26 vintage cars, high resolution. Previously: download, print, fold, paste. Related: can cars.
Bolides d’autrefois: vintage paper art
April 15, 2009 by Filed Under: Low-tech cars, Paper models, Toys, Travel
Macho pedal power
April 13, 2009 by Filed Under: Bikes, Human power, Low-tech cars, Pedal power, Steampunk, Travel
Maybe artists and fantasy are a better foothold for the future than engineers and high-tech. The pedal powered Hennepin Crawler is capable of both street and railroad track cruising and can seat four people. It is comprised of approximately 90% recycled materials and has a sex appeal that can rival that of a Porsche or a Land Rover. Via Make 17. Related: Cycle Chics. More on railcars. More low-tech cars.
Carville & Carzonia
In the 1850s and 60s transit companies used horses to pull railcars on San Francisco streets. When the beasts gave way to progress in the form of cable cars and electric streetcars, the companies sought to dump the obsolete rolling stock. The Market Street Railway Company even placed a newspaper advertisement offering horse cars for $20 (without seats only $10). The result: Carville & Carzonia.
Who needs a Prius?
April 8, 2009 by Filed Under: Cars, DIY, Low-tech cars, Travel
Source: Popular Science, May 1960
The electric man & the electric horse
March 20, 2009 by Filed Under: Inventions that never made it, Travel
Here. More Victorian Era robots. Thanks, David.
The woodmobile
March 19, 2009 by Filed Under: Cars, DIY, Low-tech cars, Travel, Wood
Who needs gasoline or batteries? John Dutch’s Volvo 240 is powered by wood.
“After 2000 kilometers on woodgas everything worked properly. Top speed is 120 km/h. Cruising speed 100-110 km/h. Fuel consumption approximately 30 kilos of wood for one hundred kilometers, which is also one effective filling of the fuel bin. The back seat loaded with sacks of wood make the total range approximately 400 kilometers.”
Update: “Wood gas vehicles: firewood in the fuel tank“.
