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1951 Royal Spartanette trailer converted into a hauler

80's Dodge van sno cat

1914 Indian Model F

1954 Willys panel delivery

Browse through the listings of all the unusual and rare vehicles, and race cars

http://bringatrailer.com/

Snowmobiles can fly. Anything that goes farther than the Wright brothers at Kittyhawk is really flying

On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright piloted the first powered airplane 20 feet above a wind-swept beach in North Carolina. The flight lasted 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.

Three more flights were made that day with Orville's brother Wilbur piloting the record flight lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/wright.htm

Levi LaVallee went 361 feet on a snowmobile



From http://autozine.com.br/

home made snow machine

for more http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/01/28/a-solution-for-many-many-snow/#more-9642

C'mon steampunk inventors, the snowmachine of 1914 needs your recreation efforts

from a postcard found featuring St Petersburg in 1914 http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/10/05/unusual-soviet-snowmobile-equipment/#more-18818

Necessity, the mother of invention

From http://englishrussia.com/ and http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/

For a gallery of the homemade snow machines: http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010/04/14/russian-homemade-snowmobiles/#more-12333

WANT !

from http://aircooled-village.blogspot.com/2010/12/t1-promotion-pisten-bulli.html via the great http://stipistop.com

Streetcars, were good for more than just public transportation... did you know they were used to plow snow along their route?

read about plowing snow with street cars: http://cincystreetcar.wordpress.com/2009/01/

I like that many were made into little diners. See the inside of one at the Henry Ford museum https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYX60xnUPTXHj1V1bi2hrkyTgb3Qc5xFmldNrJl8kYll63bKjdtjrn5PhCRPIjXNJF1hdWLtMJGKsAVbLRHVWGQOBTFSECv1uObrBNoHyRKUZB7XMbMEbV4-ln5NSjBzwoQc3N8yhXKRQ/s1600/Henry%2520Ford%2520Diner%5B1%5D.jpg it is the nicest I've seen, most are far more simple and less ornamental

Some were made into houses: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/09/street-cars-getting-second-life-as-home.html

And in San Diego I found one diner street car, and two homes made from street cars http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2008/06/survivors-of-era-i-doubt-anyone-else.html

photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=925

The antarctic Sno Cruiser was driven to Chicago, then loaded on a ship for the south pole, and broke the off-loading ramp, you gotta see the video

full gallery here:
http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowpics.html

and to watch the 50 second video (in color!) click on the bottom link here: http://www.joeld.net/snowcruiser/snowvids.html

Some photos from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=6023990&postcount=18495

Messerschmitt snow machine... cool!

via: http://megamoto.tumblr.com/post/1707922375

Larry Shinoda designed vehicles

With Gurney Westlake 520hp V8 engine, it was capable of 150mph. The original design for this was done on the napkins at a hamburger restaurant.

Econoline ‘Kilimanjaro’ safari van, 1969 show car. Front wheel drive

1969 Ford Mach II design

1969 car show Torino Super Cobra front and back

via: http://deansgarage.com/

Late 60's snowmobiles racing (North American Championships) through downtown Munising, Upper Michigan, on home video

What can you do with your chopper during the winter? Convert it into a snow machine

via: http://www.wkithok.blogspot.com/

Jascrushinator .. .. odd but interesting

via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=229248&showall=1

Even the Romanovs drove ski clad and tank tracked cars!

Via: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2010/02/26/the-guns-of-st-petersburg/

A model T in skis and snow, 1924

It looks like a homecrafted wooden slat tank tracks on a double rear axle, but it's such low resolution I can't tell for sure. Via: http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/el_camino_sierra/page76a.html

Interesting images from "small answers without question" piccole.rispostesenzadomanda.com

Above: Mile a minute Murphy and somebody else on home trainers... competitively. Interesting set up to see who is ahead!

I've seen one other shot of this, I wish I'd saved it., this is a BMW

Via: http://piccole.rispostesenzadomanda.com

Snowblower train in slow motion gettting through 10 foot high drifts

image from http://www.savetheenzos.com/post/342087498/snowblower-train-corvette-forum via http://friendship-classics.tumblr.com/page/15

For something to see happening skip to the one minute mark, for a close up of the blower, skip to the 5 minute mark, for it ot get moving and make progress skip to the 8 minute mark

Another Turbonique application of crazy... the Boss Cat snowmobile, why did it need 1000 hp? Land speed record of course

images via: http://www.bosscatlegacy.com/bosscat1/bosscat1.htm from the post by http://hooniverse.com/blog/2010/01/27/boss-cat-i-1000hp-of-turbonique-fun-in-the-snow/#more-8054

For more about the unreal bolt on 1000 hp turbonique: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/turbonique

Abandoned stuff website

the LeTourneau electric arctic land trains has a great write up recently on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/11/19/54-wheel-drive-the-letourneau-electric-arctic-land-trains-that-put-australian-road-trains-to-shame/

Above, the Kee Bird, which was the subject of an awesome recovery effort when private funding got it up and running, and moving, but old electrical wiring shorted, and the whole thing burned to cinders on film while a documentary was being filmed, it is so worth seeing!

For the story: http://www.rb-29.net/HTML/03RelatedStories/03.03shortstories/03.03.09contss.htm

Check out the stories on all of these at: http://www.artificialowl.net

10 dollars, junk laying around, welding and time.

A couple guys who work as snowmobile mechanics took the stuff that had been laying around the shop and made this .... applause! http://www.automotto.org/entry/snowmobile-mechanics-turn-station-junk-into-snowmobile-chopper/