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flyingfrizzle 11-06-2015 12:43 PM

Today's trivia question
 
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Today's trivia question: What is / was this?:

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FLexpat 11-06-2015 01:17 PM

yard ornament

Don't know what it was intended to be but it looks a little like one of the early versions of a swamp buggy we had when I was a kid. Later one was an old Jeep commander driveline & frame, stripped down with DC3 tires added.

wattaway2 11-06-2015 02:15 PM

my guess is the guy who built it doesnt know what it is!!!

Islandtrader 11-07-2015 09:23 AM

Lets see, if this idea will work ? LOL

daydreamer 11-07-2015 11:50 AM

the front end and wheels are vw. looks like some type of homemade buggy

Ed 11-07-2015 11:19 PM

Is this that lunar rover that was in some guys back yard and by the time NASA got their act together to buy it for a museum, it had been sold for scrap?

Capt Chuck 11-08-2015 12:03 PM

"Spidercrabs" Cousin's Wedding Car :D

McGillicuddy 11-08-2015 01:28 PM

this is a result of the arab oil embargo - even Gerry the Can can't figure it out...
probably good they coned it off for safety...

77SceptreOB 11-08-2015 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Chuck (Post 239944)
"Spidercrabs" Cousin's Wedding Car :D

Was that picture taken at the gathering? I heard "Spider crab" was there!

Fr. Frank 11-08-2015 08:18 PM

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Some early version of an industrial/mechanical Mule?

flyingfrizzle 11-09-2015 08:35 AM

I haven't gotten an chance to find out what it is yet, but at first glance riding buy it I thought it looked like an pieced together piece of junk myself but apond further inspection it appeared to be possible a production made mule type vehicle from the 60's like Fr Frank said. It did look like VW front wheels and hubs like daydreamer mentioned possibly, that hit me when I first saw it. If you look all the parts they look vantage to the same era pre to my birth. I was going to visit my grandmother and saw this down the road from here house sitting in the yard a few house down. I didn't get a chance to walk up to it or talk to the owner(s) but hope to be able to do so my next trip back. I will have to get some better pictures of the gearing section or powertrain. It is defiantly a junkie looking device at first glance but after checking it out further it is kinda neat the way it was engineered if you can call it that. It is a Mexican family that lives there so it may be something from Mexico possibly? I was thinking it could be an cart like used at airports to move luggage or a cart from an industrial facility. I figured some of yall old farts would recognize it possibly. I will ask the owners about it if they can speak English and find out more and report back.


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