this is the famous Gypsy Cart designed by Crump, and made by Thomas Kuntz
@haxanthrobo with the help of @horriblyeclectic who made and hand painted the banners and tent for it, based on Crump's original drawing from the late 60s
He started as an assistant animator in the Disney films “Lady and the Tramp” and “Sleeping Beauty,”
the became an imagineer, and helped design the rides at Disney World, helped develop Walt Disney’s World’s Epcot, worked out effects for the Haunted Mansion with Disney’s master illusionist Yale Gracey, and worked on It’s a Small World Disney marquee for the 1964 World’s Fair. That's right, he built an exhibit draw (if that's the right word) for the last well known Worlds Fair!
He also designed the tiki gods and goddesses for the Enchanted Tiki Room.
and was a key architect in the 1967 Tomorrowland redesign
Introduced approximately in 1972, the Turbo-Fire 350 as it appeared in the Camaro Z28 only carried a net rating of 245 horsepower for a couple of years – 1973 and 1974 – and it was in the latter of those years that the engine benefited from High-Energy Ignition, which dates this particular points ignition cutaway to 1973.
okay that one rolled on the x axis. Fine. You get good look at it. But this next one is WOW... made for the Worlds Fair, so it was out to impress a lot of people, but how have I never heard of it until now?
It is the only non-Corvette to receive a Special Bloomington Gold Certificate when displayed in the Special Collection June 2001. It's now in the Yager Family Museum in Illinois http://www.mygaragemuseum.com/memorabilia.html
the front half of the engine moves to the left and then spins around!
General Motors prided itself on having the most spectacular displays around, and for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York, they were going to pull out all the stops. Their showcase, the 230,000 square-foot Pavilion, dominated the Fair, and from the top, it literally looked down over Chrysler while the facade towered above Ford and their Magic Skyway. Inside, GM created the vast Futurama II. In such a hall of wonders, this small display, innocently labeled “Turbo-Jet 427 V-8 Engine,” could have been overlooked. If you had been drawn to the Corvette, however, you would have first recognized that nothing like this X-3 engine was available in the 1964 Corvette—and then realized what an extraordinary cutaway it is. Built with incredible attention to detail, both the engine and attached transmission rotate. Its real trick, however, is that the two halves slide apart for a look at the internal rotating components.
after they were no longer useful for advertising, the company tried to get them into the Smithsonian, or anywhere that would take them. Most found homes in different places, but one was STOLEN! Never recovered! So, some one has a Ornitholestes in their back yard
these dinosaurs were so successful at promoting the oil company, they were the only exhibit at the forward looking world's fair, that focused on the past
50 million people visited that exhibit, it's estimated, and that made it one of the most popular exhibits. Then they hit the road on a tour of American shopping centers
