Ice Fishing in July?

OK...this may not be the season for ice fishing (unless you are in the southern hemisphere), but we found this cool little car (mobile ice shanty) on a photographer's website, and couldn't resist showing it.

Tom Roering is an ice fisherman who invented a cool product: a lightweight amphibious vehicle that is also an ice fishing shelter. It’s called the Wilcraft (“Wil” stands for water, ice, and land). If it falls through the ice, it floats. It has room enough for two people to comfortably fish together. It can be adapted as an ice rescue vehicle. And it fits on the back of a pickup truck.

Inventor Portrait: Tom Roering from David Friedman on Vimeo.

Awsome 850

Darrell Vittone's Fast Fiat from way back when (VW Power)

Slick 600s

Fancy 500s

A Mechanic's Glossary

There was a great story in the Spring 1999 issue of MINUTIA. This isn't all of it -- just a sampling of the article by Peter C. King.

Hammer: Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate expensive Isetta parts not far from the object we are trying to hit.



Mechanic's knife: Used to open and slice throught he contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on boxes containing soft tops, windows, tire covers or other soft and scratchable parts.



Hacksaw: One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion. The more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes (not to mention the cut you're making).



More to come...

Compare and Contrast

Dave Major's
Isetta Aerocar 2
vs.
Tatra Skimobile

Off to Never Neverland

We might as well get on the bandwagon too. Earlier this year Michael Jackson's
car collection was auctioned off. This little gem with MJ as Peter Pan painted on
the hood was something we can relate to here at the clubhouse.