Author Topic: Whaddyacallit #389 - 1898 giant Tricycle for the VIM tires advertising campaign  (Read 19826 times)

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« Last Edit: November 26, 2010, 05:06:36 PM by Ray B. »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #389
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 05:25:20 AM »
Experts' game
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Re: Whaddyacallit #389
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 06:31:28 AM »
the giant 8 man tricycle 1898 (VIM tyres)

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Re: Whaddyacallit #389
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 07:48:09 AM »
Well done!
From what I read, it was build for a promotional campaign for these tires, and I'm not sure if it was functional at all.
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Giant 1897 VIM promotion tricycle
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2014, 12:56:20 PM »
Who knows this strange monster tricycle and why does look like it does?
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Re: grob 2014_11_09 (2)
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 04:15:46 AM »
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Re: grob 2014_11_09 (2)
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2014, 02:42:15 PM »
An 8-man tricycle of the late 1890s. It may have been a promotional vehicle for ZIM, the tire manufacturer.

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Re: grob 2014_11_09 (2)
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2014, 03:37:32 PM »
O.K. - it is VIM, not ZIM.

But thatīs definitly enough for a point!
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Re: Giant 1897 VIM promotion tricycle
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2014, 05:10:53 PM »
That's a big OOPS! Thanks for the tolerance.

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Re: Giant 1897 VIM promotion tricycle
« Reply #9 on: January 07, 2016, 01:30:28 PM »
A VIM tricycle sketch:

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