Buckminster Fuller's "Streamline Transport"...[PIC]

I remember in the 1950s as a kid hearing and reading about a Buckminster Fuller and all kinds of neat futuristic stuff he either built or envisioned. It seemed the the guy was just made for cover stories in the Popular Science magazines my father subscribed to. Before my time in the early 1930s, he designed and engineered consumer products using the concept he called "Dynamaxion". The term of his studies was a melding of 'dynamic', 'maximum' and 'tension'. In his words: "maximum gain of advantage from minimal energy input". One Dynamaxion project was a super efficient house that was heated and cooled by 'natural means'.

 The other was his Dynamaxion car- one of three- that he built in his factory in Connecticut ( the defunct Locomobile plant) in 1933 to be shown at the Chicago Worlds Fair. The aluminum bodied car featured a rear mounted Ford flathead V8 and transmission with front wheel drive, designed for maximum transport potential with great fuel efficiency (36mpg). When the three were finished and shown, he sold them off and closed his factory explaining that the Dynamaxion was never meant to be a commercial venture. The cars were used by celebrities like Amelia Earhart and one was used to sell war bonds. Two of the original 3 still exist as well as some recreations.

Model by Spark:

And modernized for the 21th century: