If history has taught us anything, it’s that military generals don’t make very good presidents. A general is accustomed to obtaining objectives through the use of superior firepower — and that doesn’t always translate well to the nuanced political landscape, but several generals did end up in the White House, including Dwight D. Eisenhower. However, […]
The threat of the mass market 3-wheeled car has been floating around the automotive industry since the beginning of the automobile era. It doesn’t matter that removing one wheel doesn’t really save you much money, or that they topple over like roller skating college kids on spring break — because some lunatic entrepreneur will try […]
This next tip comes from Slowboy who calls it a Weird friggin trike thing and writes; Doesn’t look complete, but uh… I dunno. The ad doesn’t have a lot of info, and the pictures suck. Have a link. Don’t mind if I do. Find this 1995 Yamaha Trike offered for $5,000 in Dayton, OH via […]
This next feature comes to us as a tip from Jon who simply writes: Weird – Wacky – Wonderful? Let’s dissect that –but first you gotta see these pictures. Find this Suzuki Powered Mystery Trike offered for an unlisted price, located in Seattle, WA via craigslist. Weird: In the great catalog of automobiles that look […]
For awhile, it seemed that Morgan’s position on the modernity spectrum could only go one way: the wrong way. Then they unveiled the brazenly steampunk 3-Wheeler. Lauded for its stalwart mechanical charm, it unfortunately cost about as much as a Caterham with options. But at 1/4 of the price, this well-built replica is ready for […]
The Pontiac Fiero is a punching bag in the automotive community. It gets hammer with mullet jokes and constantly second guessed with what it could have been comments by armchair engineers. In truth it really deserves some of that abuse…but this? It doesn’t really deserve to be turned into this homemade trike on a […]
Welcome back to another episode of The Twister, a quiz with a twist. We find some random object on eBay/craigslist/DHS.gov and you get to figure out how to make it better. Today’s twister subject is a used Pepsi promotional jet ski trailer with a giant soda can on top, found here on eBay for $1,900 […]
Another 3500 smackeroo feature fell into our lap this week, a tip from Gregg who wrote simply have fun with this one. What else would you expect? So, I’m going to put this out here: this next feature is the perfect family hauler. Find this 1970 Custom Renault Trike with Opel trailer offered here on […]
Time to harness your inner Ricky Bobby (I wanna go fast!) with this street legal version of a trike, because not much short of a $100k sports car is going to keep up with this thing anywhere. The Scorpion P6 looks like a Frankenstein experiment involving an FSAE car and a sport bike built on […]
Campagna’s T-Rex is a three-wheeled plaything of the wealthy, littering the pages of DuPont Registry like cracker jack boxes after a parade. It’s loaded with performance and pure exotic prestige. Now you can have some of that performance with none of that prestige for the price of a Honda Odyssey under warranty. Find this Kawasaki-powered […]