We talked recently with Phil King over at Crosthwaite and Gardiner, one of England’s most renowned restoration houses, and found out that they’d not only been entrusted with the restoration of Dymaxion No. 2, the only known surviving iteration of Buckminster Fuller’s streamlined automobile dream, but they’d also been tasked with the re-creation of Dymaxion No. 3, a car last seen in the 1950s. Phil said Dymaxion No. 2 will only go through a partial restoration – they don’t plan on getting it in running condition – but Dymaxion No. 3 will be a fully functioning vehicle. Oh, and they plan on finishing both cars by the beginning of 2010.
But they’ll have a harder time of it without your help: They still need to identify and source a few parts on the Dymaxion, among them the external door handles, the turn signal indicators and the ignition switch. Take a gander at them and see if they look familiar. (via)
Also, King said that even though Crosthwaite and Gardiner has performed extensive research and collected many photographs of the original Dymaxions, they are always looking for more, so if you have any photos or information on the vehicles, let us know!