Author Topic: Folding Microcar from the 1920's  (Read 3420 times)

Jim Janecek

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Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« on: March 28, 2009, 02:37:20 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dENBYI3j3eE

anyone recognize what this might be?


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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2009, 02:42:31 PM »
As the wise man said,"Nothing is new under the sun!" A great clip Jim. Designed for a woman? A woman with muscles!

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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2009, 01:34:08 PM »
What a great link Jim! ;D It reminds me on this video where you can see a similary vehicle

http://www.microcarmuseum.com/video/magrack.html
Always looking for everything in connection with Egon Bruetsch!!!! Photos, brochures, letters, articles, drawings ....... Also to the licenses of Bruetsch like Belcar, Avolette, Rollera, France Jet etc.

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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2009, 03:31:54 PM »
Designed for a woman? A woman with muscles!

Back then they also had more fur than today's woman.


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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2009, 05:04:50 PM »
Great stuff, thanks for posting
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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2009, 02:04:39 PM »
More fur Jim? Are you referring to female body hair or more fur clothing?

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Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2009, 03:50:37 PM »
Both meanings are equally true !

While I was proto-typing some of my inventions at South London Innovation Centre (now sadly gone) there was a fellow there who was making a model of his folding car. Its framework/chassis was a pantograph, like one of those old zig zag fold down clothes dryers. Hmmm, very complex and extremely rickety, not a design I would want to travel in
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