Fantasies of ah Big Rigger

300rag · Jun 4, 2015

LocuMob said:
That would do just fine. Thanks for putting that in my head. Looks like I'll be drawing at work (helps me stay awake for the 12 hour night shift).

Here's another. Keep drawing.

LocuMob · Jun 5, 2015

300rag said:
Here's another. Keep drawing.

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Thanks, I will!

bluefury361 · Jun 5, 2015

Does anyone remember this flick.....? One of my favorites.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68dTwJNvE1E

amazinblue82 · Jun 5, 2015

Vintage photos from the 1930's. Somebody was making them back then..fifth-wheel "cars". Obviously some folks are doing it again today in custom setups earlier in the thread.

amazinblue82 · Jun 5, 2015

1938 Curtiss Aerocar.

amazinblue82 · Jun 5, 2015

Auction Ad for 2011: Sold for $100,100

The luxurious and streamlined Aerocar travel trailer was the brainchild of pioneering aviator and aircraft manufacturer Glenn Curtiss, who, along with half-brother G. Carl Adams, envisioned an improved fifth-wheel camper design near the end of World War I. They organized what later became the Curtiss Aerocar Company of Florida with manufacturing in Opa-Locka, the town founded by Curtiss in 1926.

Aerocars were used by wealthy individuals and families for personal use, by corporations as VIP transports, and by luxury hotels to transport their guests on weekend tours. The pioneering aviator, balloon racer, auto racer, and Broadway actor, Augustus Post, originally owned this example.

Next, it was owned by the Los Angeles Biltmore, then Republic Van Lines in Santa Monica, and then Robert Breeze, the colorful Hollywood stuntman known as “Wolf River Bob”

The streamlined fifth-wheel tow rig was produced by Standard Carriage Works of Los Angeles and based upon a 1-ton 1938 Chevrolet truck cab and chassis, with the ash-framed rear bodywork incorporating a storage compartment.

One of 12 known survivors and only one of the two in running condition, this Aerocar is offered in unrestored but remarkably nice “barn find” condition, remaining without doubt one of the rarest and most unique early recreational vehicles in the world.

amazinblue82 · Jun 6, 2015

Jer...one more on that 1938 Aerocar rig.

The "Pilot Car" dragging the Aerocar looks an awful lot like a "truck". Almost 14.000 lbs, 25 ft long, 7.5 feet highm but what else also caught my eye is it had a 212 HP White "Pancake" Engine.

That's an irresistible mystery - a "pancake" engine in a truck - to me, perhaps "old hat" to you truckers so I had to look it up.

The following is in a thread from the Historical Commercial Vehicle Club:
http://www.hcvc.com.au/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1296555181

cm23uoc · Jun 6, 2015

amazinblue82 said:
Vintage photos from the 1930's. Somebody was making them back then..fifth-wheel "cars". Obviously some folks are doing it again today in custom setups earlier in the thread.

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What amazes me are the thin White line tires. I'd have said this must be a 60s pic but not sure.

commando1 · Jun 6, 2015

I really need that engine to put into a Corvair.

cm23uoc · Jun 6, 2015

I predict wild oversteer.

72Fury · Jun 6, 2015

amazinblue82 said:
Auction Ad for 2011: Sold for $100,100

The luxurious and streamlined Aerocar travel trailer was the brainchild of pioneering aviator and aircraft manufacturer Glenn Curtiss, who, along with half-brother G. Carl Adams, envisioned an improved fifth-wheel camper design near the end of World War I. They organized what later became the Curtiss Aerocar Company of Florida with manufacturing in Opa-Locka, the town founded by Curtiss in 1926.

Aerocars were used by wealthy individuals and families for personal use, by corporations as VIP transports, and by luxury hotels to transport their guests on weekend tours. The pioneering aviator, balloon racer, auto racer, and Broadway actor, Augustus Post, originally owned this example.

Next, it was owned by the Los Angeles Biltmore, then Republic Van Lines in Santa Monica, and then Robert Breeze, the colorful Hollywood stuntman known as “Wolf River Bob”

The streamlined fifth-wheel tow rig was produced by Standard Carriage Works of Los Angeles and based upon a 1-ton 1938 Chevrolet truck cab and chassis, with the ash-framed rear bodywork incorporating a storage compartment.

One of 12 known survivors and only one of the two in running condition, this Aerocar is offered in unrestored but remarkably nice “barn find” condition, remaining without doubt one of the rarest and most unique early recreational vehicles in the world.

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That was owned by a neighbor a few years ago. Amazing unrestored shape. Henry W has collected many campers. Before that he was into Mopar muscle cars. He had a yellow Superbird (440 column shift auto) & a few others. The other truck you posted earlier was a US military Hemtt.

amazinblue82 · Jun 6, 2015

"HEMTT" . thats a new term for me. Cat C15 Engine.

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M978 tanker
M983 tractor
M984 wrecker
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commando1 · Jun 7, 2015

cm23uoc said:
I predict wild oversteer.

Ralph Nader won't let me anyway.

amazinblue82 · Jun 7, 2015

commando1 said:
Ralph Nader won't let me anyway.

yeah, he'd probably say it was unsafe at any speed.

amazinblue82 · Jun 12, 2015

same one as above..back in the day? photo from the 1930's

amazinblue82 · Jun 12, 2015

"jungle yachts" ...from the 1930's

"Commander Gatti" (see him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attilio_Gatti) and others.

How did this thing make turns?