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In 1957,Evinrude introduced the innovative Flying Saucer Fishing Boat,designed by the celebrated industrial designer Brooke Stevens.The boat’s futuristic design was heavily inspired by the era’s fascination with space exploration and flying saucers.Its sleek, circular shape set it apart from traditional boat designs,making it a bold statement of modernity and creativity in marine technology.The Flying Saucer Fishing Boat was a perfect blend of form and function, with the aesthetic appeal of a spacecraft and the practical features necessary for a fishing vessel.
Brooke Stevens,known for his work in automotive and industrial design, brought his visionary touch to the project,creating a boat that not only looked unique but also offered an enhanced fishing experience.The boat featured a wide, stable base that made it ideal for fishing with ample space for passengers and equipment.The design also incorporated the latest advancements in boat engineering,ensuring it was not just a novelty item but a practical and usable vessel for recreational boating.
While the Flying Saucer Fishing Boat was a remarkable piece of design,it did not achieve commercial success.It's unusual shape and appearance made it a difficult sell for traditional boating enthusiasts,and the cost of production was relatively high compared to more conventional boats.However,it remains a striking example of 1950s innovation and an enduring symbol of the era's space-age optimism,showcasing how design and technology intersected in the post-war period.

VIDEO> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRYDg2wTrA

thats cool i havent seen it before. my question is what kind of a trailer do you haul it on?

I was thinking the same thing! would not go down the road very good

It's amazing the fact that monstrosity went from thought to fruition and nobody talked him out of it.

Maybe just fly it in - appears to have bridge-of-the-Enterprise option?

He'll never escape Sherriff Justice with all that stuff on his hood.

Beats anything created by CGI any day of the year in my book.
Among the more memorable props from 1950s sci-fi movies were the Martian war machines, designed by Albert Nozaki, for The War of the Worlds (1953). These weren’t stereotypical flying saucers but sinister manta ray-shaped craft with articulated cobra-like heat-ray projectors. Three of the craft were made for the film out of copper. The distinctive sound effect of the heat-ray weapon was created by an orchestra performing a written score, mainly with violins and cellos. For many years, it was used as a standard ray-gun sound on children's TV and in the original Outer Limits series. The machines also fire a pulsing green ray from their wingtips, generating a distinctive sound while disintegrating their targets. This sound effect – created by striking a high tension cable with a hammer – was reused in the original series of Star Trek to accompany the launch of photon torpedoes. The sound when the Martian ships begin to move was also reused by Star Trek as the sound of an overloading hand phaser.

I bet that boat could spin really really fast with an engine on both sides.

It does, watch the video...

Anyone hear from Lee Stewart lately? Hope all is well.


Knife grinders in France during 1902.They worked lying down to save their backs and had dogs sit on their legs for warmth.

I'm thinking that Lee has probably passed,he certainly would have checked in by now. If so, RIP Lee you've given all of us many hours of enjoyment, if not please check in with us!!!

I went back and checked....Lee's last post was post 38715 and last logged into this thread on3-3-24

I stopped checking the obit's mid last year. We don't even know what his real name was. I did search with variations of names with Lee and Stewart, and I did find some possibilities, but ages weren't in the right time frame from his stories about growing up in New York.
His last few posts about his hospital stay and his health issues isn't reassuring for his survival either.
I agree RIP Lee.

In remembrance of Lee ... my odd find today

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The Red Cross provided explosives ?? !! Maybe for search and rescue ?? How old are those crates ?

DuPont is the marker. Im guessing red cross is the line or level of % of power.

I have no idea how old they are. Ive seen a 1920s era DuPont factory photograph and these do not match them

Thanks Rob that was a very interesting read

Not sure I would want to follow this rig .

1,000% certain it doesn't go down the road like that, but baffled as to why they would park it that way for a show. Possibly to demonstrate it can be pushed into a parking spot with the T.V. going forward. Still doesn't make any sense, as the driver would have no idea where the back of the trailer is that way...:rolleyes2:

That's actually how it's pulled. I've seen a VW bug with the same type of hitch, but a smaller camper. It's designed to make it much easier to get the camper parked exactly where you want it. The car will turn 360 degrees under the hitch.

Yep, I've seen that bug vid too and this is the same concept, just seems odd they would park the car facing the trailer. I'm sure it got plenty of attention...:grin:

Bronx Tale camper?

That's the idea, you turn the car around so that you can look ahead instead of looking in the mirrors when parking the trailer.

Hope this went well for everyone in picture.

When I was about 6 years old I tried to jump a creek about 6' wide without a ramp. The water was only about a foot deep but had a 4'-5' high bank on each side. I figured that if I got up enough speed I could make it. That was a miscalculation that resulted in some stitches...

Similar, we had a bit wider gap, maybe 10ft, with 4 ft. banks. We spent a half a day building ramps on each side, then spent another hour pointing fingers to elect the first to do it. Nobody did. Mom would have been proud........had she known.

My cousin tried trash cans and bloodied his face up good. He must have been about jr high age

I know one of you are hiding this in your garage.
 

This is what I want my final ride to be in.

The adult onlooker on the steps. Not lifting a finger to intervein. As it was.

Mom in her Camaro watching me jump my Copper Fastback daily driver/paper route work vehicle. Little brother got the pic, otherwise he would have been the jump over obstacle. Note jacket zipped fully to the neck for safety.