Velocars and other interesting vehicles.

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

Yes the jolly old AV Monocar Curtis. Lots of fun

This is a plan from "The Boy Mechanic Vol. 2 1000 Things for Boys to Do" (I shall do my best to ignore the fact that they overlook Girl Mechanics)

They call this vehicle a 'Flymobile' because it uses an old machinery flywheel to store rotational energy as it were. As I own a couple of old machinery flywheels that are forever getting in my way as I move about my workshop I've considered building one of these more than just the once.

 

[curtisfox]

KOOOOL looks a lot like a Model T speedster. I had the Boy Machanic book gave it to my son for my one and only grand son. Didn't know there was a #2...........Curt

 

[curtisfox]

Did a serch and found this.........Curt

http://thehuwaldtfamily.org/jtrl/other/The Boy Mechanic Vol-2-1000-Things for Boys to Do.pdf

 

[CARider]

Motorize this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9oljRmJmmg

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

Did a search and found this.........Curt

http://thehuwaldtfamily.org/jtrl/other/The Boy Mechanic Vol-2-1000-Things for Boys to Do.pdf

That's great Curt, I knew it was available on Amazon and that some pages were on line, but I didn't know the whole book had been digitized,

Motorize this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9oljRmJmmg

Those are really cool, - they've even got reverse gear.

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rUbQadA0a8

Why did I never get something like this when I was a kiddie?

Check out his other vehicles

 

[BarelyAWake]

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

What a wonderful picture Actually I did have a pedalcar when I was small it looked almost exactly like this one, only mine was red. It was old when I got it and I would imagine that it would be now worth a small fortune.



Unfortunately my parents had this bad habit of passing on toys that they thought I'd grown out of to undeserving pointy headed relatives' children who had their eyes too close together. One day my old pedalcar was simply gone and that was that (sigh).

That photo is lovely, I absolutely would have loved to have had a pedalcar like that one. I mean my one was very nice, but that one is downright corker.

 

[maniac57]

"Undeserving pointy headed relatives' children who had their eyes too close together"
Classic description of a cousin.

 

[Ludwig II]

I see you know my family.

 

[curtisfox]

On MSN news today,crazy?

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/funky-futuristic-concept-cars?icid=autos_5103
.....Curt

 

[Ludwig II]

Dreadful. I can see it now in pink, with an airhead girl inside it.

 

[curtisfox]

Witch one there are 18 to see?...........Curt

 

[Ludwig II]

Sorry, I only latched on to the yellow ant head car.

 

[placidscene]

Ford Gyron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PunuGGJ8dqs
Never thought about using gyro's to keep balance before.
Now I want to build a gyro car! lol
I could test it on my motor bike. It already has a 12v system.
Now I just have to learn how to make a proper Gyro. lol

 

[GearNut]

I have seen a scooter, quite a few times last summer, that looks nearly identical to the 2nd to last one pictured in placidscene's link.
My guess is it was built on a Suzuki Burgman 650 chassis.
It has some sort of semi-enclosed roof/ windshield (weird looking) vertical wrap around full fairing.
I bet that if you kept up a decent speed while riding in a rain storm you would stay dry, no rain suit necessary.

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

On MSN news today,crazy?

http://editorial.autos.msn.com/funky-futuristic-concept-cars?icid=autos_5103
.....Curt

But why don't they make them look like proper cars?

An example of a proper car

 

[placidscene]

I thought it was pretty awesome when the guy was kicking the one while it was sitting still and it barely budged!

 

[Intrepid Wheelwoman]

Wot you could do that to my brother's old '55 Chevy and it would never budge either.

Ok fair enough I liked that one too, but I want mine with a long bonnet with lots of louvers and it has to be painted British racing green

 

[curtisfox]

But why don't they make them look like proper cars?

An example of a proper car

I agree even the new car we drive are getting to like they should be on the Jetsons show