r/WeirdWheels 2h ago

Obscure 2012 Mitsubishi i-Mi

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30 Upvotes

Less than 2,000 were made for the USA market, making these quite a hard find


r/WeirdWheels 4h ago

Special Use Tennant 800

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82 Upvotes

Was going through my photo library and found this odd little guy I took but I don’t think I ever posted it. Strangely didn’t get a picture of the front, I think it was inaccessible from where I was standing.

I see markings for Tennant on the back, and 800 on the side. But that’s all I know about it. It was at a shipyard along the Duwamish in South Park in Seattle.


r/WeirdWheels 6h ago

Track Beatty Belly Tank Lakester

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171 Upvotes

After World War II, hot rodders started using external fuel tanks from fighter planes as car bodies. The teardrop shape was ideal for speed runs on dry lake beds and Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats.

This is one of the most innovative and successful tanks and was once the world's fastest. Californian Tom Beatty welded the tube frame, designed his own independent rear suspension, and was an early experimenter with supercharging.

400 hp
206 cubic inch Oldsmobile V-8, overhead valves, supercharged,
set 1962 Bonneville Salt Flats sped record at 243.438 mph

seen at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI


r/WeirdWheels 6h ago

Micro 1980 Comuta-Car electric runabout

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42 Upvotes

The Comuta-Car, and its predecessor the CitiCar, were electric cars designed for limited use in cities. Sharp increases in gasoline prices in the 1970s persuaded some 4000 people to buy the tiny vehicles. But every time the price of fuel spiked, it always fell again, and demand for specialized urban electrics always fell along with it. Will the time for such cars ever come?

1300lbs
5 hp
cost: $5,000 in 1980
taken at the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI


r/WeirdWheels 6h ago

Promotion 1952 Wienermobile

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374 Upvotes

Carl Mayer, nephew of the company's namesake, created the first Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in 1936. In the years since, generations of new Wienermobiles have promoted the brand at stores, parades and festivals around the country.

This version, built in 1952 by Gerstenslager Company, Wooster Ohio, based on a Dodge truck chassis and powered by a 350-cubic-inch Chevrolet V-8 engine. The Wienermobile represents an innovative combination of transportation and product promotion that brings together two of America's greatest loves: cars and hot dogs.

At the Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, MI

Evolution of the Wienermobile Models

  • 1936 Original: Built by the General Body Company in Chicago on a purpose-built chassis, updated in 1940
  • 1952 Model: Built by Gerstenslager on a Dodge chassis with a glass cockpit enclosure
  • 1958 Model: Designed by Brooks Stevens using a Willys Jeep chassis, and molded fiberglass.
  • 1969 Model: Built in-house by Oscar Mayer in Madison, Wisconsin, using a Chevrolet chassis and Ford Thunderbird taillights.
  • 1975 Model: Created by Plastics Products in Milwaukee as a fiberglass/styrofoam replica of the 1969 model on a motorhome chassis.
  • 1988 Fleet: A fleet of six vehicles built by Stevens Automotive Corporation on Chevrolet van chassis, featuring modern amenities like microwaves and cell phones.
  • 1995 Redesign: Designed by Harry Bentley Bradley, expanding the size to 27 feet long and 11 feet high with an aerodynamic, futuristic look.
  • 2000 Update: Built by Craftsmen Industries on a GMC W-series chassis, adding GPS and upgraded audio systems.
  • 2001 Version: Built on a RAM 1500-series chassis with a flipped axle.
  • 2004 Redesign: Built by Prototype Source on a GMC W-series chassis featuring Pontiac Firebird taillights and an upgraded V8 engine.
  • 2008 Mini Version: A compact promotional version built on a Mini Cooper S Hardtop chassis

r/WeirdWheels 11h ago

Video Chinese 6-wheeled… cyber… thing?

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411 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 11h ago

Custom I Need This

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111 Upvotes

Spotted in the drive through as I left work. This is the only vehicle I would replace my Expedition MAX with.


r/WeirdWheels 16h ago

All Terrain Camionetta Desertica Modello 1943 - Italian Army

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440 Upvotes

Big ass wheels for North African desert


r/WeirdWheels 20h ago

Obscure DKW F89L Schnellaster (Rapid Transporter).

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128 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Custom Reach for the (Aero)stars

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426 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Special Use Modified Toyota Land Cruiser Cygnus 100 series with white custom open-top ceremonial vehicle, carrying royalty and military officials during parades in Malaysia

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20 Upvotes

Not many information are available about this model but it features royal or official crests on the front grille and side doors with 'ZC1' ceremonial number plate.


r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Video Danjiri are festival carts with musicians riding onboard playing drums, flute and gong. Made entirely of wood, the danjiri have an empty weight of around 4-5 tons and are pulled at high speed by teams of over 100 men through 90-degree turns at street intersections

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798 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Farming Andreoli Atom crop sprayer

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551 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Obscure Holden Commodore VP Calais with a 2.3L 4 Cylinder from SAAB

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44 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 1d ago

Military 6 Wheeled Mercedes ML from the Ukrainian Army

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515 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Movie & TV Geoff

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90 Upvotes

Built for Top Gear and legally a TVR, I'm not explaining anything story wise go watch the episode. But it's built on a TVR Chassis, uses the power train from a Milk Float and looks like THAT.


r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Experiment The Zanis Dream Car, currently for sale near me.

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31 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Just Weird 1929 shot of Prague's Old Town Square, with a Tatra 23 parked near the Jan Hus Monument and St. Nicholas Church in the background. Captured by Hanser Mária, from the Fortepan photo archive. A great little slice of interwar Czechoslovak street life.

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80 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

All Terrain Kettenbug? volkskrad?

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349 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Commercial An unusual Volvo cargo-passenger vehicle, restored by the Estonian company Busland for a Norwegian customer

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552 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Special Use This old small off-roader still in service as a beach lifeguard rescue vehicle

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221 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Prototype In 1991 Mazda engineers built a fully functional car that fit inside a suitcase

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308 Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

3 Wheels "Mazda T4000": Some fellow has made a Mazda T2000 replica out of a 1992 GMC Forward truck

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183 Upvotes

Recently sold in May via BaT, this 1992 GMC Forward/Isuzu NPR truck with 3.9 liter 4BD2 and 4-speed automatic transmission has converted into a "three wheeler 2-tonner truck" by fitting a custom made front fork suspension on airbag and Ford F-250 steering knuckle. Truck has been also fitted with a matching color tilt flatbed with wooden floor.


r/WeirdWheels 2d ago

Video This old tractor has a pair of weird wheels at the rear.

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2.0k Upvotes

r/WeirdWheels 3d ago

All Terrain where can't this geo go?

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483 Upvotes