Sunday, March 18, 2012

Scripps-Booth Bi-Autogo! (don't you just love this name?)

Not really a car but some sort of a bike / cart hybrid, this two-wheeled 3,200-lb monstrosity was built in 1913 and was powered by the very first V8 engine that was made in Detroit. Check out the huge external radiator, made from the shiny copper tubes... The Scribbs-Bah...Bi...Whatever... even comes equipped with the training wheels! 



(image via)

A similar two-wheeled (or somewhat three-wheeled) "thing" was manufactured from 1925-1928 in France from a design by the Mauser company (better known for guns) and called a "Monotrace":


(images via, see the restored Monotrace there!) 

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