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June 26, 2019 2:02 PM

Laughing Squid on the restoration of the two-wheeled prototype car, the Gyro-X, which looks like a sports car put through a photoshop wringer. A bit more from the Lane Motor Museum. Some individual video links: inside the restoration process in 2013; some post-restoration garage and show footage; more tidbits on the restoration process and recreating the gyroscope; vintage, silent footage of the original prototype in the late 60s.
posted by cortex (6 comments total)

Reminiscent of the Scripps Booth BiAutogo.
posted by TedW at 2:31 PM on June 26, 2019 [1 favorite]

Very interesting! I doubt one of these could scale to hold four (or more) people, though. Weight would need to be distributed very evenly. But the tech is interesting, didn't know gyroscopes were a thing.
posted by zardoz at 4:04 PM on June 26, 2019

Douglas Self's rabbit hole of forever excellence, The Museum of Retro Technology page covers this vehicle, among other vehicles with insufficient wheels.
posted by 2N2222 at 5:15 PM on June 26, 2019 [2 favorites]

Here’s today’s electric version from Lit Motors.
posted by migurski at 10:59 PM on June 26, 2019 [1 favorite]

That's soooo cool! Very unpractical, though, but soooo cool! Thanks for sharing!
posted by Harald74 at 4:22 AM on June 27, 2019

It absolutely looks like it just drove off the screen of The Incredibles or Despicable Me. Just amazing.
posted by scalefree at 4:39 AM on June 27, 2019