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Coolest Billiards Table Made from a Volkswagen Bus You'll See Today

2007-12-07T12:38:00.000+08:00

Pardon our dust; we’re busy moving cubicles about here at WINDING ROAD Towers to make room for what has to be the coolest pool table we’ve ever clapped eyes on.

This Ohio-plated Volkswagen Bus billiards table was trailed to Woodward where it simultaneously bemused and amused all who strolled by. We spoke with the owner, and he told us that although he doesn’t know who built it or when, he was able to snooker this T1 away from its previous owner for around $8000, and it now resides in his shop.

The maroon felt Type 2 is fully functional and it appeared to have been built to a high standard. It didn’t look to have a full-fledged ball return mechanism, but it’s certainly playable, and it even has an integrated storage area for balls and other supplies beneath its engine flap.

Bikes and cars for children

2007-12-06T07:22:00.001+08:00

Balconies for cars

2007-12-05T08:40:00.001+08:00

I first read about the idea of the Loft Car in one of Nicolas' post.
German architects Manfred Dick (who sought a patent for his concept)
and Johannes Kauka want to help drivers park their car right on their
appartment’s balcony.

You'd drive the vehicle straight on into the car elevator (that
promises to be able to fit a Bentley), push the button, and off you you
park outside your penthouse (on the "carloggia"!) The architects point
out that safety and comfort are two of the major advantages that come
with this garage concept: it's easier to unload the groceries, your car
is always under your eyes, your family is better protected from
kidnapping or carjacking attempts, etc.

Via Land+Living. Image from AutoBild

Are we on the brink of the flying car?

2007-12-04T12:37:00.001+08:00

For 50 years, science fiction has been tantalizing us with visions of
airborne roadways and quickly maneuvering, sports-car-like flying cars.
And for 50 years, companies have been chasing the dream, releasing the
occasional prototype to keep their investors investing. But in February
2007, an Israeli company named Urban Aeronautics made a bold
projection: A flying car on the market by 2012.

The Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk and its smaller cousin, Mule, have a very specific, guiding application: urban rescue. By all accounts, the concept is right-on. Where helicopters
fail, X-Hawk plans to succeed. Its designers claim it can press right
up against a building to rescue people stranded on top floors and hover
there, in contact with the structure, maintaining stability. Its
technology, while patented, is similar to the innovations employed in
vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) craft marketed as "personal air
vehicles" -- i.e. flying cars -- like Trek Aerospace's Dragonfly and
Moller International's Skycar.

In essence, the X-Hawk is a helicopter without the massive,
exposed rotor and without the need to roll in order to move left and
right. These two advances alone make it an ideal urban rescue vehicle,
able to maneuver in tight spaces that would prevent useful helicopter
access. Helicopters have a hard time getting close to enough to
buildings and mountains to be of much use when it comes to snagging
people from high places. The technology behind X-Hawk's advances in
maneuverability include several major upgrades over previous flying-car
attempts:

Contained rotors that provide the vertical lift without the exposed
blades that make getting into tight spaces dangerous or impossible
New, lighter composite materials that increase the craft's power-to-weight ratio
A vane-control system that directs airflow at the inlet and
outlet of each rotor duct to allow for roll-less side-to-side movement
Updated turbine engines that weigh less while producing more thrust

X-Hawk's pilot sits in a fighter-jet-style cockpit with a
transparent casing for visibility. The craft is designed to fly for up
to two hours on one tank of gas, at up to 155 miles per hour (250 kph)
and 12,000 feet (3,700 meters).

However, as of February 2007, X-Hawk has hovered just 3 feet (1
meter) above the ground. Urban Aeronautics expects it to reach full
operability by 2009. X-Hawk's smaller version, Mule, is predicted to
hit the skies commercially in just five years (the full-size X-Hawk's
projected market date is later, around 2015). If Mule is indeed making
rescues as early as 2012, it could be the proof-of-concept that opens
the doors to other VTOLs still in the development stage but this close
to marketability. And we've heard this all before; but this time, a
major aircraft producer is interested. While still contemplating a real
commitment to the project, Bell Helicopters is in talks with Urban
Aeronautics and displayed the X-Hawk prototype at the 2006 Farnborough
air show. Price will, of course, be an obstacle to mass consumption.
Urban Aeronautics estimates that the small version of the X-Hawk, with
a three-person capacity, will run approximately $1.5 million. But for
an urban rescue vehicle marketed to the military and police forces,
that's really not half bad.

More more information on flying cars and related topics, check out the following links:

Sources

"Future rescue vehicle -- the flying car." CNN.com. Jan. 31, 2007.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/01/31/israel.flying.car.ap/index.html

Trek Aerospace

http://www.trekaero.com/

Moller International Skycar

http://www.moller.com/skyc.htm

Urban Aerodynamics

http://www.urbanaero.com/Urban_Main.htm

Rusty car sells for over $850k[PICS]

2007-11-30T13:14:00.001+08:00

Don't go quoting us on this, but this has got to be one of the most
expensive barn finds we've ever seen. Christie's sold this 1938 Bugatti
for a staggering $852,500 at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance earlier this summer, more than twice the highest pre-sale estimate and close to the price of a new Bugatti.

The car was admitted to the Pebble Beach preservation class, and
when its new owner gets it up to spec, it'll undoubtedly be the beauty
it once was. The 1938 Type 57C you see here is actually a bit of an
amalgamation of two Bugattis that were both owned by the same pre-war
collector. The chassis itself belonged to a Type 57 Stelvio cabriolet
with bodywork by Gangloff, a coachbuilder based in Colmar near the
Bugatti factory in Molsheim in the French region of Alsace. In time for
display at the French pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair in New York,
the body was switched for that of the Type 57C Atalante (not to be
confused with the more rare and iconic Atlantic).

Now of course there's value in classics, but as far as vintage
motorcarriages go, this one's in pretty bad shape. Having sat in
storage since 1962, the paint is chipped and faded, the chrome is
rusty, the tires are history, the engine's grimy and the leather is
worn out. A handyman's dream, let's call it. An $850k handyman's dream.

Lamborghini Car Painted Amazingly [ Pics ]

2007-11-30T12:40:00.000+08:00

Lamborghini is a well known brand of high perfornace Italian sports cars that is now a subsidiary of German car manufacturer Audi. Usually when we see a car like this we stop a little because a Lamborghini can catch your eye very easily. In this case the owner wanted more from his Lamborghini, and he painted his car in a way that will 100% get your attention, no matter what.

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2007-11-24T12:31:00.000+08:00


  
    
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