Motor Vehicles
The Heaven Pacers Hot Rod Club
Oakland, Calif.--A "Hot Rod" racing club here is believed to be the only organization of its kind in the country which combines auto racing with the practice of Christianity. Known as the Heaven Pacers of the East Bay, the club's 20 active members consider their racing fraternity as a missionary field. Members attend a brief non-denominational service before every race that is held on Sundays, in addition to praying individually during a race. Here. Don Marker, past president of the club, kneels in prayer before his "hot rod." The Heaven Pacers have as their motto this verse from I Corinthians: "Know ye not that they which run in the race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run that ye may obtain." (9:24) To join the club, applicants must "know the lord as your own personal saviour," and own or be able to build a "hot rod."
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 27, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Religion, 1950s
Stretch limo snowcat
Currently for sale on Craigslist Vancouver. They're asking $6000 for it.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 15, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Cars
The Rolligon
Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 14, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Motor Vehicles, 1950s
Propellor-Driven Snowmobiles
This notion goes way back.The Russians tried them at the start of the 20th century, with the Aerosani.
Here's one from the 1930s.
And finally, one from 2016.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 08, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, Nature, Weather, Twentieth Century, Twenty-first Century
Follies of the Madmen #373
Somehow, anti-knock engine supplement conflated with performing saintly miracles.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 07, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Religion, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #370
Continuing our intermittent series: I ALWAYS TAKE SHOPPING ADVICE FROM PUPPETS
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 20, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Motor Vehicles, Puppets and Automatons, 1940s
Mystery Illustration 72
What was this vehicle for?
Answer is here (page 25).
Or after the jump.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 18, 2018 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, 1940s
The Ant Farm, a Cadillac, and a Wall of Flaming TVs
Wikipedia page for the collective.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 15, 2018 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, Performance Art, Destruction, Motor Vehicles, Television, 1970s
Spiral Road Tower
Original page here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 16, 2018 -
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Category: Architecture, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Motor Vehicles, 1930s
Thump Pad - pothole solution
Seems like an interesting solution to potholes, but I'm curious how well these would work in a real-world setting. For instance, would people wander away with them, just because they could? And would this temporary solution end up as the permanent solution?More info: The solution to potholes? (wkyc.com)
https://www.yeupatchtechnologies.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 28, 2018 -
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Category: Inventions, Motor Vehicles
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