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#809 is the 1958 Sir-Vival, the product of the fevered mind of a Worcester, Massachusetts inventor. For some reason, this inventor decided that cars would be safer in a collision if they were hinged in the middle. The fact that no subsequent "safety car" has had a similar feature is a pretty good indication that this notion was...bogus.
The idea of the driver sitting by himself in an elevated seat with an excellent view of the road is an excellent--albeit antisocial--concept.
Incidentally, the car was largely based on a '48 Hudson sedan, prior to the inventor taking a torch to it in order to create his (distorted) idea of the ultimate safety vehicle.
#809 is the 1958 Sir-Vival, the product of the fevered mind of a Worcester, Massachusetts inventor. For some reason, this inventor decided that cars would be safer in a collision if they were hinged in the middle. The fact that no subsequent "safety car" has had a similar feature is a pretty good indication that this notion was...bogus.
The idea of the driver sitting by himself in an elevated seat with an excellent view of the road is an excellent--albeit antisocial--concept.
Incidentally, the car was largely based on a '48 Hudson sedan, prior to the inventor taking a torch to it in order to create his (distorted) idea of the ultimate safety vehicle.
And somebody FOUND it! I wonder if a restoration is in the works?
If you want to see a car they will get your blood to the boiling point - try looking at the new Subaru BRZ coming out this spring. It looks like its moving when it's standing still.
Yes, it is indeed a 1925 Hanomag Kommissbrot.
Kommissbrot refers to "Quartermaster's Bread", apparently a reference to its square cabin.
This car was about as bare-bones are you could get, and a contemporary journalist wrote..."As only tin and paint are used to make this car, it is quickly manufactured".
I guess that I have another opportunity to post a pic, as a result of correctly identifying #809.
Incidentally, I was able to identify that one-off as a result of faithfully reading Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazines as a child, coupled with recall of almost everything that I have ever read. I couldn't tell you what I had for dinner last night, but I can quote passages verbatim from books that I read 40 or 50 years ago. Go figure...
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