Fantasy Vehicle

[V.C. Brunswick]

Алексеев Экраноплан KM
Alexeyev Ekranoplan KM
Russian ground effect vehicle

[video=youtube;WlEt0bCeTy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCeTy8&feature=related[/video]

 

[jamespowers]

Алексеев Экраноплан KM
Alexeyev Ekranoplan KM

[video=youtube;WlEt0bCeTy8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlEt0bCeTy8&feature=related[/video]

Does it fly backward too?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Does it fly backward too?

It's Russian -- anything is possible!

 

[jamespowers]

It's Russian -- anything is possible!

Ok, sideways then.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Only when vodka is aboard.

 

[Smithy]

Along with my selections on the previous page, I just had to add this as well. I'm seriously tempted

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

What happened to the other half?

 

[Smithy]

What happened to the other half?

Extra weight old boy, it was slowing it down

 

[Ben Stephens]

By sea:

Now, that is a dream!

Kindest regards

Ben

 

[David Conwill]

How fantastic can I be? Because I’d love to see every city connected by these:

And easily travelled by these:

That way I could have one of these exclusively for pleasure driving:

Realistically, I’m hoping to someday upgrade to one of these:

And use it to occasionally haul one of these:


Or one of these:

...to various locations around northern Michigan.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

One of my neighbors has a vintage Chris Craft.

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Letting off steam...

Doble Steamer

1953 Paxton Phoenix
Engine options included a Doble-type steam engine

 

[Edward]

What fuels those, some sort of oil or coal? I'm completely unfamiliar with steam power in a car - and had no idea that it was an option that late!

 

[scottyrocks]

Not from the GE but I have a number of fantasy cars. An original 1965 Ford Mustang GT350. These cars were monsters.

 

[Smithy]

Now, that is a dream!

Kindest regards

Ben

Hi Ben, good to see you back at the Lounge!

She is a dream isn't she? You don't see a huge amount of yawls now. Here's another photo:

 

[Mr. Godfrey]

Well, following a lottery win or divorce! mine would be a VW Kubelwagon.

[video=youtube;z7UfmZhmhSc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7UfmZhmhSc&list=PL920DDF556BC46AC7&feature=player_detailpage[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

The kübelwagen (translation "Bucketmobile") used the chassis of the original VW bug.

 

[Edward]

The kübelwagen (translation "Bucketmobile") used the chassis of the original VW bug.

I know it has often been alleged (quite possibly proven by now) that the money a lot of people paid in for their People's Cars went instead to produce these for the war effort. There was at a time a joke about a guy who worked on the VW assembly line and had stolen a car bit by bit, smuggling it out a piece at a time. Built it in his garage at home. When he finished it, he discovered it was a tank.

 

[AtomicEraTom]

[video=youtube;rWHniL8MyMM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWHniL8MyMM[/video]

I know it has often been alleged (quite possibly proven by now) that the money a lot of people paid in for their People's Cars went instead to produce these for the war effort. There was at a time a joke about a guy who worked on the VW assembly line and had stolen a car bit by bit, smuggling it out a piece at a time. Built it in his garage at home. When he finished it, he discovered it was a tank.

 

[David Conwill]

the money a lot of people paid in for their People's Cars went instead to produce these for the war effort.

Actually, postwar didn't Volkswagen actually give credit for those people who had paid ahead on their cars? I thought I read that somewhere.