Is this the first Spyder

[Partzman23]

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?

 

[RideOn]

As the song says... "Everything old is new again"

Cool find though... I'd never heard of it before. :2thumbs:

 

[missouriboy]

Gotta go for a Spyder ryde now, to get the crick out of my neck!

 

[redrazor]

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

:yikes:

 

[ARtraveler]

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

 

[Woodaddict]

didn't work for me after rotate and resave

 

[Possible]

 

[Greven]

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

 

[Little Blue]

Old Spyder

Glad the pictures were able to get turned.
A very interesting read about the machine. .....:thumbup:

 

[Shadowrun]

Gotta go for a Spyder ryde now, to get the crick out of my neck!

:roflblack: 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

 

[Snoking1127]

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.

 

[Cobwebs]

''Cannonball'' Baker 20mph:bowdown:lol!

 

[missouriboy]

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.)

 

[missouriboy]

''Cannonball'' Baker 20mph:bowdown:lol!

Coulda been one tough hombre! Consider: Look at that tiny, hard seat and the suspension-free chassis. And then: imagine the roadways in 1922? :dontknow:

 

[kissfan]

Looks like Harley's attempt to make a Spyder. :dontknow:

 

[OK-DZ9R]

Looks like Harley's attempt to make a Spyder. :dontknow:

Actually, this was Harley's first attempt. It didn't make it into production though.

 

[Peter Aawen]

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 :thumbup: 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?!? :dontknow: Still, shouldn't be too hard to find for one of the avid 'youtubers' out there!

 

[rustin921]

Yes, this could be a prototype, love the design tho.

 

[Cobwebs]

Coulda been one tough hombre! Consider: Look at that tiny, hard seat and the suspension-free chassis. And then: imagine the roadways in 1922? :dontknow:

Good pointpps:, must have thrown a code and got held up at the dealer then.

 

[AlanSmith7]

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.