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Man, Stranded In The Desert, Makes a Motorcycle From His Broken Car

“While traveling through the desert somewhere in north west Africa in his Citroen 2CV , [Emile] is stopped, and told not to go any further due to some military conflicts in the area. Not wanting to actually listen to this advice, he decides to loop around, through the desert, to circumvent this roadblock…”

Two Mods, one straightening his tie, Streatham, London 1976 - Janette Beckman

Two Mods, one straightening his tie, Streatham, London 1976 - Janette Beckman

Teenagers on scooters in a west London street, 1981 - Mark Charnock, photographer.

Teenagers on scooters in a west London street, 1981 - Mark Charnock, photographer.

Take Your Band Mobile Russia Rocks - Motorcycle with drum kit is built by Alexander Ishutin, he’s a biker, musician, businessman and collector. He thinks there are very few uncommon things in left in Moscow. He lovingly recalls the 90’s when bizarre modified machines gathered on Vorobiyovy Gory (Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro), a Moscow bikers’ gathering place. Today people just go and buy a big motorcycle and don’t even know how to give it a tune up.

Trabantimino, The Amazing Collapsible Family Muscle Car - “The car is part Trabant, the VW of Soviet East Germany, as extinct now as the Berlin Wall. Its other half derives from a 1973 Chevy El Camino, the sporty two-seater that was part muscle car and part flatbed pickup. By flipping switches on the Trabantimino’s center console, a driver can extend the car’s squat body to the length of an El Camino. Flip another set of switches and the rear wheels rise to a height that would make a lowrider proud. Another pair elevates the car’s snub nose to a level that would hide any road in front of it.”

Trabantimino, The Amazing Collapsible Family Muscle Car - “The car is part Trabant, the VW of Soviet East Germany, as extinct now as the Berlin Wall. Its other half derives from a 1973 Chevy El Camino, the sporty two-seater that was part muscle car and part flatbed pickup. By flipping switches on the Trabantimino’s center console, a driver can extend the car’s squat body to the length of an El Camino. Flip another set of switches and the rear wheels rise to a height that would make a lowrider proud. Another pair elevates the car’s snub nose to a level that would hide any road in front of it.”