Innovation in steering wheel design, that never went into production... the "Wrist Twist" from Mercury

At Mercury, engineer Bob Rumm produced this one-off 1965 Mercury Park Lane convertible with so-called "wrist-twist" steering controls. The standard steering wheel has been replaced by two 5-inch, wrist-operated dials, that the promo claims frees up knee room, improves visibility and makes parking easier.Skip the first 45 seconds and the male chauvenist attitude, they are both uselessFound on http

More unusual stuff from the HAMB thread "Vintage shots from days gone by"

Annette on a scooter Amelia Earhart with the scooter General Eisenhower chats with Omar Bradley leaning against his '41 Clipper staff car The outback mailman, on an enormous rig http://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/last-mail-birdsville/clip1/ Aerodynamic trucks and trailers looks like a street car getting relocated Sept 1949 Popular mechanics Not sure what the above vehicle is Kaiser

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Add deepening job insecurity into the mix, send the economy into a variety of wild up-and-down motions, and the injustice of it all becomes nearly intolerable.After all, chances are good you and I didn't make millions or even hundreds of thousands flipping properties, making home loans to people who had no business buying homes or cashing out our mega-buck golden parachutes as CEOs

The Six Shooter; cool paint, cool custom touches in the engine bay, but best of all is the awesome steering wheel

Cool steering wheel centers that grabbed my attention, the photos turned out well I think

The above turned out best, my favorite among the bunch

breaking the paradigm of what a hot rod dash looks like

Cool steering wheel (it says Studebaker on the center button), cool shifter knob, nice grill under the gauges... this is a well thought out and finished look!

What a cool custom, I've never seen anyone make a steering wheel out of a rim! Great key, and, have you ever seen a B&M shifter on a firewall?

Cool business card too. Cool tailgate handles

Some unusual rare parts on this roadster.. I was told it's owned by the Lattin family, the Bonneville racers

the red pegasus was the trademark of Exxon Mobil from 1933 to 54.. these headlight eyebrow indicators are the first I've seen written on the side of the car in the center of the steering wheel... "Hot Rod" Pierce Arrow speedometer The Veda Special knock offs? I've never seent hem before, but I speculate that they are from the Orr husband and wife Speed Shop, though a thread on the HAMB talks

The 2nd annual Cool Classic Car Show, the Studebaker and Pierce Arrow get together

Notice in the below photo an STP sticker on the front vent cap I don't remember seeing any tachs that actuallu spell out RPM into words before this one Old decals, gotta love them Multi colored engine bay, red, yellow, orange and black... quite the variety With or without front bumpers... I like the look of the without On the outside of the glove box is the single word, Vanity, and once the

The variety of eye catching things I spotted at the Cruise for the Cause

The owner of the above car has a great sense of humor, when I asked him about the unusual round antenna he told me it's a satellite antenna... from Canada Lots of cool options and accessories, how cool is the umbrella holder on the right hand side of the photo awesome Pontiac steering wheel center section Beautiful clock design

Scruffy went to the Model T museum and photographed the 1915 Lamsteed Camper truck

Check out this cool steering wheel that unclamps and moves out of the way so people could stretch out and sleep, see a lot of cool stuff on Scruffy's blog, http://www.suede-and-chrome.com/2010/08/model-t-museum-post-2.html 1915 Lamsteed Kampkar - an early recreational vehicle manufactured by Anheuser-Busch. The vehicles were mounted on a Model T Ford chassis and sold for $535.