When it come to motor vehicles , account is fill with curious also - rans . If the inventors of these contraptions had had their ways , our streets might be take with single - wheeled gondola , gas - fuel chariots , and armor - plated snowmobiles .
Motorized roller skates, built by a Parisian man named M. Constantini in 1905
( viaScientific American , April 14 , 1906 / Internet Archive )
The Dynasphere, patented in 1930 by John Archibald Purves, a British engineer inspired by a sketch by Leonardo da Vinci.
( viaWikimedia Commons )
A monowheel invented by M. Goventosa de Udine in 1931. It could reach the speed of 90mph (145 mph).
( viaNational Archief )
Motorcycle chariots from the 1930s
( viaPopular Mechanics , December 1938andVisualNews )
Cyclomer, an amphibious bike, built in Paris, France, 1932
The NKL-26, a Soviet-made WWII vehicle built from plywood, had a 10 mm thick armor plate on the front and a 7.62 mm machine gun.
These Are The Most Amazing Snowmobiles Ever work up
( viaWikimedia CommonsandAcemodel )
The VZ-9 Avrocar, a flying saucer-shaped VTOL aircraft developed by the Canadian Avro Aircraft for the U.S. Army in 1958. Only two were built, but the project was cancelled three years later, because they’ve had some serious stability problems.
( viaBzuk 1–2–3andAlvintrusty )
Real - Life Flying Saucers Prove That the Truth Is Right Here
A Pininfarina X Sedan, built in 1960
( viaBarrett - Jackson )
These bizarre (Italian?) vehicles from the Sixties
( viaPinterest )
L’ Automodule, created by Jean Pierre Ponthieu as a promotional vehicle in 1970
( viaJalopnik )
Neverwas Haul, 2006
This 24 feet tenacious by 24 feet gamey and 12 feet broad steampunk mansion on wheel was built by construct by members of the Academy of Unnatural Sciences in 2006 for Burning Man Festival . Made from 75 % recycled materials . More steampunk homes and businessescan be go through here .
Grand Steampunk Homes and Businesses Straight from the Alternate yesteryear
( viaFlickr / Scott Beale – express joy Squid )
Crazy Wooden Homes on bicycle Are rip Out of Victorian Dreams
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