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Here's a picture of what might be the ultimate drum hauler...especially for a great set of vintage drums. This is the 1936 Stout Scarab which was an American-made vehicle that didn't catch on. The interior was loaded with futuristic features such as swiveling rear seats and a table that could be configured in several interior locations. It had a rear engine. The plan was to make one hundred of these vehicles. Only nine were made--each as a special order for a consumer. The appearance might have been too streamlined for mass market acceptance. But, what really killed this beauty was the staggering $5,000 price tag in the midst of The Great Depression compared to the $2,000 tag for the most tricked out top of the line Chrysler Imperial. The $5,000 in today's money would be about $80,000.

I hope that it was much safer than Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion that came out (as a concept car) three years earlier. I stood and gawked at old Bucky"s Dymaxion dozens of times at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. I would often take lunch hours (long lunch breaks) when promoting my company's products to doctors and hospitals in Chicago. I also went to college for four years just a mile away from the museum.

http://boingboing.net/2015/04/30/bucky-fullers-1933-dymaxion.html

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No matter how far you push the envelope, it is still stationery.
Posted on 10 years ago
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The American answer to Volkswagon? Ugly little bugger it is too! Looks like a Checker Marathon Taxi cab on steroids! Bet it would hold a 26" bass drum though. :D

John

Too many great drums to list here!

http://www.walbergandauge.com/VintageVenue.htm
Posted on 10 years ago
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I'll take one of these. A little more my speed and fits a BOP kit only of course. $6000+ price tag new and not much more expensive now. :D

My first car was a used 1970 Mustang Mach 1. I fit my Slingerland kit in it for practice and gigs. Trap case wedged in the trunk on a angle. Wouldn't fit all the way in. Fun times and a great car. :D

Glenn.

Not a guru just havin fun with some old dusty drums.
Posted on 10 years ago
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Funny about the Scarab, the Buddy L toy company made a pressed steel wind up version and sold them by the thousands!

FYI

Never play it the same way once.
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After Studebaker folded, my father worked for a Pontiac dealership, so my brand new 10-piece Rogers set was packed and driven home in this...

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[SIZE="1"]1966 Pontiac Catalina[/SIZE]

but if I had my choice what my vintage drum hauler would be today, it would be this...

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[SIZE="1"]1957 Pontiac Safari[/SIZE]

Mike

-No Guru... still learning more every day-
Posted on 10 years ago
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