The World's Strangest Vehicles
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"QUANTUM SHOT" #164The 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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11 Comments:
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!
really fynny and nice....
I really like your site and I often,
take ideas from you......
jcmoriaud is right. Its definitely a DS.
Another vehicle for your collection: The 24-engine-motorcycle "Dolmette": http://www.dolmar.com/755.php
How could you miss the Couchbike?
BTW— your site is a wonderful way to kill time. Not that it needs killing, but hey.
weird yet interesting range of vehicles.
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...
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.
great images!! where did you find all of these? it must have been a long time.. but the blog looks great now!
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.
The white 3-wheeled car in the 29th photo from the top (just above the Metropolitan on skis) is a Davis car from 1948.
Is a mini cooper still a "mini" when you turn it into a stretch limo with a jacuzzi?
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