And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Friday, March 5, 2021
Daniel Hungerford and his rocket car, 1934. Love those serious tires.
Reminds me of the idiot who strapped a filched JATO bottle to the top of his car and lit that baby off. Ignoring his desires, the vehicle saw no good reason to stay on the ground. No, he did not survive the experience. Probably just as well.
"Danger"
ReplyDeleteExactly
No snowflakes then. Wonder fast it went. Even if it didn't even go at all, you got to love the tenacity.
ReplyDeleteNot 1, not 2, but THREE rockets! Did he survive?
ReplyDeleteI count four. Love the Chevrolet tail light !
DeleteHere's the whole story:
ReplyDeletehttps://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/hungerford-rocket-car-photograph-collection-1929-1934
"The Hungerford brothers ... invented a rocket-powered soldering iron. They had plans for a rocket lawn mover, but this was never completed."
DeleteI'd really be interested to know how a rocket powered soldering iron worked.
DeleteAnd a license plate. Did he really get it licensed for road use?
ReplyDeleteThat car is in the NYS museum in Albany.
ReplyDeleteOr was anyway not sure now it’s been years.
DeletePrecursor to the Oscar Mayer Weiner Mobile
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the idiot who strapped a filched JATO bottle to the top of his car and lit that baby off. Ignoring his desires, the vehicle saw no good reason to stay on the ground. No, he did not survive the experience. Probably just as well.
ReplyDeleteShows that every since cars were invented, someone, somewhere was looking to make them faster, or more bad ass.
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