Click on the above for the story of the finding of, and acquistion of this rare Benz, and final restoration by the Mercedes Benz Classic Center in Irvine - not the Stuttgart Mercedes Benz Center! Huh! 
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1934 150 Sport Roadster Mercedes Benz, one of 5 made, only one left just restored last year by the Irvine Merc. Benz Classic Center
Click on the above for the story of the finding of, and acquistion of this rare Benz, and final restoration by the Mercedes Benz Classic Center in Irvine - not the Stuttgart Mercedes Benz Center! Huh! One very unusual limousine, one very small woman, the 1912 Cole 40 limo, and the worlds smallest woman
Just look at the full size version, and the details of how they made a relatively sized full cab for her in place of an ordinary back seat in a 7 passenger touring car, and just below and behind the driver is a set of stairs, and a regular trunk under the footman on the back. Thanks to Navarro Zonta who shared this with Nik of http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/ who finds all the coolest stuff! 
Bottom two images are from a great source of info and factory sales brochure images: http://www.american-automobiles.com/Cole-1919-1925.html 1911 Oldsmobile Limited, series 27 / limousine, biggest tires ever factory installed on a car
The fine print in the above ID card tell us that this is the only one left in existance, and that the tires are 43". 
Amazing variety of unusual railcars from Steampunkvehicles tumblr
Why he's riding a big wheel / pennytfarthing on rails is anyone's guess... but I'm guessing he was a SOB to work for
There has to be a reason for the strange design angle of the steam engine, I'm going to guess it was for big uphill angles so the heat exchanger tubes would be level
Above is Ridgeway Railway Museum
Above is a Packard
1889 photo of a wharf steam crane in Gisborne New Zealand
Railcar with it's own portable turntable so they can drive back where they came from facing whatever they might run into
all of these are from http://http//steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com which has an incredible variety of all things old and steam poweredthe "NeverWas Haul" is the name of this vehicle at Burning Man
Above from http://steampunkvehicles.tumblr.com 
In the above the cow catcher is missing
http://www.neverwashaul.com/ to see and learn all about it
All three of these were from different sites, and I've posted two of them before, but never together. The middle one is new to me, and from http://megamoto.tumblr.com/ the guy in charge is Major Catastrophe, and is interviewed here about what it's about: http://etheremporium.pbworks.com/w/page/10454244/Neverwas-Haul
The 1936 BMW snow machine
Top photo from http://motorcycle-74.blogspot.com
Innovation in steering wheel design, that never went into production... the "Wrist Twist" from Mercury
At Mercury, engineer Bob Rumm produced this one-off 1965 Mercury Park Lane convertible with so-called "wrist-twist" steering controls. The standard steering wheel has been replaced by two 5-inch, wrist-operated dials, that the promo claims frees up knee room, improves visibility and makes parking easier.
Skip the first 45 seconds and the male chauvenist attitude, they are both useless
Skip the first 45 seconds and the male chauvenist attitude, they are both useless
Found on http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2010/10/what-were-they-thinking-mercurys-wrist.html
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