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1909 Sultan Landaulet town car and taximeter, oddly, one has the driver covered but the other has the passengers covered. Undecided designers?

I suppose there was a market for each, but it's a very odd juxtapositon of the roof on the one manufacturer's cars

some amazing things turned up in classifieds, a Bugatti 57sc Atalante, and a wonderful 1930 Morgan 3 wheeler van/beetleback

What did MIT students do to their cars in 1970?

photo by George Lyman

1918 Fageol, made in Oakland California, unique look

they only made one, the 1906 Pungs Finch

Above via: http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/gallery/13142/Pungs-Finch-Finch-Limited-Touring.html

Discovered by Long Island Auto Museum owner Henry Austin Clark Jr, it is possibly the earliest hemi combustion design, and was Guaranteed to do 55 mph... that is remarkable for 1906. It was a nearly 650 cu in engine, and 4 cylinders.

Via: http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z16791/Pungs-Finch-Limited.aspx

More about the Megola, 5 cylinder radial engine front wheel drive cycle

This one was found in a basement in New Hyde Park New Jersey, where it had been for decades, and they bough tit for 100 dollars. It took 7 years to restore

It looks like there is a lot on the web about it: http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&rlz=1T4GGLL_enUS326US327&q=megola&um=1&resnum=5&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

One is in a Swiss Museum, the collection of Joe Hilti, for the eye candy large format up close hi res hi def in color:http://gespannreise.regina-vetter.ch/wp-content/uploads/megola1b-1024x768.jpg

Survival of the innovator. A broken 2CV, no welder, no power tools, and Emil Leray made a motorcycle while stranded in the Moroccan desert, in 12 days

Photos of Daniel Denis of 2CV magazine and full story in http://chameaudacier.free.fr/moto1.html

Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2009/09/our-favorite-hero-emil-leray.html

Hot rod Citreon 2CV.. where did this come from? it's a paradigm breaker!

Via: http://www.davintosh.com/2008/02/16/citroen-2cv-rat-rod/

Can't find out any facts about it on the internet.

a new twist on an old design idea, but it doesn't look like it's been mass produced yet

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2006/01/12/hyanide-and-baal-all-terrain-motorcycles/
From 2006. Nothing since then to show that these got past the drawing board.

Back in 1937 this way prototyped, a 1937 Mercier, 1 of 3 built for the French military

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2009/03/26/1937-front-drive-tracked-motorcycle-prototype/

The coolest unique custom ideas

I love the piston tail-light, that is a first. Damn, I would love to see a set of these on a rat rod
Via: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/

The Allen Car Co, lasted 8 years

Formed in 1913 the Allen cars had high quality, which resulted in high prices. The company originated in Fostoria Ohio, but in 1919 it was sold to a Columbus consortium and it died in 1921. http://www.shorpy.com/

old bikes were a bit more difficult to use, no wonder they evolved

Via http://www.pixdaus.com/

Bizarre stuff

1939 antarctic special cruiser

Ron Elizada with a 1962 Willys zip van, after a tour as a mail delivery van in Anaheim in 1974.

the 1956 Dodge La Femme

the Futureliner exhibit and rolling display bus

1946 Detroit golden Jubilee Buick parade float

Via: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/

A variety of cool vehicles and stuff I wanted to show you that I got from Svammelsurium.blogg.se

1939 Labourdette Rolls Royce Phantom

1969 Mercury Cyclone Gt 500 ( it's the first and only time I've ever heard of it)

A Divco dairy truck from Garden Grove

the ELC10 made by GM in Stockholm during WW2, electric powered

Good looking to me, and one of the later Edsels. Already doomed by the first run, but they did get a couple good looking designs before they were killed off. Marten commented that the 1960 Edsel is one of only 76 convertibles produced, supposedly the only one outside US.

Very cool instrument cluster and steering wheel design, in a Panhard Dyna Z1, a very exciting car built in all aluminum.

Via: http://svammelsurium.blogg.se/ is the blog of Marten, who commented that the electric three wheeler was labeled model ELC10. General Motors Nordiska is name the scandinavian GM branch in Stockholm that built these during wartime, when all other civilian production was halted. They also built a couple of electric truck prototypes. Rrad the comments for Marten's unabridged writing.

Thanks for the corrections and aditional information Marten! I believe you must be the Svammelsurium.blogg website, and I compliment your extensive coverage of cool automotive stuff! Great blog!