General cars and vehicles thread.

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I will never get tired of this 850 HP monstrosity.

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Hanomag 2/10 PS, 1924, 15k made.

 

 

 

 

 

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That one was interesting, but the guy does not have to run avgas in that Jake.  The 100LL is likely one of the culprits in it's hard starting.

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I always run leaded stuff in older engines for valve lubrication/preventing valve seat wear. He also mentioned it running hotter than hell, so the 100LL likely prevents detonation (as he said he can only run it for 15 minutes before it overheats).

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   AAC (Auto Avio Costruzioni) Tipo 815, 1939-40 by Enzo Ferrari. ЕThis was the first car, designed by Enzo by himself, didn't received his name becuase of some law/juridical reasons. 

 

 

 

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   Campbell-Railton-Rolls-Royce Blue Bird 

 

 

   Blue Bird was designed by Malcolm Campbell (racer driver) in 1931-1933 for the speed records. Vehicle was presented on 22 February 1933, at the races at Daytona, when Campbell set speed record - 438 km/h.

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BRDM 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Trolleybuses Ikarus 60 T, 1950s, only 74 were made.

 

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ZiL-130 prototype during tests

 

With more Lenin per picture!

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British road police, London, 1936.

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   Scaldia 407, or Scaldia Special De Luxe, is basically a Moskvich-407, that was assembled from ready parts at Soviet-Belgian joint enterprise Scaldia-Volga S.A., and went on sale under the name Scaldia.

 

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Mercedes-Benz Auto 2000 Concept car, early 1980s, first shown in 1981. Car was made to be fuel efficient and more ergonomic.

 

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GAZ-3344-20 2-part tracked transporter

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TTM-1901-40 snowmobile

 

TS-3132 Gusar

 

 

UAZ-3136 Patriot

[Alex C.]

Parents are on vacation so I am house sitting. Had Columbus Day off and decided it was time to get the old 1929 Model A running again. We bought this car out of a barn in Arkansas for 5k back in 2006.

 

Cleaned her up real nice too, as there was a thick layer of dust of it. Really the simplicity of these cars is mind blowing and it is very apparent that they were designed so that even isolated people in the most rural pockets of America could order a part and fix the thing themselves:

 

 

 

 

 

Having to manually retard and advance the timing is pretty neat, and a reminder of how far things have come:

 

 

 

 

This model is a Business Coupe, and does have a rumble seat ensuring that passengers are just a bump away from death:

 

 

 

 

 

Also, ever wondered why we call the area behind the cabin where you put stuff a trunk (in the USA at least)? Because cars used to have a literal trunk behind them where you could put your spare fedora and Thompson:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Really it isn't hard to appreciate how far we have come in the way of automobiles and you can see how much difference a decade of development makes if you go from a 1919 Model T:

 

 

 

To the Model A featured above, then to a 1939:

 

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BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.highsnobiety.com/2016/10/12/bmw-motorrad-vision-next-100-concept/

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BMW Titan Motorcycle

 

 

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Experimental amphibious all terrain vehicle (snow/swamps were main concerns) ZIL-136, 1956-57

 

   This vehicle was developed for Soviet Army, showed pretty good cross-country capabilites, but controllability/maneuverability did not impressed Army representatives, project was closed.

 

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Lada 1200 4-door Saloon, model for England.

 

 

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Coca-Cola car in Chicago in 1933

 

 

 

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Citroën ID 19, 1956-1968.