Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Car to be Displayed in New York

start June 26 , io9ers located in and around New York City can regard an artifact of retro - futurist history when the only pull round model of Buckminster Fuller ’s Dymaxion car goes on display at the Whitney Museum as part of a show called “ Buckminster Fuller : begin With the Universe . ” We’vealready bring up how the teardrop - shaped three - wheelerresembled an in the beginning futurist car .

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Fuller originally envisioned a fomite that was “ part aircraft , part machine , with wings that extend , ” a top f number of 120 mph , and a positively careful fuel consumption of 30 miles per gal . The first Dymaxion car debuted in July 1933 , minus the wings or an unfolding tail 5 , but with “ an awkward periscope ” in place of a rearview mirror . Only three were ever made . To cement Dymaxion ’s fantast status , “ H.G. Wells was photographed in front of the car for the natural covering of Saturday Review . He talked about using it in the film version of his novel The Shape of Things to Come . ( The film appear in 1936 , but without the Dymaxion . ) ” [ New York Times ]

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