Remember this?

pwd72s · 08-22-2007, 09:27 AM

The feeling old thread brought up some memories. Anybody remember this "car"? Photo taken 1957...in front of the R&T offices. Bonus points (but no prize) for naming the "driver"

TerryH · TerryH's Garage

Looks like Bobby Unser.

pwd72s · 08-22-2007, 09:34 AM

Nope, but he'd be flattered you thought so...

TerryH · TerryH's Garage

well, it does look like him... a little.

I didn't think he old enough to be in that concoction.

http://home.att.net/~berliner-Ultrasonics/autocycl.html

pwd72s · 08-22-2007, 09:45 AM

I'm off to do yard work, will give others time to guess before I spill the beans....

lendaddy · 08-22-2007, 09:47 AM

Stan?

the · 08-22-2007, 09:55 AM

LOL, Len knows.

It's Stan Mott's Cyclops. Stan was an awesome cartoonist whose work appeared quite a bit in Road & Track magazine. He created it as a spoof.

Many famous people have sat in and been photographed in the Cyclops. Including me! It has been in the Road & Track reception area for many years now. I saw it while I was visiting that office 10 years ago.

lendaddy · 08-22-2007, 10:04 AM

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LOL, Len knows.

It's Stan Mott's Cyclops. Stan was an awesome cartoonist whose work appeared quite a bit in Road & Track magazine. He created it as a spoof.

Many famous people have sat in and been photographed in the Cyclops. Including me! It has been in the Road & Track reception area for many years now. I saw it while I was visiting that office 10 years ago.

I can't take that much credit, I'm just good at the innernets

the · 08-22-2007, 10:09 AM

The most famous of the picture of the Cyclops, I think, was the one that was taken right before it was retired to the R&T lobby. It was of a couple of famous F1 drivers, as I recall. If your so good with your innernets machine, try to find that one!

lendaddy · 08-22-2007, 10:14 AM

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The most famous of the picture of the Cyclops, I think, was the one that was taken right before it was retired to the R&T lobby. It was of a couple of famous F1 drivers, as I recall. If your so good with your innernets machine, try to find that one!

Hmm, my powers should only be used for good... I'll have to mull this one over

notfarnow · 10:20 AM

I have an R&T mag from the 60's with a full road test, as well as a "projected" acceleration graph based on the optional 427cid engine.

The road test (by Henry Manney, I think?) decribes a quirky feature with the steering. It's a 1/2 turn lock-to-lock, and if you go over that it starts turning the other way

pwd72s · 08-22-2007, 11:06 AM

Bingo Guys! I suppose Len get the award, by guessing Stan first. "The"?

Stan still IS a great cartoonist. He & I have been in touch for years...He's currently living in Germany, working on a graphic novel that is loosely based on his years as a live-aboard Yachtie...first he explored the Med, then crossed the Atlantic to the Caribbean...

Another tidbit? Stan circumnavigated the globe...on a go-kart. I kid you not.

equality72521 · 08-22-2007, 12:28 PM

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Bingo Guys! I suppose Len get the award, by guessing Stan first. "The"?

Stan still IS a great cartoonist. He & I have been in touch for years...He's currently living in Germany, working on a graphic novel that is loosely based on his years as a live-aboard Yachtie...first he explored the Med, then crossed the Atlantic to the Caribbean...

Another tidbit? Stan circumnavigated the globe...on a go-kart. I kid you not.

FYI, PWD, change the name of the pic you post in the future. It was a dead givaway. (stan1957cyclops). Googled it and the first link to me here: http://oldfords.org/Cyclops_home.htm

I imagine the others have done the same.

lendaddy · 08-22-2007, 12:30 PM

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FYI, PWD, change the name of the pic you post in the future. It was a dead givaway. (stan1957cyclops).

You're good at the innernets too