Adventures of an Imperfect Man In Search of a Handmade Life
Okay, in some cases maybe. This cute little combo caught my attention a couple years ago and I'm just getting around to posting it. A truly minimal teardrop trailer that I suspect can just sleep two with about one suitcase each. I found it labelled “The 1941 Kozy Coach Travel Trailer ” but a search …
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Jan. 22, 1922. Washington, D.C. Woman in three-wheeled vehicle. I wish I knew more about this photo and the vehicle in particular.
Where have you been all my life. Lady Florence Norman on her Autoped; another interesting Internet find. This is what I found about it: “Lady Florence Norman, a suffragette, on her motor-scooter in 1916, travelling to work at offices in London where she was a supervisor. The scooter was a birthday present from her husband, the …
Yes, I love the scooters. Here's an interesting setup I found via Tumblr at Scooterscene. Probably not for high-speed use but still, a remarkable little taxi. I would love to learn more about these little guys.
These don’t come up very often… in fact, I’ve never seen one for sale before. I’ve seen pics of the RAC Lambretta’s of course, but here’s your chance to own one. It’s been completely restored, by no-one less than the famous Rimini Lambretta Centre, who have done their usual fantastic restoration job, and, to give it a bit more oomph, stuck a Innocenti TV225 engine under the panels. You also get the original 150 engine as part of the deal. The full spec is available on the eBay listing, here, but this is a real head turner, as well as being eminently practical scooter if you want to lug more than a tent and a sleeping bag with you to the next scooter rally, without going to the extremes of a full caravan conversion.
Below are a couple of pics I found on the Red Devil motors blog
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Fed up of camping? Can’t afford a B’n’B? This homemade scooter-caravan hybrid may be just the answer you’re looking for. Based on a beat of a scooter – the Soviet era Tula – or the Muravey commercial vehicle version of it… (think Russian Lambro. Lambretta-heads), I’ve been unable to track down much information on it. It’s a British build, put together somewhere in Leicestershire. And as well as a fabrication job, it looks like a first class restoration, from a less than promising original vehicle, see the first shot below! If you are the talented, but slightly nutty builder of this unique vehicle, please get in touch, I’d love to know more! 
Fun fact: Muravey is Russian for Ant, (there’s a bit of a insect theme here, Vespa = Wasp, Ape = Bee, Muravey = Ant), Although, perhaps “Ulitka” would be more suitable. That’s Russian for snail. More for carrying…
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TM sold out its share for the first time in 1955 to a businessman named, Ernst Kronreif and result he bought the major part of the company. As as result, the consortium was renamed to Kronreif & Trunkenpolz Mattighofen. In 1957, KTM launched its very first moped, the Mecky. Followed by Ponny in 1960 and Ponny II in 1962. Meanwhile, KTM also molded bikes for racing. Unfortunately, the major stake holder, Kronreif died in 1960 and so the founder of KTM, Trunkenploz in 1962.
Found on MODamorphosis on TUMBLR. An ambitious set-up for sure. More about Roberto and his amazing travels can be found here at the Scooterist or just click an image below.
Fine Machines...
I'm a big fan of Retro-Futuristic design. Maybe that's why some of the better Steam Punk designs appeal to me. I don't mean the stuff that's just hot-gluing old watch gears onto some leather or carrying a toy ray-gun around in an old-western holster. I want art that can actually be part of our daily …
