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Built by Jean Legeay of Gennes, France, the L’Éclair is a home-built propeller-driven car. Built in M Legeay’s garage, he made every part, except the Indian V-twin engine, the wheels, and the gauges. He even carved the propeller himself! The name L’Éclair shares its meaning with the pastry; éclair in French means “flash of light”. It […]
Inspired by watching events such as the Port Townsend (WA) Kinetic Sculpture Race, it occurred to local tinkerer and inventor John Montgomery how simple it would be to run a live axle through the middle of a canoe and use an inverted bicycle frame to drive it. The Autocanoe was born. The one seen here
Mignet Aviation was founded in 1984. The chief designer was Pierre Mignet, eldest son of Henri, the inventor of the Flying Flea. The manager and head of the company was Alain Mignet, Pierre’s nephew. In many ways, the HM.1000 “Balerit” (a local dialect word for “hawk”) was a modern version of the Flying Flea, continuing
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The Flying Flea was designed by Henri Mignet, a French designer/builder, in 1934, and was one of the first home-built airplanes. A number of the early airplanes crashed because no one realized how important the weight and balance on the airplane was. After learning this, the Flying Flea has had a very good safety record,
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The Honda N-ONE is a modern interpretation of one of Honda’s first production cars, the N360. The N-ONE was previewed at the Tokyo Motor Show in 2011, and went on sale in November 2012. Like the Honda N360 and N600, the N-ONE is considered a Kei Class (city car) in Japan. Although the N-ONE is
Derny is a term that has become synonymous with small pacing vehicles for bicycle racing, but the company itself was more than just jargon. Born out of a French craze for motorized bicycles during the 1930s, Derny debuted its first model, the “Entraineur” in 1938, to pace the Bordeaux-Paris race. Common to all Dernys is
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At the outset of World War II, as American automobile factories were switching from making cars to making tanks, planes, jeeps, and munitions, a few independent car companies remained in production. When the Carter Town Shopper was introduced in 1942, it was marketed mainly to women as a low-cost, two-seater errand runner, a car that could
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The Monza seen here is one of a handful of survivors, out of an unknown total production numbering fewer than 240. Being such a low-volume car, it is what the British would refer to as a “Bitsa” – it has a bit o’ this, and a bit o’ that… The beautifully sculptured body over a
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Building on the previous model’s architecture, the Tenor was a Solex 6000 featuring an Italian-made Franco Morini “Gyromat” engine and was available in various trim levels. The example seen here is a base model, the R, identified by its lack of rear shock absorbers. The next trim level up was the L (as in Lusso,