Showing posts with label wicker bodied. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wicker bodied. Show all posts

Monday, November 27, 2023

a Hanomag 2/10 PS (two taxable / ten brake horsepower), 1924-28


With 59 mpg it was the world's most fuel efficient mass-production car between the two World Wars due to the low-friction one-cylinder engine and its very light weight

But everything can be improved for racing, so someone made a wicker body 

Saturday, July 18, 2020

dear ol saint Nick, I've been better than usual, would you mind thinking over my notion to ask you for a cool old car... this one is pretty light, might be a good fit for the back of your sleigh









This Peugeot Bebe had spent its entire life in Italy until being imported in 2018, much of its earlier days being used in the grounds of a villa on Lake Garda.

designed by Ettore Bugatti but a fraction of the price of those bearing his name

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26115/lot/51/