Season 8 ~ Episode #18 - - - Maddest Mad Scientists

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 2, 2015 at 3:27pm

Buckminster Fuller's "road zeppelin" . . . the DYMAXION car . . .

DYnamic, MAXimum & TensION

A true concept car with only 3 ever built in 1933-34, the sole surviving original Prototype #2 can be seen today in the Harrah Collection of the National Automobile Museum in Reno (NV) where it is currently the subject of a $12,000 fundraising effort for restoration. You can donate or get more info at their Facebook page:  

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153253879763541 

This is truly THE LAST BUCKY!

 

Much more history at:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dymaxion_car

The following images and the video below are cited by Hemmings Motor News as "faithful or semi-faithful" replicas, not original vehicles:

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on September 2, 2015 at 3:44pm

the DYMAXION HOUSE was basically a really big "Airstream Trailer" without wheels . . .

K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on September 2, 2015 at 11:44pm

You're correct. They talked about yellow fever guy in episode 63 of Ear Biscuits.