Some Automotive Fun...

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/16lKduZEwu0?si=EO449rCv0JbVhWHK

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/EFoQ5X78ljc?si=gzToAGL8UfVnGlKg

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/vRzTLhaiMQU?si=yIxS6Onf7gv0rIIK

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/a15HTG_Lri8?si=mrAHqYU72VXNmJZv

 

[Graham1973]

A slight break from cars to footage of a rare locomotive, the steam turbine driven 'Jawn Henry' a road sadly not taken.

View: https://youtu.be/jrf8dnKZ8yM?si=FswgVzBEhwuHQQ-D

 

[Richard N]

AVUS Racetrack

View: https://youtu.be/dU9AphgxUyk

 

[Graham1973]

Another case of 'it ran when parked'...

View: https://youtu.be/k1kRJLxPC_8?si=BIUlZv8bDeSf433a


...back in 1996

 

[Graham1973]

A case of 'Ran when picked up'...

View: https://youtu.be/ZXYf4GOrw6w?si=y7gb_vK8UYpKlc_J


...but needed a 'little tune up'.

View: https://youtu.be/kDeu6FvoAb4?si=8U81u7UKPq7x69BN

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/lGdf9ea2olQ?si=fhpJuzdpnZ0X-P0a

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/RY_Mwpl902c?si=NDsD12QWXzWWfTr7

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/U2D1piXHL4o?si=gqhKkTY8GyAaLOI9

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/b8KQVjvmEGk?si=Tgf6Rfh0ZMUSW2p3

 

[Graham1973]

And the wowzers strike again....

View: https://youtu.be/dzd4O0r_slI?si=Qo8fJ7CgNy6ijFk1

 

[Graham1973]

And the wowzers strike yet again....

View: https://youtu.be/cm7lmwJrAv0?si=QJWDcKLKs4neTOO6

 

[Graham1973]

Messing around with 'Big Iron'...

View: https://youtu.be/lEf_VxGautY?si=IxJH15ULQ7FGa1Vr

 

[Graham1973]

Drink and drive and you're a <expletive deleted> idiot!

View: https://youtu.be/ZDfN-_jYqpg?si=aTp6B6QAOz7htoXD

 

[Rhinocrates]

1000 kg car, fans give 2000 kg downforce at 0 kph. So...

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/mcmurtry-speirling-first-car-world-drive-upside-down

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LYcgaQ46c&ab_channel=McMurtryAutomotive

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/1kHASiSlAx8?si=y4q7zkbcYdI7rG22

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/b4BdBIg9jKU?si=QDe9kOGRTSbf85Xn

 

[Graham1973]

I may have posted this earlier, but I've forgotten....

View: https://youtu.be/8rCPsDaKMOs?si=PtRik9VloOvk_Zxq

 

[Graham1973]

The story of the first steam powered vehicle to hold the world land speed record.

View: https://youtu.be/exfvDiTJoL4?si=SZO_h53LvxU_8rtZ

And some examples of the companies more conventional output.

View: https://youtu.be/w75a9WA9uBQ?si=GU_LMCW7108ArTcf

View: https://youtu.be/5Me8b0ed59s?si=ARuS26cosJd9QsZc

View: https://youtu.be/Jnab5sG9PQs?si=V9JqkYOzeKy6mFOf

 

[Graham1973]

Only in Australia, a Rolls-Royce Ute.....

View: https://youtu.be/V2hO3WjWeSc?si=EnbjjUMIg6mpTcEI

 

[Graham1973]

They don't build them like that anymore...

View: https://youtu.be/GRHWuU2WPYk?si=fe9jtwZC-MeMsgzH

 

[GTX]

XPeng to launch ‘flying car’ next year, priced at $500,000

The XPeng Land Aircraft Carrier combines a ute and drone to allow owners to drive and fly.

www.drive.com.au

 

[Rhinocrates]

A car from an alternative, and better universe.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2isH3sQZak&t=6s&ab_channel=Harry%27sgarage

 

[Rhinocrates]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDuwfV_4N6g&ab_channel=PetersenAutomotiveMuseum

 

[Rhinocrates]

Some more detail on how it was done. 'When clever people get together and do utterly ridiculous things.'

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSFdra7Z_Q&ab_channel=ChrisHarrisonCars

 

[Graham1973]

Getting back to a project that's been left fallow for 10 years...

View: https://youtu.be/l_0bpBKE-xY?si=67n3SQEXoIHT5L7S


WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THIS AT HOME!

 

[Graham1973]

Plumbing the forgotten realms of TV series that never were....

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0OaSw9fTms

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOTnNqOv6VI

 

[Graham1973]

Only one owner....

View: https://youtu.be/VXYRMNrnTPE?si=UrTAfI9_0F_4RulD

 

[TomcatViP]

Car and Carrier...

The Navy Turned This Aircraft Carrier Into A $5 Billion Car Transport. Let's Check Out What Sailors Like To Drive - The Autopian

Earlier today, Jason wrote about how a Ford Woody Wagon was found to be rather confusingly on the sunken USS Yorktown. That is a mystery that remains to be solved, but there’s no mystery why the USS Ronald Reagan was transporting a flight deck full of Chargers, Mustangs, and at least one sweet...

www.theautopian.com

 

[PFJN]

Car and Carrier...

...

The Navy Turned This Aircraft Carrier Into A $5 Billion Car Transport. Let's Check Out What Sailors Like To Drive - The Autopian

Earlier today, Jason wrote about how a Ford Woody Wagon was found to be rather confusingly on the sunken USS Yorktown. That is a mystery that remains to be solved, but there’s no mystery why the USS Ronald Reagan was transporting a flight deck full of Chargers, Mustangs, and at least one sweet...

www.theautopian.com

Hi,
I'm curious. Instead of going all they way in to port to offload all these cars, could they instead just use the cataputs to fling them ashore

 

[TomcatViP]

I heard that´s what French do:

View: https://youtu.be/arJdhU-IobM

 

[Rhinocrates]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5cD_oTV2wI&ab_channel=buster477

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/sT6H7PqEK9s?si=eWYR1HxMtBGawm6U

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://youtu.be/DmuTnoo4reM?si=HamfTpnrGyycxj7o