Joost Conijn travelled through Europe with a wooden car burning wooden fuel.
Update: “Wood gas vehicles: firewood in the fuel tank“.
Post-Oil Automobile Drives on Wood
January 6, 2010 by Filed Under: Low-tech cars, Travel
Guido Vigevano’s Wind Car (1335)
July 16, 2009 by Filed Under: Inventions that never made it, Low-tech cars, Military technology, Random, Travel, War technology, Warfare, Weapons, Wind Power, Wind powered vehicles, Windmills
“Chapter XII. On the way of making a second waggon which is propelled by the wind without draught animals, and which dashes violently over open country to the confusion of all troops”
Ostrich Car
June 4, 2009 by Filed Under: Animal power, Chariots, Low-tech cars, Travel
Picture taken from: c’était au temps où bruxelles brusselait. More low-tech cars.
Bolides d’autrefois: vintage paper art
April 15, 2009 by Filed Under: Low-tech cars, Paper models, Toys, Travel
26 vintage cars, high resolution. Previously: download, print, fold, paste. Related: can cars.
Macho pedal power
April 13, 2009 by Filed Under: Bikes, Human power, Low-tech cars, Pedal power, Steampunk, Travel
Maybe artists and fantasy are a better foothold for the future than engineers and high-tech. The pedal powered Hennepin Crawler is capable of both street and railroad track cruising and can seat four people. It is comprised of approximately 90% recycled materials and has a sex appeal that can rival that of a Porsche or a Land Rover. Via Make 17. Related: Cycle Chics. More on railcars. More low-tech cars.
