Brian Austin

Some info https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2014-43/del78-no-166-solved-fruehauf-fev2000/ http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/f/fruehauf/fruehauf.htm

"Moving the driver’s seat to the center position made it possible for the truck maker to incorporate a parabolic windshield that pushes air around the side of the vehicle, said Joe Adams, Kenworth’s chief engineer. The design also encloses the front and drive axles and covers the steps with its door." https://www.ttnews.com/articles/kenworth-supertruck-2-act

Trucks built in Argentina and Brazil are different from each other and from those built in Mexico. There were numerous coachbuilders that made generally similar but again different conversions. The Mexican SUVs may well have been built by a coachbuilder a well. Note that the Argentina built "bumpside" Fords generally mirrored US model changes, while the Brazilian ones differed quite a bit from US models. Those could be a generation or so behind the US models, while the styling included more and more local content. The Brazilian "bumpsides" were mentioned earlier. Argentina built their own as well. Some good pictures of a Mexican Ford. https://www.ebay.com/motors/blog/cool-mexican-b-100-suv-based-on-f-series-pickup/

FWIW, here are the wheels. Tires are marked 11.00-20. One set of wheels is mismatched.

Around 1999-2000 I built a replica of its 1950s appearance in 1:50 scale. I had intended to display my Corgi PCC trolley, but that model is too heavy for it.

In the 1950s the Seashore Trolley Museum built a large trailer to cross the country to rescue surplus trolley cars for its collection. They called it the "Highway Monster". It was made of structural steel around a salvaged bogie and frame. I have been wondering for decades the source for the bogie. I'm presuming it dated to the 1940s, but I could never get an answer. This thing was difficult to photograph well, but I did manage to take measurements. Can you identify the make of the bogie? (Photos from 1992).

Follow up video of the one I posted at the start of this thread.

I can just picture old-timers a century ago belittling younger drivers who didn't have to hand-crank their engine to start due to the new-fangled electric starter motor. ?

I recently ordered this lovely paperweight online. It's an old All-Nation O Gauge Ten Wheeler built metal kit. From what I've read, it was a popular model in its time, but you don't find much solid info on them online. So far I've confirmed the seller's description stating it didn't run. The motor might be dead, or there's a short somewhere. Motor is an open frame design made by Pittman for All-Nation. I have already separated the chassis from the boiler, along with the motor subframe. IIRC this thing weighs about 6 and a half pounds in total.

I wonder if there might be a liability problem as well.

My thought is that it's A.I., which has been invading the car FB groups to much consternation. It sure does look like a publicity photo, but, yeah, I've never seen any camper like it. It has some interesting things going on, such as the trim and the paint color separation at the front fenders. This design sure stands out among most American campers of the period, which were boxier. What's going on with the wheels?

Here is the Tik Tok account. https://www.tiktok.com/@lauren.stephanie0 This is the most recent video. She's a bit taken aback by the response to her project. A friend of the late previous home owner commented on a model railway forum that he knew him. I hope old photos surface of the layout in its former days.

This one's been making the rounds on FB. I'm not sure where this image originated. A quick reverse Image Search brought up one result, a social media post.

A couple recently moved into their new home to find the previous owner had built a model railway, and though they're new to the hobby they plan to restore it... https://uk.news.yahoo.com/homeowner-finds-huge-abandoned-model-railway-back-garden-134629115.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJm21RrAmDbo5r_rF2zbOC8VKqNrD5x1P1Kw5FLTbFcJtfdLq0Fdn0XHjFKRsA4STkBgbV9PW_bW3bL5rK1RLdRKyN8iRlkHBczMV6sCRSpp5H892Qu0TbZ0n-c2-bVbcxuxrkGmhFvkiis8pqxVVzES-8uBd7oCUIKq5qadwapo

They could probably be turned on a lathe or 3D printed.

Painting Deloreans was a thing back then. The BHCC listings show red, black and I think a white one as well. Many were painted by their original dealers. https://support.delorean.com/kb/a86/painted-deloreans-updated.aspx

Their Sold inventory. (Note: To open each listing I had to Google them including their stock number. I don't know if their website blocks direct access to old listings, or if the problem is at my end.) https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1981-delorean-dmc-12-c-16581.htm

Two happier-looking examples. https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1981-delorean-dmc-12-c-16572.htm https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1981-delorean-dmc-12-c-16581.htm

Listings with this dealer tend to gloss over apparent problems with their cars, so I doubt we'll ever know the backstory. ?

https://www.beverlyhillscarclub.com/1981-delorean-dmc-12-c-608.htm

As far as the tires go, I wonder what 1:12 scale kits have some that are close to the right size.

Many have survived and have been put on display at shows here in New England over the years. I don't know about elsewhere.

Songwriter and producer Pete Waterman and his team just broke the Guiness record for longest portable model railway. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1wx31x1yljo

From what I've read, Mr. Stewart took models with him to work on while on tour.