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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 10:41 AM
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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 12:17 PM
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Salt/Cinder spreader? Some sort of heater to thaw things?

 

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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 12:23 PM
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I suspect the immediate above picture is a wood gas generator.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2026 | 03:15 PM
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That's James Bond's grandpa's "get off my donkey" machine.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by raytasch
I suspect the immediate above picture is a wood gas generator.
Yes, the bus in the background has an odd trailer hooked to it also. Eastern Europe?

 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 06:19 AM
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Looks to be a wood gas generator. Here are a lot of oddball pictures of variations of this.
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/wo...ortBy=relevant

Here is an article on the topic, interesting. https://www.jalopnik.com/1972761/fre...l-powered-ww2/
 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 09:09 AM
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A rolling '55 hot-tub. This rig has been posted on the local Facebook Marketplace for awhile - price $25,000. The ad says it was built in the 90's. Someone spent a lot of time, and money, to create this.
Hope he finds a buyer some day.


 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 09:20 AM
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A rolling '55 hot-tub. This rig has been posted on the local Facebook Marketplace for awhile - price $25,000. The ad says it was built in the 90's. Someone spent a lot of time, and money, to create this.
Hope he finds a buyer some day.

That's a pretty nice looking rig, don't think the hot tub would stay if I owned it. At that price I think it's a steal. Might be a bit expensive to feed for a daily driver though...lol
 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 09:22 AM
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That could be a party on wheels..... if only I was still in college!


I see the rear door is a suicide door. Is there on on the driver's side?
 

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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 10:21 AM
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That could be a party on wheels..... if only I was still in college!


I see the rear door is a suicide door. Is there on on the driver's side?

Yes, it has suicide doors on both sides. I think the owner should have taken some pictures of the hot tub in action, you know, with a cluster of bikini babes all drunk, smiling and excited splashing around. all about the marketing....



 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by pineconeford
A rolling '55 hot-tub. This rig has been posted on the local Facebook Marketplace for awhile - price $25,000. The ad says it was built in the 90's. Someone spent a lot of time, and money, to create this.
Hope he finds a buyer some day.
I hope he finds a buyer that's on FTE. I'm picturing campsite #97 on a sunny but cool October day.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2026 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by abe
...I see the rear door is a suicide door. Is there on on the driver's side?
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Yes, it has suicide doors on both sides....


Now I understand the suicide doors; they are just front doors turned around and moved side-to-side. Vent windows and all. And with the later pix the rear driver's side door is visible.
 

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Old Jan 25, 2026 | 08:23 AM
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Motorcycle chariots at a policemans carnival competition.
Motorcycle chariots at a policeman's carnival competition.
And I think this is a real photo not AI. I saw this in a list of historical photographs.



Germany.... no comment
Germany.... no comment
 

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Old Jan 25, 2026 | 09:00 AM
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i bet it was just a little tight with 5 in that Isetta!
 
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Old Jan 25, 2026 | 09:55 AM
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I've seen that pic of the chariot racing before.
It reminds me... ...when I was about 8 or 10 years old I remember my uncle and his friends making chariots out of 55 gallon drums and motorcycle tires/axles. I think they used donkeys as the power source and they'd get together and have races. I can't really remember the races themselves, but I remember them building the "chariots".
 
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