Motor Vehicles
1968 Seatbelt PSA
Nice to see that despite being horribly scarred for life, she has maintained her mascara, eyeliner and lashes.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 22, 2019 -
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Category: Accidents, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Motor Vehicles, PSA’s, 1960s, Face and Facial Expressions
The Seat That Burns
Concerned by an increasing number of attacks on cab drivers, Parisian taxi drivers in 1987 began outfitting their cars with a device called "le siege qui brule" ('the seat that burns'), which could electrify unruly passengers with 52,000 volts.As far as I can tell, the devices were outlawed a few months after their introduction.
Hazleton Standard-Speaker - Oct 23, 1987
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 18, 2019 -
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Category: Crime, Motor Vehicles, 1980s
The Unimog
This one has been turned into a camper.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Feb 16, 2019 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles
Follies of the Madmen #407
"Murray Westgate portrays an Esso service station dealer who asks a woman driver if she wants Esso Extra gasoline, but she only wants her windows cleaned."
Not sure if Murray peeved attitude conveys the right message. Also, perhaps a bit too much thrilling window-scrubbing action?
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 21, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Motor Vehicles, 1960s
Heavy Metal High Rise Track
Only in America.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 20, 2018 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Entertainment, Motor Vehicles
Follies of the Madmen #391
You have to be tripping on LSD to appreciate us.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Oct 23, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Surrealism, 1950s
The Heaven Pacers Hot Rod Club
Oakland, Calif.--A "Hot Rod" racing club here is believed to be the only organization of its kind in the country which combines auto racing with the practice of Christianity. Known as the Heaven Pacers of the East Bay, the club's 20 active members consider their racing fraternity as a missionary field. Members attend a brief non-denominational service before every race that is held on Sundays, in addition to praying individually during a race. Here. Don Marker, past president of the club, kneels in prayer before his "hot rod." The Heaven Pacers have as their motto this verse from I Corinthians: "Know ye not that they which run in the race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain." (9:24) To join the club, applicants must "know the lord as your own personal saviour," and own or be able to build a "hot rod."
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 27, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Religion, 1950s
Stretch limo snowcat
Currently for sale on Craigslist Vancouver. They're asking $6000 for it.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 15, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Cars
The Rolligon
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 14, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
Propellor-Driven Snowmobiles
This notion goes way back.The Russians tried them at the start of the 20th century, with the Aerosani.
Here's one from the 1930s.
And finally, one from 2016.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 08, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Nature, Weather, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
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