The Dynasphere was a unique attempt at rethinking the still relatively new concept of personal, motorised transport. And it was insane.
The fully functioning Dynaspheres in this video were built by Dr J.A. Purves, he called it “spherical locomotion” and openly claimed that it would revolutionise human transportation. It didn’t. But it was a hell of a fun idea.
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When it was first raced in 1976 at the Six Hours of Silverstone this 1974 BMW CSL was producing almost 800 hp courtesy of a turbocharger, this turned out to be far too much for…
The Harley-Davidson VR1000 was a race bike developed in the late-1980s and early-1990s to take on the best in the world. We don’t typically associate the American motorcycle maker with performance machines, but the VR1000 was…
This is the Boeing 747 Window Fuselage Clock by Plane Industries, each one is made from a section of 747 fuselage that is cut from a retired plane and then put through a lengthy process…
The Hoss Fly is a Chevrolet V8-powered barstool created by the team behind the Boss Hoss, an American V8-powered motorcycle that holds the record for having the largest engine of any production motorcycle.
Whereas the Boss Hoss is a series of road legal motorcycles, the Hoss Fly is designed as a non-road legal novelty vehicle that has a top speed of 25 mph, a towing capacity of 2,000 lbs, and it fits neatly into the back of a pickup truck.
The Intermeccanica Indra was one of the most successful models from the Italian/American/Canadian company founded by the husband and wife team of Frank and Paula Reisner in Torino, Italy in 1959. Many of the…
When people see the Kettenkrad, officially called the NSU Sd. Kfz. 2, for the first time they usually all have the same question. Is the front wheel actually capable of turning the vehicle? Surprisingly the answer…
