BRM Nomad and a bus hauler... that is one beautiful race car

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/505973489414476/?fref=nf

interesting idea for an RV, a pop up camper mounted to a bus... nearly double decker. Good place for the kids though, to get them out from underfoot

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CaravanTurkey?fref=nf

Reminds me of the Spartan that a dad made a rooftop addition to so he girls would have their own rooms http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2015/02/it-was-taken-to-new-level-just-kidding.html

Some cool, but unusual, ways to "prop"ell yourself in a boat, designed before small outboards engines were affordable

next time you think you need exercise... you can always whip up something like these

But wouldn't you rather have a cool antique outboard like these?

All photos from the Volo Museum in Illinois on ex's site http://justacargal.blogspot.com/2015/06/volo-auto-museum-sale-lot-and-more.html

rocket brakes, read the article and you might be convinced too!

From the Allegheny Ballistics lab, Cumberland Maryland

found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Time-Travelers-come-travel-back-in-time/284477301577152?fref=nf

a way to fix dirt roads that isn't as expensive or as toxic as asphalt, but makes a paved material that is supposed to be impervious to water, and

What has no air conditioning, drives from Florida to California in the June of the hottest summer on record, and only uses one tank of fuel. Crazy people, but they did make it

they used an ice suit to keep the driver cool... and stopped often to get more ice.

Here's how they went 2507 miles on a full 48.6 gallon tank...

 only one person in the car to reduce weight,
no air conditioning equipment,
aerodynamics of a 300mph car (looks like McLaren design from the front),
and a 70 mpg rating from a VW 1.9-liter turbo-diesel inline four-cylinder motor that is good for around 220 hp rwhp

Result?  An average of 66.7 miles per gallon at an average speed of 67.6 mph, reaching a top speed of 91.1 mph and only consumed 37.6 gallons

Transmisson Audi 6 speed
3 gears from 3.5 to 1.3, then 3 overdrive gears taller than usual, at .87 to .56,
The final gear ratio is said to be 3.875
The stat page doesn't mention the gears between trans and tires
tires - Front: 245/40-18 Rear: 255/40-19
Car weight dry - 2100 pounds

Instead of only putting 10 gallons of fuel in at a time, they started in Florida with a full tank. I don't think that's a good idea, as a gallon of fuel is about 8 pounds, and every 10 gallons is most of a hundred pounds. Starting a cross country trip with a full tank is carrying an extra 360 pounds you don't need to and hurting your mileage for 90% of the trip.

http://clpmotorsports.com/
https://www.facebook.com/clpmotorsports?fref=photo
http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2015-06-19/story/cross-country-drive-one-tank-diesel-starts-sunday-atlantic-beach

3rd cool teardrop I've seen this week!

Found on https://www.facebook.com/CaravanTurkey

when you surf, but don't have a car, just ingenuity and a welder

Found on https://www.facebook.com/clubcaferacer?fref=photo

great idea for a valve cover desk light!

found on https://www.facebook.com/HCCCmagazine

the rough and ready wrecker operator in the 70's... with home-made tire blocks made from a couple junkyard rims

Found on https://www.facebook.com/pages/Classic-Holmes-Towing-Equipment/370250746336348

Terrific Chevelle converted by Fantomworks for wheelchair use

No muscle car had ever been made powerchair accessible before, until FantomWorks partnered with the Wounded Wheels Project to create a completely powerchair accessible Chevelle

To make the Chevelle accessible, a power reverse opening third door had to be installed in order to fit both the ramp and the width of the powerchair, and this was by far the most difficult part. The mechanic struggled trying to get as much room as possible, and this door was key. There’s also a custom articulating ramp, hand-controls that use an old cable based control system to save on costs, a lowered floor and my favorite part – a genius motorized sliding table that guides the wheelchair into position once you enter.

http://fantomworks.com/
https://www.facebook.com/FantomWorks
http://www.newmobility.com/2014/06/fantomworks-accessible-muscle-car/

Something new in trailers, by IPD

Skip the first 3 minutes 25 seconds of garbage, then you get some info about the trailer, and done by 4:35

Garden tractor based articulated 4 wheel drive hand crafted gardening machines! By Rock and Son Fabrication

Found on http://rreflection.areavoices.com/2015/05/30/the-minnie-minnie-mo/

you can even go through the facebook page of Rock and Son Fabrications and see the build as it progresses https://www.facebook.com/totallyarticulatedgardentractors?fref=ts