Olds Cars
A Peugeot motorboat car, in Britain. 1925
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Back views of an English invention capable of being used as a car, boat and plane. Showing are a tail fin, rudder and propeller. It also has two wings which can fold back and another propeller at the front. 27th February 1928
A Fulgar show-model car made by French car manufacturers, Simca. Designed for the year 2000 it is intended to be atomically powered, guided by radar and using only two wheels balanced by gyroscopes when driven at over 150 kph. 1958
A caterpillar driven ferry with a 24 horsepower engine takes holidaymakers from the mainland at Bigbury in Devon to Burgh Island, a quarter of a mile away. 4th April 1935
The James Samson Handyman electric cart offered for sale at £86.00 complete. Circa 1953
A one-man anti-gas ambulance and resuscitator designed and made for use by the Home Guard. 29th July 1941
A fun vehicle for the young at heart, The Bugle Buggy, a fiber glass body shell mounted on a Volkswagen chassis and engine. 5th August 1970
"Haywire", one of the snowcats used by Dr. Fuch's and his Commonwealth explorers on their journey across the Antarctic continent, arrives at Tilbury from New Zealand, via Antwerp. 10th May 1958
Mr. Graham's novel three-wheel car designed to look like an armored car, being used to take himself and his bride on honeymoon after their wedding. August 1931
Joan Blondell (1909-1979) the friendly comedienne is riding on an American railway truck, during the filming of her latest film, "Other Men's Women", directed by William Wellman for Warner Brothers. Circa 1931
Swiss engineer M. Gerder at Arles, France on his way to Spain in his "Motorwheel", a motorcycle with a wheel which runs on a rail placed inside a solid rubber tire. 1st September 1931
Salesman Mike Dreschler has his motorized roller skates refueled at a petrol station near Hartford, Connecticut. He has a single horsepower air-cooled engine strapped to his back and holds a clutch, accelerator and engine cut-off switch in his hand. 11th May 1961. What if he trips?
Three tricycles make car for two. Dr. J. B. Hanson and wife demonstrate their car. Circa 1931
Queen Mary (1867-1953) with Princess Mary, the Princess Royal (1897-1965) being driven across rough ground in a tracked car by Army officers. Circa 1920
The new Amphicar, which can be driven on land or water, is used as a fishing boat by its owner at the start of the salmon fishing season on the River Tay, Scotland. The "aqua" car is German built, fitted with a Triumph Herald engine and can reach speeds of 7.5 knots in water. 17th January 1964
A trackless train leaving King George V Dock for London. 1926
Customers buying snacks at the bar of a bus. Circa 1933
A Blackpool single decker tram. Circa 1934
A man with his small, runaround cycle. Circa 1921
A submarine motor car, which can travel both on land and underwater and is equipped with a 4 hp engine and steel fins on both sides. 1st December 1937
A three-wheeled car made by Mr. A. Graham of Kingston, Surrey. The vehicle, designed in a nautical style, reaches a maximum speed of 70 miles an hour with a body made entirely of sheet iron. April 1929
Arthur Parkes, a television engineer from Dudley in Worcestershire, is the proud holder of the first mobile television license to be issued in Britain. Mr. Parkes has confounded the British Broadcasting Corporation by proving that aircraft are capable of receiving television transmissions. December 1955
A miniature truck carrying a party of children in open carriages next to a London and North Eastern railway steam engine on a platform at Ilford railway station, Essex. 2nd June 1934 (Kids standing up in a moving vehicle?!?! Yeah . That was soooo 1930s.)
Prototype for a car-about-town, La Quasar, designed by Quasar Kahn. The car allows easy access from all four sides and can reach speeds of 95kph. 12th June 1967
Two Victorian ladies out for a drive with their chauffeur. Circa 1900
Nice hair . He looks likeClarabell.
The Dynasphere, an electrically-driven wheel, invented by Mr. J. A. Purves of Taunton and his son. It had 2.5 horse power and once attained a speed of 25 mph. 1932
Georges Monneret arrives on Dover beach after successfully crossing the Channel on his Douglas Vespa motorbike balanced on a pair of floats. 1952
Clive Talbot Of Chiswick, London, in his car built with the body of a boat. September 1959
Students at Brooklyn High School in New York learn to handle the controls of a car and experience simulated traffic conditions flashed onto a screen by means of projected film, using the Aetna Drivotrainer. March 1953.
