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Friday, April 20, 2007

The World's Strangest Vehicles


"QUANTUM SHOT" #164


The Opposite of "Soccer-Mom Minivans"!

Sometimes simply getting from point A to point B is not really the point. Some people want to do it in style and with a certain panache, some want to set their vehicles as far apart from the norm as possible (without crossing into the ridiculous). A few of the vehicles depicted here are made only for show, but some appear roadworthy and even...groundbreaking?

Let's start with -
Mini-Cooper Limo with a Pool!!


(Source: Strange Vehicles)


(Source: cars.ign.com)

Surface Orbiter:




"New Yorker Rick Dobbertin built the amphibious Surface Orbiter out of a milk truck in order to cross the world via land and sea. It took him 4 years, $175,000 and 14,000 man hours to complete."
(via Dobbertin Hydrocar)

Dave Major's Aerocar 2 (Propellor Car):






ZZR Made for the 60's movie classic "Out of Site" movie by the Barris company:


(image credit: Barris)


The famous Pacman Car:

(Source: geek24)












Cool photos of a similar bus / RV - here



(Source: Harrod Blank, via)


Citroen DS in the movie "Fantomas":















Mafia Car?


another steering wheel variation:


More after the jump...

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Two-wheeled cars!

This page documents various two-wheeled oddities
(via Weird Daily)




(image credit: Kohler AG)



Still, they are not as weird as this futuristic car from 1918:



"Davis Motor Corp." car from 1948:
















(Source: Uberreview)


Stout Carab, 1936:



Is this for real?


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Unusual Bikes

Beer-table bike for the Harley Davidson Convention Members:

(created by Eric Staller)


















(Source: cars.ign.com)











BRP EMBRIO Concept (read more here):



















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More creative means of transportation:













Finally, perhaps the strangest - Ski-lift Bus!
(used on Mt. Hood, Oregon between Government Camp and Timberline Lodge)


(image credit: VintagePhoto)

Send us the photos of strange vehicles you spotted around the world, and we will continue making next parts with your submissions. Good Hunting!

Sources: UberReview, Strange Vehicles, Karaul, Otkisni

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COMMENTS:

11 Comments:

Blogger jcmoriaud said...

Nice images, as always... but if I may... it's not a "Citroën DC" but a "DS". Which sounds like "déesse" which means "goddess" in french!

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Blogger exastal said...

really fynny and nice....
I really like your site and I often,
take ideas from you......

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Anonymous Carsten said...

jcmoriaud is right. Its definitely a DS.

Another vehicle for your collection: The 24-engine-motorcycle "Dolmette": http://www.dolmar.com/755.php

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Blogger B. Durbin said...

How could you miss the Couchbike?

BTW— your site is a wonderful way to kill time. Not that it needs killing, but hey.

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Anonymous Zola said...

weird yet interesting range of vehicles.

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

backlink from http://jaylake.livejournal.com/:

Automotive wrongness, some of it so wrong it emerges on the far side of the veil as a new kind of right...

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great stuff, one thing I noticed is that drawing from 1918..Is it really from 1918? Then it's a remarkable drawing really, if you look at the cars in those days and the contoures on the drawing.

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Anonymous LiMo said...

great images!! where did you find all of these? it must have been a long time.. but the blog looks great now!

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Anonymous Anonymous said...

The Ski-Bus was used for a few years on Mt. Hood, Oregon between Government Camp and Timberline Lodge.
They used old city buses, including the motor. A new road brought the end of this private venture.

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Anonymous sock.monkey said...

The white 3-wheeled car in the 29th photo from the top (just above the Metropolitan on skis) is a Davis car from 1948.

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Blogger Limousine said...

Is a mini cooper still a "mini" when you turn it into a stretch limo with a jacuzzi?

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