Visionaries and revolutionaries don't copy the paradigm, they break it. Putting the engine in the wheel

above via: http://tukker.blogspot.com/ above, 1922 Megola SportVia: Visual Gratification: http://big-diesel.blogspot.com/2009/08/megalo-concept-engine-on-wheel.html In 1935 a group of five German engineers named Killinger and Freund from Munich started to design a more streamlined and modified version of the German Megola front-wheel drive motorcycle that had won many motorcycle races in the

customized Scions at SEMA, the ideas that were incorporated are amazing

welder up rat rod race car and it's Diamond T hauler

Notice the exhaust pipes are behind the cab about as high as the step, and when the ramp is raised horizontally, the vertical structures on top of the ramp slip over the exhaust pipe, and raise the end of the exhaust to well over the cab height... very damn clever! Dodge Brothers Standard Six Notice the chainsaw cutting chain around the cowl, and the bandsaw blade horizontally along the beltline

More home made portable stereo's by truckers that drive for companies that didn't spring for the optional radio and speakers when ordering cabs

For more ideas on how to build your own if the need should ever arise: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/08/home-made-car-stereos-for-easy.html

Winner of first Indianapolis 500 Race, it was lighter, more reliable than the competition... and had one thing they didn't. Rear view mirror.

For a 2009 replica of the Wasp; http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/11/marmon-wasp-indy-500-replica.htmlThis Marmon Wasp won the first Indianapolis 500 Race in 1911... at that time, all race cars held two men, a driver and a co-driver/mechanic. The Marmon was a single seater, unlike every other car on the track which had a seat for a driver and riding mechanic.Marmon figured that shaving the

Innovative way to change the axle.. making do with what you have to achieve what you need to accomplish