1918 Smith motor wheel, model C buckboard

 there is no accelerator pedal, just a brake pedal. To go at different speeds you raised and lowered the motor wheel. It went at a constant speed, and if you didn't want to go that fast you raised it occasionally to get something between stop and full speed.

for all you might want to know, or see about the Smith, which ran from 1915 to 1919 and then was bought by Briggs and Stratton, see http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/01/briggs-and-stratton-flying-buckboard.html and for an engineering drawing http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/4-wheel-buckboard-with-smith-motor.html 

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Monowheel circa 1952, photos by Dean Loomis. WW2 was just over, and anything was possible

These were all photographed for Life magazine, as this was being prepped to get to a motorshow in 1952. Sleuths who try to figure out where, would need to look for a Bob's Speedo Service and a Hancock gas station in 1952.

Found on http://interweb3000.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-monowheel.html
via http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com

The monowheels in Men In Black 3 look a lot like this one http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/03/men-in-black-3-mib3-is-going-to-be.html

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Men In Black 3 ( MIB3 ) is going to be another great MIB movie, and in this one, J and K ride motor wheels!

 Looks like they are strored under and inside the 66 Ford (Fairlane?) for quick deployment

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I felt the Steampunk desire today, So I watched "Steamboy" and grabbed these screen shots, cool movie, just make sure to select the language options of your native tongue and avoid reading the whole thing

 any movie with a motorwheel can't be bad. A steam powered one is even better.

 Good kid has a runn in with the bad guys trying to steal the plans and prototype his inventor dad and grand dad sent him, and the kid tries to escape, using that motorwheel, gets chased to a locomotive, which gets attacked by a blimp ...

 later the bad guys send out an army of armored soldiers, and this aeronaut

who all are engaging in a war with the british who have these cool old tanks. The time frame is Victorian, and before any vehicles but the trains and tanks. 

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Kids and pedal cars, Red Bugs, and gas pumps

The above was identified as a Red Bug (but looks like a Briggs and Stratton Flyer or Smith Flyer to me) based on the shifter lever and fuel tank, and is realistically the same as several other brand buggys, powered by a Motor Wheel, and look like a lot of fun. The top photo is the same company cart, but earlier and with electric power. The batteries are in the box on the back, and that is why the kids are looking like they can't find where to put the fuel 

 The fuel company product in the tank is "Whoo Pep"

 from David's great vintage car photo blog http://theoldmotor.com/ where you can just look at the photos, or read about the history behind them too

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Another Smith Motor Wheel photo found, the 2nd this week

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/07/4-wheel-buckboard-with-smith-motor.html for the engineering drawings and other photos of hte Smith Motor wheel and 4 wheel buckboard

This is one photo from the "Good Dog Scrapbook" of Jim Linderman http://dulltooldimbulb.blogspot.com/2011/05/good-dog-scrapbook-by-jim-linderman-and.html

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4 wheel buckboard with a Smith Motor Wheel, and the engineering drawing of the motor wheel

pretty damn cool

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extremely great photos from 21 studs tumblr, excellent site, part 2

Ain't that the cutest thing you've seen today?

1950 Nash dealership

Navy Shore Patrol helping a fellow sailor into a Medical Department ambulance





I think this is the earliest american flag tank I've seen, and it looks great on this bike








a Ford dealership in 1932

Ozark mountineer burro train ride (can't read the last word)
The Rebel Gal crew and the partially completed nose art that shows how one artist made the painting the right scale
see more at http://21studs.tumblr.com/

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