Interesting dune buggy by Raymond Loewy

IA599 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:45 pm **Posts:** 116

not much of info, but here's the site

http://www.raymondloewy.org/gallery/loewy_buggy.html

KB58 · **Posted:** Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:15 pm

Good Lord... who need suspension when the chassis will simply twist in the center.
Even says right on that site, "... Function is out. Form is in." People are somehow seeing the word "different" and reading "better." No.

Nick · **Joined:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:08 am **Posts:** 37

lol. The chassis articulates before the suspension.

IA599 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:45 pm **Posts:** 116

I don't think the steering precision is a high priority in sand, I just likethe way it looks like a 2/1 scale 'fun kart'

The guy did have some more functional designs too. A few locomotives, and some Studebakers, among other less noisy things.

Nick · **Joined:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 8:08 am **Posts:** 37

IA599 wrote:

I don't think the steering precision is a high priority in sand

It's not. I might have lived in Michigan, but we had great dunes just below the UP. Honestly, the way most of the guys were driving, they had more in common with aircraft.... "Landing Survivability".... :lol:

(Good lord... Brady's whipping Tebow like a red headed step child that insulted a southern bible school instructor.... :lol:

)

Considering it looks like a way back when predecessor of an air cooled buggy, I approve. ^_^

(Ignore football at will)

modernbeat · **Joined:** Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:29 pm **Posts:** 369

That looks like most of a Meyers Towd. And no, that's not a misspelling.

IA599 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 18, 2011 3:45 pm **Posts:** 116

It does! Just missing the hood/dash section.

mackme · **Joined:** Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:43 pm **Posts:** 5

Loewy may have owned it but it is a Meyers Tow'd

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