You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[SMS]

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[Mr70]

In 1957,Evinrude introduced the innovative Flying Saucer Fishing Boat,designed by the celebrated industrial designer Brooke Stevens.The boat’s futuristic design was heavily inspired by the era’s fascination with space exploration and flying saucers.Its sleek, circular shape set it apart from traditional boat designs,making it a bold statement of modernity and creativity in marine technology.The Flying Saucer Fishing Boat was a perfect blend of form and function, with the aesthetic appeal of a spacecraft and the practical features necessary for a fishing vessel.
Brooke Stevens,known for his work in automotive and industrial design, brought his visionary touch to the project,creating a boat that not only looked unique but also offered an enhanced fishing experience.The boat featured a wide, stable base that made it ideal for fishing with ample space for passengers and equipment.The design also incorporated the latest advancements in boat engineering,ensuring it was not just a novelty item but a practical and usable vessel for recreational boating.
While the Flying Saucer Fishing Boat was a remarkable piece of design,it did not achieve commercial success.It's unusual shape and appearance made it a difficult sell for traditional boating enthusiasts,and the cost of production was relatively high compared to more conventional boats.However,it remains a striking example of 1950s innovation and an enduring symbol of the era's space-age optimism,showcasing how design and technology intersected in the post-war period.

VIDEO> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRYDg2wTrA

[muscle_collector]

thats cool i havent seen it before. my question is what kind of a trailer do you haul it on?

[Billohio]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

thats cool i havent seen it before. my question is what kind of a trailer do you haul it on?

I was thinking the same thing! would not go down the road very good

[jer]

It's amazing the fact that monstrosity went from thought to fruition and nobody talked him out of it.

[Tenney]

Originally Posted by muscle_collector

thats cool i havent seen it before. my question is what kind of a trailer do you haul it on?

Maybe just fly it in - appears to have bridge-of-the-Enterprise option?

[Mr70]

He'll never escape Sherriff Justice with all that stuff on his hood.

[Mr70]

Beats anything created by CGI any day of the year in my book.
Among the more memorable props from 1950s sci-fi movies were the Martian war machines, designed by Albert Nozaki, for The War of the Worlds (1953). These weren’t stereotypical flying saucers but sinister manta ray-shaped craft with articulated cobra-like heat-ray projectors. Three of the craft were made for the film out of copper. The distinctive sound effect of the heat-ray weapon was created by an orchestra performing a written score, mainly with violins and cellos. For many years, it was used as a standard ray-gun sound on children's TV and in the original Outer Limits series. The machines also fire a pulsing green ray from their wingtips, generating a distinctive sound while disintegrating their targets. This sound effect – created by striking a high tension cable with a hammer – was reused in the original series of Star Trek to accompany the launch of photon torpedoes. The sound when the Martian ships begin to move was also reused by Star Trek as the sound of an overloading hand phaser.

[SMS]

I bet that boat could spin really really fast with an engine on both sides.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by SMS

I bet that boat could spin really really fast with an engine on both sides.

It does, watch the video...