1988 GMC Centaur

Introduced at the 1988 Detroit Auto Show the Centaur was an unusual vehicle. It was powered by an 

in-line six cylinder 3.0 liter engine and had a six speed automatic transmission. It was all wheel drive and had all wheel steering. It had a 2000 pound payload capacity and a towing capacity of 5000 pounds.

Group offroading

 

Summer van

 

Homebuilt

 

Skipping the toll booth

 

Don' try this at home

                                This is so wrong in so many ways.

Sunswift 7

   

1983 Volkswagen Gulf Turbo

 

Sbarro is a small Swiss concept and replica company. This Volkswagen was refitted with a Porsche  911 turbo engine after removing the rear seats. In order to have increased unobstructed access to the powertrain they installed a hydraulic system to lift the rear of the car to clear the subframe.

Added emphasis

 

Down Mexico way

 

Mid 1950's

 Apparently some type of event at the City Services garage in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Mayan Magnum

Apparently the Mayan Magnum was a one custom from 1965

1915 Indian advertising

                                    

 

Hero of the day

 

Reflector obsessed

 

1956 Abarth 215A Coupe by Bertone

Introduced at the 1956 Geneva Motor Show the 215A coupe featured a welded tube frame and was powered by a Fiat 600 mounted in the rear. The engine was tuned to produce 47hp and weighed 560kg (1235lbs) and reached a top speed of 160km/h (99mph).

Abarth also displayed a 216A which was very much like the coupe but featured an open top.

 

Scion Hako Coupe concept

The Hako coupe was introduced at the New York International Auto Show in 2008. It was designed by Toyota as a gauge for what young car buyers wanted in their vehicles.

 

1907 Normandy, France

Paul Cornu is credited with the first successful helicopter flight in November 1907. He was a bicycle builder. He is credited with several flights lasting less than a minute. He found the controls to be inadequate and abandoned his efforts shortly thereafter.

Bondo Limousine

 

1960 Humber Super Snipe

The Super Snipe was produced by British based Humber Limited from 1938 until 1967. Perhaps it was the pictured Super Snipe that sold on Bring a Trailer in January 2025. A good description of the car is given on the auction site.

The car seems larger than other offerings in the English market at the time. The 1952 Super Snipe MarkIII pictured below is indeed a larger car.

Twin stacks

 

Bad start to the day

 

2005 Suzuki LC concept

Suzuki produced this concept as a tribute to the 1967 Fronte 360. It was powered by a 660cc 3 cylinder engine and a 4 speed automatic transmission. It was well received at the Tokyo Motor Show but never went into production.

Days gone by

 

No winners

 

Whitwood Monocar 1934-36

Frederick Osborn was an Englishman who began building bicycles and then turned to motorcycles in 1901.

The Whitwood was a two wheeled vehicle that had retractable outrigger wheels operated by a lever similar to a hand brake. It was offered with three engine options from 250 to 1000cc. Apparently only six examples were built.

 

The fire is out

 

1941 Studebaker Commander

 

Hoarders on the move

 

Forrest Robinson's Batmobile

Forrest Robinson began sketching the Batmobile in 1960. He and Len Perham began building the car in the Robinson barn. The build continued into 1963. It wasn't until 1965 that George Barris began building the Batmobile that was used in the TV show.

Robinson's car was built on a 1956 Oldsmobile and powered by the Olds 324 Rocket engine. It was 17 feet long and 83 inches wide. It was originally painted silver. Comic book fans of Batman considered the Robinson car to be more authentic than the Barris Batmobile

Robinson used the car as a regular driver. However, as the Batman series gained popularity it was leased by All Star Dairies as a promotional vehicle. At that point it was painted in Batman colors and badged with official Batman labels.

It toured the Eastern US. In need of cash to start another fabrication business Robinson sold the car for $200. Later it was abandoned in a New Hampshire field where is sat for almost fifty years. Bobby Smith discovered the car in 2008.

Smith sold the car to a dealer in Chicago who in turn sold it to auto historian George Albright. In 2013 it was purchased by Toy Car Exchange and transported to Borbon Fabrications to be restored. The vehicle retains the original frame, engine and parts.

              

Stickered

 

Citroen 2CV ice cream car

 

Urbanina

             

One Piece at a Time

In 1976 Johnny Cash released "One Piece at a Time". It was a song about building a Cadillac from various parts from a variety of years. Bill Patch thought it would be a good idea to actually build the car. He used parts from 1949 through 1970. A bit more information and photos can be seen at streetmusclemag.

 

Two down

 

1920 Packard Model E

Packard produced the Model E from 1916 until 1923. They were powered by a four cylinder engine and could carry 7.5 tons.

British threesome

Built in 1991 as a promotional vehicle for the 1 Day Travel Card advertisements. it utilized a 1970's Daimler Fleetline double decker bus, a London Underground tube car, and  British Rail train cab. 

View one of the promotional videos on YouTube.

1972 Citroen GS Camargue

The GS Camargue was a concept based on the Citroen GS. It was 2" wider and 8" lower than the GS. The body was designed by Bertone. It was introduced at the 1972 Geneva Motor Show.

Cathedral

 The Cathedral is a 1959 Cadillac and I believe it has attended Burning Man on several occasions.

1958 McMinn Lemans coupe

 

The McMinn Lemans coupe evolved out of a challenge for an American car to win the French LeMans- something that hadn't been done since Duesenberg won it in the 1920's. It turned into a collaborative effort by a number of people. Read the story at undiscovered classics.

Hopefully an alternate route home

 

Headed for the lake

 

Protective coloration

A person working on their firewood came across the frog that is shown in the first image. Can you find him in the second image after he moved? He can be found in the center of the second image. Apparently this species of tree frog is capable of adjusting his color between gray and green for added protection.