Tag: Retro & Vintage

The Amazing 1951 Hoffman

“There’s something to be said about a car company that after 73 years, 100% of its cars are still running today.”

The Hoffman was a German three-wheeled microcar created by Michael Hoffman, a shop foreman from Munich. It features an aluminum body with asymmetrical roof/windshield, rear wheel drive and steering, a pivoting single-cylinder 6.5 hp engine, and many more questionable design flaws.
Only one exists: the only one ever built.

Images (and more) found here, test drive video via Road & Track.

Dentiloquent Hot Links

Fans watch Elvis Presley perform at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston. Texas, October 13, 1956.

Radioactive Flesh, Los Sinners (1964) From the nightclub scene in Luis Buñuel’s film Simón del Desierto (1965). St. Simon Stylites is sitting at a table with the Devil and asks “her” for the name of the dance. The Devil replies, “Radioactive Flesh.”
[Scene begins at 41:18.]

Yay Timmy!

Camperage.

The Dumb Ages.

My new ringtone.

Ozzy is not based.

Norty Blues No. 52.

Animaux en papier.

Grandma’s pierogis.

Dance of the Cruise Ships.

This video AND those comments.

Crêpe [via Mme. Jujujive]. Sound up.

Useful inventions [via Bunkerville].

“Mercy on us!” [via The View From Lady Lake].

Miss Frozen Rabbit Meat [via Memo Of The Air].

Decommissioned nuclear reactor guts [h/t Paul Y.]

[Top image: Houston Elvis fans, story here.]

From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.

 

Space Bimbos

Collected from all over the internest. More Space Bimbos here.

American Indian Chiefs Cigarette Cards – Pt. 3

[See Part 1 & Part 2 for more. Source: Allen & Ginter Cigarette Cards 1888-1889.]

M.A.R.S.* PATROL TOTAL WAR

November 1969 issue No. 8 of M.A.R.S. PATROL Total War:
“When the M.A.R.S. Patrol destroys an invader weather-control ship, they capture a badly wounded courier whose name translates as Victor. Victor explains that his is an army of aliens, intent on capturing Earth for its resources. Through their interrogation, M.A.R.S. concludes that the next major attack will be on Miami. Gold Key Comics Club News. In ‘Part II: Seek and Destroy’, M.A.R.S. helps fend off the attack on Miami even as ‘Victor’ escapes, determined to redeem himself. A booby trap from his own side kills him just as M.A.R.S. discovers the secret underwater base, which they then destroy.” [source]

…and one of them appears to be a football star.

 

Monkey Pastry Chef

“When wound and the start/stop pull actuated, the incredibly detailed and realistically modeled standing monkey chef begins his performance by looking left then right whilst opening and closing eye lids as mouth moves to speak, lowering head slightly to indicate his latest culinary creation…”

This mechanical wonder (ca. 1880) sold for over $36k in 2014, and was presumably purchased by someone to keep their little brats and pets in line.

[More photos and background story here and here.]

Retro-Future Beetle Stretcher

Retrofuture Volkswagen prototype was designed by Mikhail Smolyanov / Solifuge Design, and he’s got a similar VW Bugsled in black. Since there are no images of modications in progress, I assume that the version above was never built.

HOWEVER, there is this:

Similar design, yet not the same. Image searches for this work in progress produced no matches.

[Top & bottom images found here. Not quite Rat Rods, but I stuck them in The Archive anyway.]

Happy New Year’s Eve 2023 – End of Year Playlist

Thought I might do something different this New Years Eve. Buried in the Archives are over 100 tunes that deserve a replay, at least in my opinion. Some are pure awesome, others are eye-rollers, but all are songs that pleased my earballs in 2023. Each set is in no particular order, one click and you’re off to the races. Have at it.

Set 1 – January, February, March

Set 2 – April, May, June, July

Set 3 – August, September, October, November & December

And one more thing: Happy New Year!

Auld Lang Syne Boogie, Freddie Mitchell Orchestra (1949)

[Caveat: I don’t own the copyrights to any of these recordings. They are presented here for entertainment purposes only. Apologies for the typo in the first track – That’s Stéphane Grappelli.]

Not Two Thumbs of Beaches

Pelo (“Hair”) was an Argentine rock magazine published from 1970 – 2001.
The image on the cover of  Pelo No. 5 (1970) is from Toe Fat‘s 1970 album Toe Fat.

The Outbursts of Everett True

The Outbursts of Everett True was an American two-panel newspaper comic strip created by A.D. Condo and J. W. Raper that ran from July 22, 1905 to January 13, 1927. It followed this setup:

Panel 1: Someone annoys Everett True.
Panel 2: He yells at and/or physically punishes whoever annoyed him.

Everett True also stood up for those who were being bullied, and often received smiles of approval from nearby observers. His wife never put up with his belligerence, and would hurl pots, pans and sometimes his supper at him if he mouthed off at home.

[Found here, description from here… and there’s more!]