another wild variety of photos from Formicarius.tumblr.com, from Queens and Kaisers to carnival coaster cars and pirate women in Ostrich carts

1890's quadricycle with a Maxim machine gun mounted and beign tested for army contract consideration

Total car kid awesomeness! Want!

Proabably for a private little rail backyard fun... but the cutest damn thing I think I've seen all day

Pirate women ostrich racing... most bizarre thing we'll see all week?

Kaiser Wilhelm and blimps! Steampunk delux

incredible yes? http://formicarius.tumblr.com for hours of distraction from the mundane

racer A. A. Zimmerman and his Star safety highwheel in the 1890's

found on http://fuckyeahvictorians.tumblr.com/  via http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/

Looks like the big and little wheels are opposite the normal configuration and I just learned why from http://tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/ 

that also had this photo and the caption:

 George Pressey invented the Star Safety in 1880. In an attempt to make a safer bicycle he altered the ordinary’s configuration so that the small wheel was now in the front handling the steering, while the rider sat above the rear drive wheel. This helped to combat the tendency of the ordinary to pitch the rider forward when encountering an obstacle.”

A variety of unsual vehicles from hippo pulling carts to tanks running Pike's Peak and nuns in bumper cars via formicarus.tumblr

 Milk and butter delivery

All found on http://formicarus.tumblr.com/

More great old ads from the "Centuries of Advise and Advertisements" Tumblr

if you've enjoyed old cars, old ads, steampunk, magazine clippings and old catalogs, this is the cool tumblr you'll enjoy! http://questionableadvice.tumblr.com/

More cool photos from 21 Stud

Why are these guys playing golf on a dry lake?
It's a right hand drive, US military 1920's car... raises a couple questions to my mind

But Steve did it again! How in the world he worked out that this is a 1915-16 Chalmers Light 6 Roadster... is a mystery! There is nothing to go on! I can't see anthing very distinguishing, but Steve is incredible, and nailed another unidentified car!

Ford made the switch to Left Hand Drive in 1908 with the Model-T, but most companies didn't start making the switch until between 1913 and 1916. Some makers held off until the 1920s - Pierce Arrow in 1921 and Stutz in 1922 for instance. Some firetruck manufacturers continued to fill customer orders for RHD trucks on into the 1930s.


I haven't come across many of the servicars
that is a well packed trunk!
But how many have kids in the trunk... and trust that the stupid kids won't climb over the stuff once they are driving down the road?
getting the street car stripped for the dry lakes racing
for lots more http://21studs.tumblr.com/

1890 Clipper High Wheeler