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The Taylor Aerocar
Wikipedia article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 27, 2023 -
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Category: Inventions, Air Travel and Airlines, Twentieth Century, Cars
Motorway Snooker
In his book Bobby on the Beat, former London policeman Bob Dixon described the game of motorway (or traffic) snooker:Over the years some drivers have filed complaints, claiming to have been victims of motorway snooker.
Sydney Morning Herald - Sep 11, 1999
Of course, the official position of the British traffic police is that their officers would not engage in such frivolous games. But that even if they did, all the cars they stopped were speeding anyway.
The Herts and Essex Observer - Jan 16, 1992
More info: BBC News
Posted By: Alex - Sat Dec 24, 2022 -
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Category: Games, Police and Other Law Enforcement, Cars
Driving Blind
London Daily Telegraph - Sep 5, 2006
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 29, 2022 -
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Category: 2000s, Eyes and Vision, Cars
Happy Thanksgiving 2022!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 24, 2022 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Food, Holidays, 1900s, Cars
Asleep in the deep with a jeep
A 1943 AP story about a jeep that traveled around the Pacific tied to a submarine became the centerpiece of an ad for ice cream the following year. The somewhat tenuous connection between the two was that the submarine crew eventually sold the jeep to a warship in exchange for three gallons of ice cream.
Nebraska State Journal - Aug 6, 1943
National Geographic - July 1944
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 16, 2022 -
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Category: Military, Advertising, 1940s, Cars
Girl Gang Dodge Ads
This campaign was kinda genius, because they never explained what brought these three or four or five or six "wild & crazy" women together. Were they a troupe of actresses? Bank robbers? Insane asylum escapees? Rogue fashion models? You could stare at the ads all day in wonderment.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 14, 2022 -
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Category: Unsolved Mysteries, Advertising, Women, Cars
The Cyclops Eye Speedometer
Watching this great old Studebaker commercial, I was intrigued by the mention of a "Cyclops Eye Speedometer." It turns out that it was a barrel painted with the MPH numbers that revolved behind a lens to measure the speed. Highly imprecise, I would think, perhaps explaining its demise. Apparently, some Citroens used it too (last foto).
Posted By: Paul - Tue Aug 09, 2022 -
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Category: Engineering and Construction, Kludges, Hacks and Duct-tape Repairs, 1950s, Cars
Failed Driving Test
There's flunking your driving test... and then there's really flunking the test.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Apr 26, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jul 17, 2022 -
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Category: 1970s, Cars
Joie Chitwood’s Auto Show
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 13, 2022 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, 1950s, Circuses, Carnivals, and Other Traveling Shows, Cars
The Volkswagen Beatle
Dave Fambrough made headlines back in 1978 for turning cars into giant spiders. I'm not sure what's become of him since then.According to NV Racing News, as of 2015 one of Fambrough's spider cars could be seen on the roof of Scudder's Performance Racing garage in Sparks, Nevada.
San Bernardino County Sun - Mar 29, 1978
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 08, 2022 -
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Category: Art, 1970s, Cars
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