Tri-cars from 100 years ago were the less expensive option to early automobiles, cheap fun transportation

For a bigger photo of just one, (these were all small and just pieces of one large photo) see the 1906 Indian
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/03/1906-indian-tricar-sometimes-victorian.html

William Powell and Myrna Loy, the terrific twosome that made the Thin Man movies incredible

http://ridesabike.tumblr.com has nothing but famous celebs riding bikes

More cool photos from 21 Stud

Why are these guys playing golf on a dry lake?
It's a right hand drive, US military 1920's car... raises a couple questions to my mind

But Steve did it again! How in the world he worked out that this is a 1915-16 Chalmers Light 6 Roadster... is a mystery! There is nothing to go on! I can't see anthing very distinguishing, but Steve is incredible, and nailed another unidentified car!

Ford made the switch to Left Hand Drive in 1908 with the Model-T, but most companies didn't start making the switch until between 1913 and 1916. Some makers held off until the 1920s - Pierce Arrow in 1921 and Stutz in 1922 for instance. Some firetruck manufacturers continued to fill customer orders for RHD trucks on into the 1930s.


I haven't come across many of the servicars
that is a well packed trunk!
But how many have kids in the trunk... and trust that the stupid kids won't climb over the stuff once they are driving down the road?
getting the street car stripped for the dry lakes racing
for lots more http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Roth trike

Found on http://damnedtobefree.tumblr.com/

1906 Indian Tricar, sometimes the victorian (rubenesque) biker chicks make a 3rd wheel necessary (not really, but funny)

Mr. and Mrs. Willie Kay in 1906. Before the Model-T brought affordable autos to the masses, motorcycles, and the many variations thereof, were a less expensive alternative. The Indian Motocycle Company offered the Tri-Car, a three-wheeler that placed the passenger right up front. That seat on the front is pretty heavy duty, curled foot piece and fullsides, art deco-ish Found on http://www.atomicantiques.com/2010/05/21/indian-tri-car

Historic trucks blogspot comes across cool old trucks in Australia

Check out all the cool unusual vehicles at http://historictrucks.blogspot.com

Cool and unusual trucks found on Big Lorry Blog

An older semi in Brazil, and I like the grill, full length and looking like a 1940's car design

Cool.

Looks like the back wheels also steer

Looks like water cannons on top, and armor covering the back

This and the last photo in this gallery are both 4 wheels under the cab.

It seems similar to an F.A.R. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/three-wheeled-tractor-trailer-rig.html but definitly not similar to the Scammell or the Tempo, so it seems there might have been another 3 wheel delivery that I haven't learned about yet.

Mighty powerful little trailer mover

Yuck, very ugly, but does it have this design because that allows it to go under the trailers for reversing the trailer into a loading dock?

Best advertising on a trailer rig I've seen in a while

all from http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/big-lorry-blog

Cool old police vehicles and motorcycles

Above, 1912 Detroit

from http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585&page=738

I've never seen this type of vehicle before, maybe you'll get a kick out of these too, the Scammell Scarab

the above is the Townsman model, the below are Scarabs

Scammell Lorries Limited was a British manufacturer of trucks, particularly specialist and military off-highway vehicles, from 1921 to 1988, and started as a late-Victorian period wheelwright and coach-building business in Spitalfields, London.

In 1934, Scammell produced the 3-wheeled 'Mechanical Horse', designed to replace horses in rail, postal and other delivery applications. This featured automatic carriage coupling and the single front wheel could be steered through 360 degrees. It was sold in 3- and 6-ton versions. The 3-tonner was powered by a 1,125 cc side-valve petrol engine and the 6-tonner by a 2,043 cc engine.

In the late 1940s, the 'Mechanical Horse' was superseded by the Scammell Scarab, with similar features but a much less angular cab and now with a 2,090 cc side-valve petrol engine in both models and a diesel version with a Perkins engine.

In 1967, the 'Scarab' was replaced by the 'Townsman', which had a fibre-glass cab.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scammell
Photos from Cardisiac: http://www.forum-auto.com/automobiles-mythiques-exception/section5/sujet225087-455.htm

1899 Peugeot De Dion Bouton was at the Encinitas 3rd Thursday of the month cruise