Showing posts with label invention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label invention. Show all posts

Ever heard of Norm's Henway? I just found it in the late 70's Hot Rod

I can't find where I pulled the above image from, Brandon Flannery took the photo, and says the image was probably from the HAMB / JalopyJournal

It's not like Gray wrote, (click on the image for a very large readable size) this wasn't a restoration, the Henway is a creation. A play on the old joke, what's a Henway... about 3 pounds.

The rest of these images are from the Jalopy Journal and obviously not the same vehicle




http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121424&page=2
I just noticed that all 3 of these appear to have different rear windows

Two stroke Pogo stick, and nitro roller skates, the most unusual things from the mind of Von Dutch


The above was first published in the Nov 1955 Hot Rod, but I don't have that one, and instead found it in the 25th anniversary issue of Hot Rod

Greatest innovation in bumpers ever

This is the 1964 Indy race car of Smokey Yunick, named the Hurst Floor Shifter Special... a momentary loss of traction caused it to run into a wall and never get into the race, Bobby Johns was driving
Via: http://forum.exile.fr/viewtopic.php?pid=157789

Survival of the innovator. A broken 2CV, no welder, no power tools, and Emil Leray made a motorcycle while stranded in the Moroccan desert, in 12 days


Visionaries and revolutionaries don't copy the paradigm, they break it. Putting the engine in the wheel


above via: http://tukker.blogspot.com/

above, 1922 Megola Sport









Via: Visual Gratification: http://big-diesel.blogspot.com/2009/08/megalo-concept-engine-on-wheel.html

In 1935 a group of five German engineers named Killinger and Freund from Munich started to design a more streamlined and modified version of the German Megola front-wheel drive motorcycle that had won many motorcycle races in the 1920s. The work took three years to complete but the result was impressive. The engine displacement stayed the same as the Megola at 600cc but was much lighter and more simplified than a standard 100cc motorcycle of the time.

The motorcycle featured a three cylinder two-stroke engine built right into the front wheel, transmission and clutch, with more comfortable front and rear suspension. Streamlining was important as aerodynamics was the first priority of the team who wanted all the moving parts covered, dirt and mud protection, and an elegant style. Other priorities were that the motorcycle be multi-cylinder and possess front-wheel-drive. Their design was a success.

http://greyfalcon.us/Killinger%20and%20Freund%20Motorcycle.htm
Also: http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com/2008/08/killinger-freund.html

Impressive, stunningly impressive demonstration of perfect product performance

I've never seen how radiator stop leak works before, and this is so simple... marvelous demonstration rig.

6th product down this page: http://justicebrothers.com/pages/products/news_new_products.htm

as if any other testiment was needed, you could read: http://www.paulhackmann.com/viewpost.php?idnumber=11

Black Scotchlite reflective tape, when hit with light looks white and reflects like mad!

http://gizmodo.com/5113146/retroreflective-bright-bike-looks-black-glows-white-in-headlights