"Dream Auto" Produced In Full-Size Model – Jan 1934
This model looks similar to the VW bug. It might have been influenced Ferdinand Porsche’s original Kleinauto Type 32.
“Dream Auto” Produced In Full-Size Model (link to original)
Dymaxion Car
This short article describes Dymaxion car designed by Buckminster Fuller and Starling Burgess.
Three-Wheel “Teardrop” Car Easy To Drive (original article)
Dymaxion Car (Wikipedia)
The Dymaxion is Back! (British Architect Brings Back Dymaxion)
Tiny Electric Roadster
This article describes a simple tiny electric car with a speed between 10 and 12 miles per hour on two 6 volt batteries. One of the secrets of successful electric vehicle design has to be light weight.
Tiny Electric Roadster Runs Thirty Miles On Charge (original article)
Raymond H. Dietrich
This article exposes the early automobile design tricks, mostly by interviewing the 33 year old designer-builder Raymond H. Dietrich. Dietrich became one of the world’s leading designers.
How “Cheat Lines” Fool Your Eye (original article)
Raymond H. Dietrich (coachbuilt.com)
Nov 012010
Midget Car
A five foot long midget car built by a New York mechanic.
Automobile Five Feet Long Makes Fast Time (original article)
Oct 312010
Spring Wheel
This article describes an alternative to the common pneumatic tire.
Spring Wheel To End Autoists’ Tire Problem (original article)
Oct 302010
Compressed Air Powered Car
This short article describes a car powered by compressed air.
Auto Run By Compressed Air (original article)
1924 Chevrolet Ad
Here is an advertisement for Chevrolet Superior Utility Coupe from April 1924 issues of Popular Mechanics.
Chevrolet Ad (link to original)
Pennington Motorcycle
This article describes the new company formed by Thomas Kane and E. J. Pennington with an aim of manufacturing engines, motorcycles and automobiles.
Kane-Pennington Hot Air Engines – Racine Motor Vehicle Co. (original article)
Automobile Culture (Wisconsin Historical Society)
Duryea Motor Wagon
This article describes Duryea brothers’ gasoline powered wagon, considered one of the first successful gasoline-powered vehicles built in the US.
Duryea Motor Wagon (original article)
Duryea Motor Wagon Company (Wikipedia)
