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Actress Ali Stroker speaks to a full house at Wagner College, including students from Lifestyles for the Disabled.
Manufacturer: Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH, Fulda - Germany
Type: S7 (Lizenz FRAM KING FULDA)
Engine: 191cc Fichtel & Sachs 2-stroke single cylinder air-cooled
Power: 9,5 bhp / 5.250 rpm
Speed: 80 km/h
Production time: 1957 - 1965
Production outlet: 440
Curb weight: 310 kg
Special:
- Norbert Stevenson, a freelance-journalist, created the original design, later accepted by Karl Schmitt, owner of the Elektromaschinenbau Fulda GmbH.
- The first bubblecars had aluminum bodies, but the S7 was the first with a glass struts reinforced polyester (or fiberglass), mounted on a steel tubular frame, transverse leaf springs suspension which slid in vertical tubes, a solid rear swingarm, and front and rear shocks.
- The S7 was shown at first at the 1957 International Motor Show in Munich.
- It has a rear mounted air-cooled 2-stroke engine, a four-speed manual gearbox (+ reverse), a Bing carburettor, a 16,5 liter fuel tank, a 12-Volts electric system and rear wheel drive.
- This three-wheeler minicar (only two passengers) could be delivered as a four-wheeler.
- The Fuldamobil is most likely the first automobile ever with a negative scrub radius. Scrub radius is the distance on the turning radius the tire has to scrub along the ground when steered. You can figure it out by drawing an imaginary line through the upper and lower ball joints and seeing where that line meets the center line of the tire. If they intersect at the road surface, you have a neutral scrub radius; below the road, positive; and above the road, negative.
- Norbert Stevenson managed it by pushing the suspension joints into the wheel rim. This allowed the steering axis and the swivel pin to lie exactly on the longitudinal axis of the wheel for a real "center point axle." It is complicated and expensive, but it worked, even if I don't entirely understand it ☺☺☺!. 6 Years later, the Citroën DS would have something similar.
- Today, almost all front wheel drive cars have a steering geometry based on Norbert Stevenson's principles.
- The redesigned model S7 (1965-1969: 260 units built) had a 198cc Heinkel engine.
- As far as known there are about 20-30 survivors.
- They were built under license by Nordwestdeutscher Fahrzeugbau (NWF), Wilhelmshaven - Germany (1950-1969) as NWF 200, by Nobel in the UK (1958-1962), as Bambino in The Netherlands (1955-1957), as FRAM KING FULDA in Sweden and Norway, as Attica (1964-1968) and Alta 200 in Greece (1968-1977), as Bambi in Argentina, as Nobel in Chile (1964-1966), as (Hans Vahaar) Bambi in India, as Fuldamobil RSR in Rhodesia (1955-1956) and as Fuldamobil in South Africa.
- Just a few beach vehicles called "Nobeletta" were built in Germany on a Nobel chassis (built by Harland & Wolf, Belfast => they also built the Titanic ☺☺!) for the South African market in 1955 and a pickup version called "Sporty" based on the coupé was available in Argentina.
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We were actually heading back when Priscilla exclaimed excitedly that we should stop at the next available spot. This was our fifth night and we had agree upon that we wouldn't stop the car to shoot the aurora if it was weak, so I knew it must be something huge for her to ask me to pull over.
Thankfully, we managed to find an empty jetty to view the amazing show and it was the best display from our trip!
We probably would not have caught this had our car not crashed into the ditch, causing us to wait for an hour in a stranger's cabin for the tractor man to come and save us, and hence delaying our hunt for night. So I guess every cloud has a silver lining!
We spent a few hours at Graves Park in Sheffield this morning with Edie..
The animal farm there is well worth a visit and Edie loved petting and feeding the animals..
I have no idea what plant this is... sort of strange!
Photographed at Flamingo Gardens (I'll have to go back to find out its name).
It was only the night before that I was amazed by this sky so full of beautiful twinkling stars. It is now early dawn, the stars have disappeared, the air is refreshing, and it is silent all around me. Gradually the first traces of color start to appear in the clear sky... like some simple paint strokes.
Taken during a visit to Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
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A shot I've done before but I like the textures created by the choice of shutter - like brush strokes on canvas!
I think I've mentioned a few times on here that I've "inherited" thousands of my late father's prints and slides. It would be impossible to retain them all so its a tough job going through every single one of them and deciding what to keep and what not to keep. My methodology is pretty much - if its got a family member on - it stays.
If its got a place that probably (or does) look different now because of fashion styles, surroundings or vehicles and can be used as some sort of comparison, then its staying - at least for now.
I was going to use the word "depressing" but its not that - these are my parents travelling the world and having a great time. Its definitely "saddening" though - all that cost, time and memories. They were all mounted in albums (remember those?) and the backs of the prints were meticulously written on (lightly) in pen with location, date etc - and sometimes the camera they were taken with - and the film used.
I found this earlier. Being a "two stroke lover" (- no, not that kind of two stroke lover - now that would be depressing lol), this one is definitely staying. Taken in Loule (wherever that is) in 1981.
I'm struggling to recognise many (erm...more to the point - any) of the bikes in this photo which is probably quite unusual for me. I only really know of one Portuguese motorcycle manufacturer - Casal - but I can't read the names or know the badges. There does seem to be at least one Honda in there. Theres a curious little 'cafe racer' with some very narrow "clip -on" handlebars towards the back.
I think theres something rather wonderful about living in a hot climate and using little two stroke motorcycles as daily transport. And using wooden crates and wicker shopping bags for what they now call "luggage systems" and not thinking that some thieving blighter would steal your crash helmet whilst you are sipping an Espresso in the town square.
What isn't so wonderful is wondering how you get your bike out when its time to go home ;-)
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It had been a while since I experienced snow in the winter. A recent trip to the Sierras brought back memories of snowy winters spent on the East Coast, helped me recharge my batteries and provided me a much needed chance to dust the cobwebs off of my cameras. The snow covered landscapes were such a joy! In this scene, shot with my DJI Mini 3 pro, I was drawn by the contrast of the white snow on the ground against the warm light of the setting sun shining on the tree tops on the side of the mountains
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Actress Ali Stroker speaks to a full house at Wagner College, including students from Lifestyles for the Disabled.
I enjoy seeing the brush strokes in museum paintings. They make the painting so much more present to me, as opposed to seeing a reproduction in a book or poster or online.
It’s amazing, though, how the lighting in the museum enabled me to bring out those brush strokes, even in this little amateur photograph! (Especially at larger sizes)
Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Vieux Paysan (1888), oil on canvas, 25¼ x 21½ in. (.64 x .55m)