red750 Posted September 28, 2023 Author Share Posted September 28, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Peter, I posted this photo last week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 No he didn't. There are probably two of them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 One should BUZZ OFF. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 They hate WASPs in Harlem. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadpete Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Get a Flick man That's your answer Remember one flick.... And they're gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 8, 2023 Share Posted October 8, 2023 (edited) The Brogan Doodlebug: In 1946, Frank Brogan crafted a sleek, two-seat runabout he called the Brogan Doodlebug. It featured a highly streamlined steel body with headlights and windshield posts seamlessly blended in. The topless, doorless three-wheeler measured 96 inches long (2.5M), rolled on a 66-inch wheelbase (1.68M), and could be turned around within its own length. With the buyer’s choice of rear-mounted, single-cylinder Briggs & Stratton or twin-cylinder Onan air-cooled engines, the Doodlebug could achieve a top speed of 45 miles per hour (72kmh) and travel nearly 70 miles (113kms) on a gallon (3.8L) of gas. Brogan designed the Doodlebug especially for women, so he made sure operation and maintenance were easy. Gear-shifting was automated using a mercury-actuated system similar to fluid drive, which eliminated the clutch pedal. Changing the hidden front tire simply required popping out the grille and unscrewing two bolts. The engine was removed just as quickly—lift the rear deck lid, release three pins, disconnect the gas line, and lift the engine from its position beside the five-gallon fuel tank and battery ... After photos of the Doodlebug appeared in the nation’s newspapers and popular magazines, Brogan received an average of 200 postcards and letters per month. Requests to buy and distribute came from every state and 20 foreign countries. Brogan hand-built 30 Doodlebugs and sold them for $400 each before realising he'd lost $100 on every car he turned out. Tooling for mass production required $150,000 that he didn’t have, so he suspended Doodlebug sales. Edited October 8, 2023 by onetrack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 11, 2023 Share Posted October 11, 2023 Built on a Model "T" FORD. $#!t colour. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marty_d Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 None of those would make it down our driveway. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth lacey Posted October 15, 2023 Share Posted October 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Marty_d said: None of those would make it down our driveway. I agree none would get there been there got down in a Hyundi LOL HI Marty 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 Over a Tonne of metal per occupant. That seems about right. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Wolseley-Vickers Wheel-Come-Track, armored car prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 Something only the eccentric British could think up!! It looks like the result of a night-time mating attempt, from adjoining car and tank factories!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 48 minutes ago, onetrack said: Something only the eccentric British could think up!! The term for that is Heath Robinson. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Triumph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I can just see Facthunter doing a Trans-Australia rally on it, right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_Atrick Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 The fact it ever went was a triumph. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 Curtiss V8 motor cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 17, 2023 Share Posted October 17, 2023 I wonder how they started it? That open bevel gear set looks like it's ready to drag in and chew up whatever item of clothing gets near it. Obviously, safety guards were not something anyone ever thought of, in that era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red750 Posted October 18, 2023 Author Share Posted October 18, 2023 Here's another oldie... The Henderson 4 cyl. 1924. Note the gear level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetrack Posted October 18, 2023 Share Posted October 18, 2023 My stepfather (who married my mother when she was 80, a couple of years after my Father died of cancer), was a Pommy plumber from Nottingham. He told me he'd owned a Brough Superior when he was a young bloke, and he was stunned when I told him I had no idea what a Brough Superior was! He waxed lyrical about the machine, and I had to go research it! They're worth a fortune now, apparently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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