buckeyedon
"Perpetually Greasy"
Check it out . Tractors and model T's.
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html
http://forum.treasurenet.com/index.php/topic,213971.0/topicseen.html
Ford auger drive
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whytesmoke
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Very cool thanks for sharin.
earthman
Fascinated by rolling objects!
Don't understand why this idea did not become popular?
donsrods
Well-known member
Me neither.[S Wonder what killed the idea? Seems to function really well.
Don
Don
Well, it looks like you had to wear a white shirt and tie to drive it, very fancy dressed lumberjacks and farmers.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
Just so happens I took these pictures in Billings, Montana. Just don't fall off when it going or you'll get screwed.
donsrods
Well-known member
Just don't fall off when it going or you'll get screwed.
Maybe it's a sausage maker too!
Don
CR55
It's just a little surface rust!
That thing is crazy looking!!! What's it used for?..and yes you would only fall off once!!!!..CR
Tripper
Older and more rusted every day!
Just don't fall off when it going or you'll get screwed.
Maybe it's a sausage maker too!
Dudes... I think that one's called the "Meatgrinder"!!!
donsrods
Well-known member
This was back when people invented things. I remember Popular Mechanics magazine always had crazy stuff like this in it. People turned cars into mowers, snowmobiles, all kinds of things. Back then it seemed everyone had some goofy creation they were building in their garage. Nowadays people don't invent stuff anymore and that is sad. We've become so used to the plastic offerings from Walmart that good old American homebuilt steel contraptions don't exist now.
I miss those days when things like this auger snowmobile thingie were pretty commonplace. No wonder the Chinese and others are moving ahead so fast.
Don
I miss those days when things like this auger snowmobile thingie were pretty commonplace.
No wonder the Chinese and others are moving ahead so fast.Don
Did you the link to the video in the OP? Seems to show up where there was lots of snow.
This is a 16mm demo film of the Armstead Snow Motors Company concept snow vehicle. It was filmed in 1924. The concept is applied to a Fordson tractor and a Chevrolet automobile. The original film is part of the collections of the Archives of Michigan. The text of the original patent is at: tinyurl.com/ckmj3o
Newer version - Russian ZIL video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uynmApjhWI&feature=related
