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The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair . [ 1 ]
The Last Dymaxion: Buckminster Fuller’s Dream Restored is a 2012 documentary film directed by Noel Murphy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] about Buckminster Fuller 's 1933 Dymaxion car as well as Fuller himself.
The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was a vehicle designed by Fuller, featured prominently at Chicago's 1933-1934 Century of Progress World's Fair. [60] During the Great Depression, Fuller formed the Dymaxion Corporation and built three prototypes with noted naval architect ...
Announced October 1930 and matched with the new Daimler fluid flywheel and Wilson pre-selective half-automatically changing four-speed gearbox. Bore and stroke 73 mm x 104 mm gave a swept volume of 5296 cc [10] Tax rating 40.18 hp [11] In November 1930 a car was shipped to Edsel Ford with the new Daimler transmission. It aroused so much ...
Dymaxion is a term coined by architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller and associated with much of his work, prominently his Dymaxion house and Dymaxion car. A portmanteau of the words dynamic , maximum , and tension , [ 1 ] Dymaxion sums up the goal of his study, "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input".
A contemporary report commended the lack of mechanical noise from the driver's seat and the excellence of the ride. [1] The car's considerable weight – 38 cwt or about 1900 kg on the 1930 model – may have been one cause of the clutch-slip reported at 76 mph (about 122 km/h) which was close to the car's claimed maximum. [1]
The Mercedes-Benz W 142 (Mercedes-Benz Typ 320) was a six-cylinder passenger car launched in February 1937, as a successor to the Mercedes-Benz Typ 290 (Mercedes-Benz W 18). [1] The car was known by its name Typ 320 at the time of its production and service, but is in retrospect commonly referred to using its Mercedes-Benz works number, "W142 ...
The Lancia Dilambda is a passenger car produced by Lancia between 1928 and 1935. The car was officially presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1929, and was powered by a 4 litre V8 engine with a 24 degree "V" angle. Three versions of the Dilambda were built: First series, produced between 1928 and 1931, total 1,104 built.