive new V-8 engine with a displacement of 8.2 liters (more than 500 cubic inches) performs with rare brilliance yet offers plentiful reserve to operate the Eldorado's many power assists. And with the precision of the front-wheel drive, Eldorado handles with the grace and agility that will set the pace for personal cars in the years ahead. The 1970 Eldorado, in every respect, heralds a decade of motoring excitement.

"Eldorado handles with the grace and agility..." A very bold statement on a land yacht that weighed 4894lbs (2220kg)