Showing posts with label concept car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concept car. Show all posts

Monday, May 19, 2014

The Chrysler Ghia Plainsman, a wagon with a lot of travelling in it's history




built in Italy, then used for promotional and design research, and when the term limits for not paying taxes (import duties) arrived, it was shipped to Cuba. There it was owned by a bank president, who sold it to a Chrysler export manager, who fled Cuba when Castro seized the govt, and moved to Australia. When he retired, and moved back to the USA it came with him. Italy, America, Cuba, Australia... few cars have ever traveled as much unless they were being used to travel across continents is my guess.

Found on http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2014/05/19/ghia-built-1956-plymouth-plainsman-concept-returns-to-the-auction-block/

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Very interesting design/concept of constantly variable transmission


The hemisphere under the motor has a variable pitch, and the more vertical the angle, the faster the vehicle will be propelled. The more horizontal, the slower, based on the contact of the circumferance of the hemisphere. Pretty genius level thinking... but the amount of lost energy/ineeficiency was probably pretty high

Found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/829704.html and no year or manufacturer is given, just that it came from France