alsancle Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 You guys are offending the spirit of Buckmeister Fuller. That car was at Amelia a couple of weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Actually met Buckminster Fuller in the 1970s. He was a guest lecturer at the Univ of PA while I was there as a grad student. Ideas flew out of his brain like sparks from a grinding wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Dymaxion was cool. His houses didn't do much for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 http://www.slashgear.com/the-weirdest-craziest-cars-of-amelia-concours-2016-13431588/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restorer32 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Just love the Phantom Corsair alias The Flying Wombat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 What is a Dymaxion ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Bruce aka First Born Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 4 hours ago, nick8086 said: What is a Dymaxion ?? An abomination ?? Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 1 hour ago, First Born said: An abomination ?? Ben The Dymaxion was kind of neat with some interesting engineering. Many other cars I would consider actual abominations before that. I know that list would be a fun topic here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Rear flathead V8 engine, FWD, rear steering, interesting handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 On 3/31/2016 at 5:39 AM, First Born said: An abomination ?? Is a kaiser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Agree, it needs to be chopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balonybob718 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 The rarest production car I ever saw was a pickup truck & it was just last month. The guy has a perfect original (looks like new) 1966 Chevy short bed pickup his father bought new because they needed a truck for the family farm. It was in PERFECT original condition with only 2973 miles. They bought it and never used it. I have seen many cars and trucks, I have also owned a few low production cars including the 47 Lincoln cont conv, 57 Ford 2 dr wagon and my 67 Mercury parklane conv that I own now. In my opinion a perfect original show room condition farm truck, that has been on a farm in a one car garage full of heavy farm equipment and oil cans since 1966 is much rarer they any restored car or truck regardless of production numbers. He is thinking of selling it but does not know the value or best way to sell it, any suggestions. I will open a new topic on this question. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GT52 Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 1 hour ago, balonybob718 said: ... In my opinion a perfect original show room condition farm truck, that has been on a farm in a one car garage full of heavy farm equipment and oil cans since 1966 is much rarer they any restored car or truck regardless of production numbers... I think that is just a completely different category. You occasionally see things like the truck you describe, or grandpas Pinto with a few thousand miles on it, but it isn't the vehicle that is rare, it's the condition of the vehicle that is rare. It would be hard for me to get my head around the premise that an original '66 Chevy truck is rarer than a restored '62 260 Cobra. I've probably seen tens of thousands of '66 Chevy trucks in my life, but not one 260 Cobra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrytravler Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) 1970 Dodge D-100 with the top-of-the-line Adventurer package. Exact color combination featured in the '70 Dodge truck brochure. 318/auto.12,423 original miles. Original paint. Original tires. Bed never used! Factory grease pencil marks still on the frame and rear-end.Runs and drives perfect. No rust. No leaks. No issues. Museum quality untouched original. Sold for 35.000? Edited April 6, 2016 by countrytravler (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbardin Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 1934 Ford 4cyl Victoria. 3 were made. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarfudd Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 About 50 years ago I bought a 1916 Briscoe touring car from Tom Reese in Minnesota. It had an OHV V-8 that was a factory option. The base model came with a 4. If you bought the 4 and later decided you wanted the 8, the factory would make the engine swap (4 bolts, I think) for 200 bucks. That car could easily top 60, but was horribly underbuilt. It would snap axles like toothpicks. It burned a quart of oil in 25 miles, which did a real number on the local mosquito population. Gil Fitzhugh the Elder, Morristown, NJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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