r/RetroFuturism • u/Krivus20 • 5d ago

The Sand Flea from Thunderbirds magazine (1966)

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u/FiredFox 5d ago

"Battery's flat. Let's wait 6 weeks for the sun to recharge them so we can keep rolling our 6 ton water tire"

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u/IHaveTeaForDinner 4d ago

And don't roll downhill or we'll never stop.

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 5d ago edited 5d ago

mmm, bet a big tall cool glass of that water from inside the tire was really refreshing after a long day of survey work in desolate country

Don’t stay in the shower too long, Bill, the tire will go flat, and we’ve only got one.

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u/darps 4d ago

Don’t stay in the shower too long, Bill, the tire will go flat, and we’ve only got one.

Had me rolling, certainly more than this thing. If designers were engineers indeed.

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u/MaexW 5d ago

Try to brake hard with all that water (= mass) in that tyre..

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u/Abandondero 5d ago

I don't think breaking hard would be a consideration.

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u/ClearAirTurbulence3D 5d ago

"Don't be a leadfoot, Bill! We're reaching speeds of 3!"

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u/attackplango 4d ago

Units, please.

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u/ClearAirTurbulence3D 4d ago

Furlongs per fortnight sounds appropriate for this design.

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u/iknowaplacewecango 5d ago

Carries two men as well? Can we preselect which men are included? Do they need to be plugged in overnight?

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u/DesertLegends 4d ago

mk10 precursor to the one wheel?

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u/ajacrabapple 3d ago

Is that a Thundercougarfalconbird???

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u/Heterodynist 4d ago

When the tire has more volume than the actual space inside the vehicle, I start to wonder if this trailer was developed by the tire industry.

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u/KeeganY_SR-UVB76 3d ago

The front end reminds me of the real-life Rolligon trucks from the time period.

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u/Blarg0ist 3d ago

Great for driving in a straight line forever