10 OLD GOOFY CARS Features in America | Ages Remember #2

welcome back car enthusiasts today on ages remember we're diving into the archives to explore a collection of 10 old goofy cars that once graced the American roads from quirky designs to unconventional features these vehicles are a nostalgic journey through Automotive History so buckle up and join us as we reminisce about The Eccentric rides that added a touch of Whimsy to the streets of America don't forget to hit that like button subscribe for more content and let's take a trip down memory lan

e together please help me I can't reach 1,000 subscribers please subscribe to the channel one La Lorn amphibious car Ulus texier of Kyer 1932 laet and La leorn our concept amphibious reconnaissance Vehicles created by Frenchman ulyses texier in the 1930s which undertook testing with the French army our concept amphibious reconnaissance Vehicles created by Frenchman ulsi texier in the 1930s which undertook testing with the French army lacet was the first prototype in 1932 powered by a 58p engine

a replica was recreated in 200000 La leorn the second prototype in 1936 powered by a 6h P engine a number of vehicles 56 were built for testing and parts from the earlier prototype were reused and the body formed a two trailer two car autom module 1970s an excentric French advertising Man jeanpierre pontier created the spherical car auto module as a promotional vehicle car described the auto module as the car of the year 2000 and its purpose in this world where everything is benol and ugly we mu

st know how to create the beautiful and unusual the unique Car whose rear wheel was powered by a 250cc single cylinder engine could do wheelies definitely no Speedster this vehicle inches forward slowly and can also turns its Wheels to drive sideways or rotate in place according to One Source only 10 examples were produced three Simka fulger 1959 Simka fulger was a concept car of the future designed by Robert opro for Simka in 1958 and first displayed at the Geneva auto show in 1959 the fulls si

ze zakup was created and imagined to have a whole host of advanced technology including autopilot Guidance with two gyroscopes enabling the vehicle to travel on only two wheels radar detection braking with electromagnetic suspension air conditioning sunf filtering plastic canopy and visaged to be Atomic powered probably by batteries charged by hydrogen fuel cells driving a single electric motor at the rear four 1955 dorier Delta after World War II German aircraft manufacturer dorier sought to di

versify its business in 1953 Claude dni's son Claudius inspired by esos Isetta designed a compact car called the dornier Delta the Innovative design featured a forward-facing door hinged along the top creating a canopy went open with back-to-back seating for two pairs of passengers the car's engine was ingeniously placed under the bench seats in the middle to minimize tooling costs dornier kept the car symmetrical longitudinally and laterally making identical front and rear doors end panels and

side pressings the Prototype powered by a 1097 siki ILO two-stroke engine was completed in 1955 but only one was made Financial challenges led dornier to abandon the project however the story didn't end there German motorcycle maker zund dap revived the Delta as the Janis producing almost 7,000 units in 1957 thus while the dornier Delta project was short-lived its Legacy continued with the success production of the Janus by zunda five kutra until March 19th 2017 lanal di Milano will play host to

Mario Bellini Italian beauty a momentous exhibition dedicated to the lifelong work of the famed millanes architect and designer born in 1935 Mario bini graduated with a degree in architecture from Milan poly Technic 1959 and quickly became known as innovator within his field pioneering some of the most essential and remarkable designs of our time taking place exactly 30 years since his retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York the exhibition is spread out over 10,000 square ft and f

eatures installation design by Bellini himself one of Bellini's most well-loved and well recognized designs is that of the car Asutra concept car a mobile human space imagined by the architect as an antidote to the cramped mundane and restrictive Automobiles of the time design boom caught up with Bellini at the opening of the retrospective to talk about the origins of the idea and the effect it had on the world of design six bizarre German car the bizarre German car that was Ultra aerodynamic an

d totally impractical what makes the Prius so fuele efficient the Hybrid drivetrain is a big part of it yes but put that into a box on Wheels like the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagon or even a Kia Soul and it's not nearly so helpful the Prius can deliver 51 MPG in no small part because Toyota Engineers toiled tirelessly seven weird advertising for a weird car balloon wheed citen DS 1959 in 1959 citan showcased the unique comfort of its ID and DS models by floating a car on four balloons in the middle of a

lake this creative promotional stunt highlighted the advanced hydrop pneumatic suspension offering a smooth ride with a combination of gas and fluid the balloon sculpture resembled the winning Monte Carlo rally car painted in the same blond Dey color achieved with stilts carefully airbrushed out this marketing strategy was one of citron's many creative approaches to promote their models featuring balloons and undercarriages appealing to a diverse audience eight Ser AAL safety car 1958 Walter C

Jerome of Worcester Massachusetts was a man possessed by a mission to make the world's safe car in the end he failed to Advance Auto Safety but Jerome's segmented sedan might easily qualify as the world's strangest car primarily concerned with head-on collisions Jones split his car in two hoping the front section would absorb collisions leaving the passenger cabin untouched using a heavily modified 1948 Hudson sedan as a rear section he built a raised turret to provide the driver with maximum vi

sibility a goalie furthered with a 360° wraparound screen that constantly rotated past built-in squeegees to wipe it clean wraparound rubber bumpers protected The Sur Evil's Bodywork from errant motorists in slows speed collisions but they were just one of Jerome's Innovations the survival was years ahead with seat belts a padded interior and built-in roll bars Auto Safety has two parts passive safety concerns passenger protection once a collision occurs and active safety or a car's ability to a

void accidents due to handling and braking qualities like most Americans Jerome focused only on passive safety ignoring the fact that his car's awkward separation into dual modules necessitated atrocious handling the serve ofile appeared on magazine covers Jerome had fancy two-color sales brochures printed that extoled its virtues but it's 15 minutes in the spotlight quickly elapsed and it sunk Without a Trace amazingly The Eccentric sir vival turned out to be a Survivor after all a little the w

orse for wear it remains in the care of Bellingham Auto Sales in Bellingham massachusett nine fat Cary there's no easy way to say this America you're getting fatter and older every year over a quarter of the population is obese and the rate of obesity increases 0.5% each year the amount of folks aged 65 and up currently stands at 40 million but that number will increase to nearly 90 million by 2050 what does any of this have to do with automobiles a lot if you're a safety engineer the systems th

at help keep us safe during a crash will need to be redesigned to cope with our ever increasing mass and aging bodies seat belts and airbags are being developed that can work with the larger older occupants of future Vehicles adaptive airbags and load limited seat belts will better conform to the person sitting in the seat as we travel down the road to our w e style future it's comforting to know that today's Engineers are working to protect tomorrow's driving population the solution to our weig

ht problem is of course to battle the ever expanding waist lines found throughout our that however is easier said than done let's just hope that the four-wheeled products that result don't resemble sculptor Irwin worms fat Car Series as shown above now if you'll excuse us a 20 piece Chicken McNugget meal is calling from the kitchen oof that's an awfully far walk for our aging bones though 10 colani C form 1968 Luigi Kanani colani presented an ideal vehicle aerodynamic form with his C form Concep

t in 1968 a vehicle where the whole body forms an inverted Wing the concept was featured in Stern magazine and has influenced a generation of student designers with its architecture of four wheel pod pods suspending a central cabin form the 1982 Lamas 82 sports coupe and BMW M2 were studies that while somewhat Barack defined a unique form language seen years later in vehicles such as the Corvette Indie and Porsche 959