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    Default Is this the first Spyder

    Did I find the first Spyder. I saw this at the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver CO this past weekend. Sure looks like it could have been the first Spyder prototype. Haha. I know it was built long before the first Spyder came along but I thought it was interesting anyway. What do you think?
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    As the song says... "Everything old is new again"

    Cool find though... I'd never heard of it before.
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    Gotta go for a Spyder ryde now, to get the crick out of my neck!
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    Quote Originally Posted by missouriboy View Post
    Gotta go for a Spyder ryde now, to get the crick out of my neck!
    I tweaked my back trying to turn my 30 inch desk monitor on it's side! LOL


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    Help if you can folks:

    Quote Originally Posted by Partzman23
    Hi, I posted some pictures today that are turned sideways, can you correct this for me as I don't know how. There are already some complaints about the pictures. It is post ( is this the first spyder) in the general discussion . If you can't edit this can you tell some one who can?
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    Cool find, thanks for sharing!
    84mpg, not bad fuel milage! It looks really cool, but the suspension looks a bit too hard core for my butt

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    Glad the pictures were able to get turned.
    A very interesting read about the machine. .....
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    Quote Originally Posted by missouriboy View Post
    Gotta go for a Spyder ryde now, to get the crick out of my neck!
    I cheated, and twisted my monitor sideways too HAHAAhaha. I do it for work all the time.

    @Partzman23 THANK YOU SO MUCH. What a find. Forney Museum of Transportation? Hope this exhibit is still there by the time I can make it out!
    This is a solid piece of history right here. Fascinating.

    Heck... if things took a different turn...
    we very well all might have ended up Ner-A-Car Riders if that guy didn’t have to end production in ‘24.

    And looks like we’d still need to attach cupholders
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    Quote Originally Posted by ARtraveler View Post
    Help if you can folks:

    Quote Originally Posted by Partzman23
    Hi, I posted some pictures today that are turned sideways, can you correct this for me as I don't know how. There are already some complaints about the pictures. It is post ( is this the first spyder) in the general discussion . If you can't edit this can you tell some one who can?
    THANK YOU
    Pictures need to be cropped into landscape image. Wider than tall. Or taken in landscape vs portrait.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Partzman23
    Hi, I posted some pictures today that are turned sideways, can you correct this for me as I don't know how. There are already some complaints about the pictures...
    No complaint. Just funnin' ya! (I wouldn't have known how to do it either.)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cobwebs View Post
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    Coulda been one tough hombre! Consider: Look at that tiny, hard seat and the suspension-free chassis. And then: imagine the roadways in 1922?
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    Looks like Harley's attempt to make a Spyder.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kissfan View Post
    Looks like Harley's attempt to make a Spyder.
    Actually, this was Harley's first attempt. It didn't make it into production though.HD PensterTrike-m.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Partzman23 View Post
    Did I find the first Spyder. I saw this at the Forney Museum of Transportation in Denver CO this past weekend. Sure looks like it could have been the first Spyder prototype. Haha. I know it was built long before the first Spyder came along but I thought it was interesting anyway. What do you think?
    Could be amongst the first IC Engined versions but there are a few even earlier 'steam powered' versions running around - I thought someone'd posted a vid or link to one of them from circa 1905 here not that long ago, but can't find it right now, so maybe not?!? Still, shouldn't be too hard to find for one of the avid 'youtubers' out there!
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    Yes, this could be a prototype, love the design tho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by missouriboy View Post
    Coulda been one tough hombre! Consider: Look at that tiny, hard seat and the suspension-free chassis. And then: imagine the roadways in 1922?
    Good point, must have thrown a code and got held up at the dealer then.
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    In old times people also love to ride 3 wheeler. A very interesting description of the machine, Ner-A-Car's first ride was from New York to LA with 20 Miles Per Hour Speed, and the production discontinued after 3 years.

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