Machines - Page 17

BigV · 12-29-2017, 08:39 PM

This is his jam:

Carruthers · 01-12-2018, 04:27 PM

The importance of the man-machine interface cannot be overstated.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-12-2018, 08:21 PM

Great idea, instead of hitting a critter in the road with the front wheel throwing you into the ditch, straddle it and crush that fucker with the rear wheel. Just a butt bump instead of a nose skinning.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-15-2018, 09:03 PM

Wanna buy a motorcycle?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-24-2018, 11:00 AM

Clever gas saving tip, only put 5 carbs on a 6 cylinder engine.

BigV · 01-24-2018, 12:28 PM

Had to count spark plug wires...

Gravdigr · 01-25-2018, 04:16 PM

This one time, I owned a car with an eight cylinder engine, and it only had one carb.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-25-2018, 06:49 PM

Wow, you must have gotten great gas mileage.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-05-2018, 07:03 PM

'35 Plymouth coup in a foot of snow at 25 below...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2018, 03:17 PM

More on the mailman...

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An outtake from the Jan 18, 1943 feature: "LIFE Rides the Route of a Rural Mailman in Vermont." According to LIFE, "To the country people around East Dorset, Vt., the sight of Mark Whalon's coonskin cap and the rattle of the mailbox are as welcome as the sun. For 17 years now he has been delivering the mail to 80 families on the route...The day LIFE Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt went round the route the thermometer fell to 35 degrees below zero. The snow was twelve inches deep and they had to get out a team on East Barn Road and haul the mailman's 1935 Plymouth coupe through the drifts." (Alfred Eisenstaedt—The LIFE Picture

glatt · 02-06-2018, 03:22 PM

Tying off to the bumper and knowing it will hold.

sexobon · 02-12-2018, 12:44 AM

Pedals to crank it over so you don't need a battery. I like it!

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2018, 10:26 PM

New one on me, never heard on them. That's $459,000 2017 dollars.

Carruthers · 02-15-2018, 04:40 AM

Given that the driving position is above the bogey axle, my first thoughts were that the vehicle had perhaps been designed for use in circumstances that required maximum manoeuvrability, eg cargo handling at ports, warehousing etc. However, flat bed vehicles always seem to get that job for obvious reasons.

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Needing a new product to bring to market in October of 1950 the firm introduced a new concept vehicle the Fageol “Super Freighter.”
This unique truck was a self-propelled trailer minus the tractor with the driver’s compartment located up front, and the engine mounted in the middle of the vehicle below the floor.

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The demonstrator, fabricated in 1950 as part of an effort to land an Army contract for 1,650 vehicles. The Fruehauf Trailer Corporation constructed the stainless body, and the front of it was mounted on a steerable bogey axle with hydraulically actuated controls.

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It appears the effort only resulted in one “Cargoliner” being built...

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When it came to manoeuvrability, the Scammell Scarab was the machine for the job by all accounts.
It was a peculiar little vehicle that was much used on the railways and in ports.
I can't help but think that cornering at any speed above walking pace would have been a character forming experience.

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Gravdigr · 02-15-2018, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

I can't help but think that cornering at any speed above walking pace would have been a character forming experience.

Have you ever driven a Reliant Robin?

12-29-2017, 08:39 PM	#1
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01-12-2018, 08:21 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Great idea, instead of hitting a critter in the road with the front wheel throwing you into the ditch, straddle it and crush that fucker with the rear wheel. Just a butt bump instead of a nose skinning. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wanna buy a motorcycle? Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-24-2018, 11:00 AM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Clever gas saving tip, only put 5 carbs on a 6 cylinder engine. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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01-25-2018, 06:49 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wow, you must have gotten great gas mileage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-05-2018, 07:03 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	'35 Plymouth coup in a foot of snow at 25 below... Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-06-2018, 03:22 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Tying off to the bumper and knowing it will hold.

02-12-2018, 12:44 AM	#12
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Pedals to crank it over so you don't need a battery. I like it!

02-14-2018, 10:26 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	New one on me, never heard on them. That's $459,000 2017 dollars. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 02-14-2018 at 10:34 PM.

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