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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 ...
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 engine was mounted wholly behind the rear axle, and the car was therefore alarmingly unstable in wet or windy weather.
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".
Dymaxion is a term coined by Buckminster Fuller to describe his work. Dymaxion may also refer to: Dymaxion map, a map projection that minimizes distortion of landmasses; Dymaxion car; Dymaxion house; Dymaxion Chronofile; Dymaxion deployment unit; The Last Dymaxion, a 2012 documentary film
Stout Scarab on display in Genoa, Italy Stout Scarab on display at Houston Fine Arts Museum 1935 Scarab at Owls Head Transportation Museum (Owls Head, Maine). The Stout Scarab is a streamlined 1930–1940s American car, designed by William Bushnell Stout and manufactured by Stout Engineering Laboratories and later by Stout Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.
It is the most valuable American car ever made and one of the most valuable cars in the world; estimated at around US$50 million dollars. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The Twenty Grand is the most valuable and flagship vehicle of the Nethercutt Collection and the family's car collection, where it was fully restored by J.B. Nethercutt and painted in its ...