Motor Vehicles
Johnnie the Tractor-Driving Monkey
The 1977 video below features both Johnnie and his son, Johnnie II. But mostly Johnnie II.The owner of both, Australian farmer Lindsay Schmidt, said of the original Johnnie:
We take it in turns to drive and toss off the hay to the sheep and cattle."
Billings Gazette - Jan 17, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 24, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Motor Vehicles
The Astra-Gnome Time and Space Car
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 29, 2020 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Avant Garde, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
B.A.D. Cats
Lasted for 6 episodes, according to Wikipedia.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jun 25, 2020 -
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Category: Crime, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Motor Vehicles, Television, 1980s
Jungle Yachts
Our hero's Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 05, 2020 -
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Category: Explorers, Frontiersmen, and Conquerors, Motor Vehicles, Africa
Miss Brake Special, 1951
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 24, 2020 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #456
Who knew gas pumps were such gossips?
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 10, 2019 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, 1940s
A Queer Ferry
I would call this an aerial tramway for cars. Seems it would have been much easier just to build a bridge!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 27, 2019 -
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Category: Engineering and Construction, Motor Vehicles, Technology, 1930s
The Pedestrian Horn
We've posted before about Los Angeles auto dealer Hilton Tupman who, back in 1948, invented a "pedestrian horn" that he used to honk at motorists.
Great ideas like that tend to get recycled. So, recently artist Yosef Lerner unveiled a pedestrian horn for the 21st century. His intent was satirical. He wanted to make the point that honking at people can be obnoxious, whether you're on foot or in a car. But for a while he was actually offering his pedestrian horn for sale on his website, at $699 each. He decided to stop selling them because (as he told Gizmodo) he didn't want "to contribute to any more noise in this city!”
For the record, Tupman didn't invent the idea of a pedestrian horn. Actress Eleanor Whitney had rigged one up in 1932.
Chambersburg Public Opinion - Apr 9, 1932
And as early as 1927, there's a report in the NY Times about an unnamed man from Southampton, England who had attached a "miniature but noisy motorhorn" to his walking stick and then "sounded warning blasts to the more fortunate ones in automobiles when he was about to cross."
New York Times - Oct 7, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Tue Nov 19, 2019 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Cars, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Follies of the Madmen #441
Not sure how a different color motor oil is better for your car. Don't think the advertiser can tell us either.
Source.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 26, 2019 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
License-Plate T-Shirt
Available from AdversarialFashion.com, which explains:
via Book of Joe
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 13, 2019 -
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Category: Fashion, Motor Vehicles
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