Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion restoration

[botsapper]

Crosthwaite and Gardiner is restoring the only surviving Fuller's Dymaxion No. 2. It'll only be a partial non-running resto but they are re-creating the Dymaxion No. 3 into a fully running model. They are also soliciting everyone's help in identifying & sourcing parts for the resto & re-creation projects.
It'd be great if they utilize the Dymaxion's aero-bodyform on a safer modern chassis to realize the full potential of Bucky Fuller's ideas. Modern safety (crash) standards may be impossible to be re-engineered but a better driving dynamics could be applied instead of its original inherent suspension dangers.


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[SVOboy]

Pretty neat stuff, interested in seeing the final product

[botsapper]

Optimized aerodynamic form & tricycle configuration. I wonder which one will be on the road sooner.

[aerohead]

Harrahs (sp?) Auto Museum,in Reno Nevada has a Dymaxion Car with full exterior restoration.The windows are silvered over to obscure the interior which as of 1998 was not restored.---------- If the mechanicals are similar,would the museum not participate in viewings and data gathering?

[rykoala]

I've seen the Dymaxion here in Reno and its a cool looking car. Its still just silvered out windows, and is in the restoration shop IIRC.