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Bizarre Cars and Strange Snowmobiles

Posted October 22, 2008 12:01 PM by dstrohl

Modern Mechanix apparently had a little downtime recently, but they appear to be back in business now with their normal eclectic mix of scans from old science and mechanics-minded magazines. Above, a photo and caption on the Toyota RV-2 camper-van-slash-popup from the July 1973 issue of Popular Science. Also, don't miss the ad for the Waterless Knoxmobile from the April 1902 issue of Scientific American, a brief on folding car seats from the July 1931 issue of Popular Science (anybody care to identify the car?), an ad for a Johnson Skee-Horse Wide-Trac snowmobile from the November 1970 issue of Popular Science, and a mention of Bill Stout's Railplane in the December 1933 issue of Modern Mechanix.

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10/23/2008 4:51 AM

Hello dstrohl

An interesting collection of photos

Mind you that dropped down Toyota RV-2 looks like a hearse.

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10/23/2008 8:28 AM

Way cool! The Toyota RV-2 looks as if it might actually have been useful. Great links, too!

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