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I’ve always wondered if an external combustion plane could be made, I’ve even considered starting a GQ on it. thanks!
Brian
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And thanks to the wonders of the intarwebs, you can see the plane in action!
Ranchoth, here’s the clip of Ford’s plastic car with Ford hitting it. According to the narrator, the plastic is made from hemp, which conflicts with my memory, but who knows?
Whoever linked to http://www.darkroastedblend.com, you’re my new hero! I’m at home sick, and this blog just made my day!
Yes, I do like to collect interesting internet photos, thanks for asking. 
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Lots of people hate SUVs because they’re big, ugly, and use too much gas. Well, just be glad that Ford’s concept (in 1911) of what a car in 1961 would look like never came to pass. :eek:
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Looks like the stretched version of a sports car that I saw in MAD once.
My god, it’s the Cyclops! I thought that was just an April Fool’s joke from Car & Driver!
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This has to be the ultimate dirt bike. Instead of a rear tire, it’s got a caterpillar tread system.
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Replace the front tire with skis and you get a 1930s snowmobile.
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Whoever linked to http://www.darkroastedblend.com, you’re my new hero! I’m at home sick, and this blog just made my day!
Yes, I do like to collect interesting internet photos, thanks for asking. 
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Wow! Thanks. This page and this one both are chok-a-blok with oddball stuff.
A bump, because I’ve found a whole bunch of pages that Wile E. Coyote would love. Back in the 1960s, there was a company called Turbonique. To say that they had an “interesting” product line is putting it mildly. JATO jets for your car interesting. Rocket powered rear end, interesting. Rocket powered *go karts that would do 160 MPH interesting!* :eek: :eek: :eek:
In poking around on the web, I’ve managed to find part of their catalog on the web. They’ve long since gone under, but you can buy copies of their technical manual on-line. According to that site, it has everything you need to know to build your own rocket powered car. 
It does, however, appear to be lacking information on how to obtain fuel for them. thankfully, this site appears to have the necessary instructions on how to make it. 
Wonder if you could get a tax credit for owning an “alternative fueled vehicle” if you used this stuff? 
Ah, the old Black Widow. You never heard of Turbonique before, Tucker? Try searching, we’ve covered it. It’s right up there with the Vespa with the 75mm recoilless rifle mounted as one of my favorite odd vehicles. Near as I can tell, NASA wanted civilian spinoffs of the space program as fast as possible. I think the rocket powered supercharger is my favorite. To HELL with Nitrous!
Oh, and for some concepts that I favor
The Kettenkrad lives!
Those are some pretty neat looking bikes. Sadly, I think they’ll probably end up like the Ducatti (IIRC) prototypes I saw about 10 years ago that resembled the lightcycles from Tron and never be made. 
Just found out about this today. It’s a car that has tires made from potatoes, of all things.
http://www.harbay.net/henryford.html
Eh, it’s been done before.
