In our research for the photo of the eight-wheeled bus and stakebed that David Greenlees brought up last week, we ran across another eight-wheeler we know almost nothing about. What we do know is that Liborio E. Rivas of Santa Rita, New Mexico, dreamed up his eight-wheeled automobile in the early 1920s and patented it […]
David Greenlees over at The Old Motor recently posted this photo of a pair of eight-wheeled trucks – one apparently a school bus, the other a stakeside – and wondered aloud who built them and why. I think we have an answer. When David mentioned that the photo was possibly taken in San Francisco, I […]
It was in June that we last discussed the ShamRockAway, a.k.a. Noah’s Ark, a.k.a. that big eight-legged Buick motorhome, and we’re proud to say that through the efforts of our readers, it has not only been located and confirmed to still exist, but the current owner of it has been convinced to put the ShamRockAway […]