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General Category => Unusual Microcar Discussion => Topic started by: Jim Janecek on March 28, 2009, 02:37:20 PM

Title: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: Jim Janecek on March 28, 2009, 02:37:20 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dENBYI3j3eE

anyone recognize what this might be?

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: Bob Purton 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!

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: bruetsch-freak 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

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: Jim Janecek on March 29, 2009, 03:31:54 PM

Quote from: Bob Purton on March 28, 2009, 02:42:31 PM

Designed for a woman? A woman with muscles!

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

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: marcus on March 29, 2009, 05:04:50 PM

Great stuff, thanks for posting

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: Bob Purton on March 30, 2009, 02:04:39 PM

More fur Jim? Are you referring to female body hair or more fur clothing?

Title: Re: Folding Microcar from the 1920's
Post by: marcus 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