Captain Malin with an amphibian Riley car going down the Severn. He is taking a convoy of these cars for a London to Cape Town venture. The car is mounted on a portable balloon apparatus and driven by its own power through small paddles on the rear wheels. 20th March 1931
The "Urbania", the world's smallest working car, invented by Marquis Piero Bargagli of Poggio Adorno to solve the problem of limited parking space.
An Adler Diplomat car, built in Germany in 1936, with its carburettor that uses wood instead of petrol, fitted during World War II. 21st November 1973
Gas-driven taxis in a street in Birmingham. The gas bags on the roofs of the taxis last about 15 to 20 miles without a refill. 24th April 1940
A car of totally new design, the "Automodul", driven by its designer J. P. Ponthieu, at the opening of the first Racing Car and Cycle show in Paris. 21st February 1970
A motor iceboat invented by Dr. Thadeus D. Smith of Wisconsin reaches seventy miles an hour during its test on a frozen lake. 30th March 1925
Baker Mr. Sillitoe has constructed a delivery van with the driver's cab and the van in the shape of loaves of bread. Circa 1925
A stunt car being rolled. Circa 1925
The newly built one horsepower Rytecraft lorry, believed to be the smallest motor lorry in the world, on the North Circular Road with other traffic. 22nd January 1935
With chains fitted properly on the wheels, the driver is just about ready to race his midget car on the ice at Lily Pond, New Hampshire, USA. Circa 1955
Model Gay McGregor shows off the latest 1956 model Bond Minicar three-wheeler, at its London preview. 4th November 1955
The new Volkswagen travelling along the tracks of the Long Island railroad. This versatile vehicle has two sets of wheels, tires for the road and iron wheels that fit directly onto the tracks. Circa 1956
Dr. Manfred Curry standing beside his invention, the Curry-Landskiff, a man-powered vehicle which can reach speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. Circa 1925
A man and a woman riding in an "Auto Red Bug", America's latest electric 2-seater runabout, in a London street. Driven by a 16 volt battery, it is capable of 12 mph. 1st March 1929
A man cycling a "One-Man Car Cycle" in a street in the West End of London. September 1928
Holidaymakers riding the "train" at Butlin's Holiday Camp, Skegness, Lincolnshire. 5th August 1939
A motor car at Brooklands race track which has been fitted with a propeller for extra speed. 1st May 1911
A man examining his electric car. 19th August 1948
A vehicle invented by George McLaughlin which was designed to travel on ice and snow. 1926
Travelling to the Derby by chauffeur driven car. UK, 2nd June 1911
A new "People's Car", with an entirely plastic body, designed to seat three adults and two children and marketed as the cheapest car on the road. Circa 1954
The back view of a Renault 4 CV car, parked in the centre of Copenhagen with a large key fitted to the boot giving passers-by the impression of a life-size clockwork car. Circa 1964
Lord Brabazon, the pioneer British aviator, demonstrates the hover scooter at Long Ditton in Surrey. The machine has been developed by American engineer Charles Rhoades, and combines the hovercraft with a scooter powered by a 250cc twin cylinder 2-stroke motorcycle engine. 9th November 1960
The Peugeot motor-boat car, on a river bank. The front end is shaped like the bow of a boat, the middle part like a car and it has wheels. October 1926
A fruit importer's lorry at Covent Garden, London, with its driver's cabin in the shape of an apple. October 1928
The "Urbania", the world's smallest working car, invented by Marquis Piero Bargagli of Poggio Adorno to solve the problem of limited parking space. The engine is situated in the centre of the chassis and the seats rotate on a circular rail, enabling the passengers to descend from any side. December 1964
An old car is used to harvest a field at Sprowston, Norfolk. 24th August 1937
The Regal four-seater coupe, produced by the Reliant Engineering Co., Tamworth, Staffordshire, on show at the Cycle and Motor Cycle Show at Wasrl's Court in London. 14th November 1952
Navy recruits riding in car and trailer at the HMS Royal Arthur training centre formerly Butlin's holiday camp, Skegness. 22nd February 1940