Bizarre self-balancing 1967 Gyro-X car to be restored
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A look under the Gyro-X's "hood"
The 1967 gyroscopically-stabilized Gyro-X car is being restored by an auto museum
Designer Alex Tremulis with the Gyro-X
A design sketch of the Gyro-X
The Gyro-X in the workshop
The Gyro-X under construction
One of the Gyro-X's outriggers
The Gyro-X beside a slightly less "unusual" car
A design sketch of a two-seater Gyro-X
A design sketch of the Gyro-X
Designer Alex Tremulis working on a clay model of the Gyro-X
Article Summary
Back in 1967, California-based Gyro Transport Systems built a prototype vehicle known as the Gyro-X. The automobile had just two wheels, one in front and one in the back and, as the car’s name implies, it utilized a built-in gyroscope to remain upright when not moving. Although its developers hoped to take the Gyro-X into production, the company went bankrupt, and the one-and-only specimen of the car became an orphan. For much of the past 40-plus years, that car has passed from owner to owner, its condition deteriorating along the way. Now, it’s about to be restored to its former (weird) glory.
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