Unconventional Vehicles Forty-Five of the Strangest Cars Trains Planes Submersibles Dirigibles and Rockets EVER by michael hearst illustrated by hans jenssen chronicle books san fransico
a few words from michael Hey thanks for reading this intro Most people skip the intro so I’m really glad you’re here While I have you here’s a question What do you think of when you hear the word vehicle Probably a car right Yep a car is definitely a vehicle But did you know that boats airplanes blimps submarines bicycles roller skates and even grocery carts are vehicles As far as I’m concerned just about anything that moves and typically carries something else can be considered a vehicle Including animals Of course I’m not a dictionary I’m just a dude who likes vehicles Especially unusual extraordinary curious and UNCONVENTIONAL vehicles BTW tortilla chips are a type of vehicle too They’re a vehicle for salsa or cheese dip if you prefer And a pencil can be a vehicle for your clever ideas Here however I’m thinking we should probably stick with more mechanical-ish things otherwise we’ll get way out of hand Though I kind of like it when things get a wee bit out of hand This intro is starting to get out of hand Okay I’ll stop now p s Look I’m inside a 1950’s Isetta three-wheeled bubble car Please don’t park in front of me or I’ll never get out the door 4
There are SO many kinds of vehicles out there How about we make a list An official list Of course it’s only official because it’s in this book Which doesn’t really make it official at all Aerocycle Airplane Airship All Terrain Vehicle Amphibious Vehicle Balloon Bathyscaphe Bicycle Blimp Boat Buggy Bulldozer Bus Cable Car Canoe Dandy Horse Digger Dirigible Dogsled Drone Elevator Excavator Fixed Wing Aircraft Funicular Golf Cart Ground-Effect Vehicle Handcar Official List Hang Glider Helicopter Horse Drawn Wagon Hovercraft Hydrofoil Hyperloop Ice Skates Jet Pack Jet Ski Kick Scooter Monorail Monowheel Moped Motorboat Motorcycle Ornithopter Paddleboat Pogo Stick Quadracycle Rickshaw Rocket Rocket Train Roller Skates Rover Screw Propelled Vehicle Segway Ship Short Bus Sled Spacecraft Stroller Submarine Submersible Surfboard Tank Tiltrotor Aircraft Tractor Train Tram Trencher Tricycle Truck Tunnel-Boring Machine Unicycle Van Wheelbarrow Wheelchair Yacht Zip Line Can you think of some other types of vehicles I’ve left a few extra spaces for you Wait you may not want to actually write in this book I mean it’s fine by me if you do But you might not Your call 5
