Can you ID this car?

I've seen it before but know nothing about it.  More than one made?  Who and how it works?

Must be fwd as the forward portion motivates the rear/trailer portion?  

The ergonomics of the steering wheel look odd. 

Quite the forward looking blind spot.  

That was designed by a specific engineer to be the safest car ever made.  Hang on, let me Googles it.

It's Sir Vival.  That is the only one ever made.

1958's finest:

Thanks.  The rear looks like a Hudson.  Interesting concept but I'd like to see that hinge thingie.

Watch the tramcar please!

I missed the bubble windshield. That better explains the high steering wheel. What is the roof piece, I thought was a swing up door in open position. 

WOW ,  and it still exists.....

In reply to 914Driver :

That’s sitting in a garage about 3 miles from where I’m sitting right now.   Only one made.

californiamilleghia said:

WOW ,  and it still exists.....

Satan's own prototype. Too weird to produce, too rare to scrap.

Duke said:

It's Sir Vival.  That is the only one ever made.

1958's finest:

What is amazing is that is probably really UNsafe, because there is no crush zone in the driver compartment, and I can see any kind of offset collision jackknifing the rig with who knows what consequences.

Even on the 50s, people knew that the tires would not "always be in alignment" unless the steering mechanism was able to add toe-out when turning.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Ackerman angle is no joke. When I was building the hydraulic steering for my tractor I knew the Ackerman was going to be backwards, but it was the only way I could get the parts I had to work in the space provided. I figured "it's just a tractor, it will be fine." It was not fine. In sharp turns the motor would bog down and one front tire would be dragging/plowing. 

In reply to No Time :

I see No Time is in the 'hood as well.   As he's linked above one of he local TV stations (WCVB) has a nightly local content show (Chronicle) that's really well done.  I was watching the segment when it first aired and immediately knew where it was from the street shot.   I believe at one point in time the owner may have had a Hudson dealership, it was a classic car junkyard when we first moved here.  They would drag something out of the back from time to time and leave it out front to see if anyone was interested.   I think those days are over and he's waiting to sell the land off.   There's a lot of new development around him now so the land will be worth way more than anything that might be left out in the woods.

Unrelated sidebar: 15 or so years ago one of the Chronicle correspondents used to do a "Main Streets and Back Roads of New England" series for the show.  He had a (I think) '68 Chevy that he'd kept going and eventually restored and would do the trips in it.  Those were always enjoyable.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

I'd be more concerned with my head getting lopped off. Happened to more than a few kids in the 50. Center glove box would pop open in a crash, and with no belts, and Junior in the middle, well you get the idea.

LS4 FWD swap?  Odd and semi interesting.  Somehow missed all the grace of the art cars of that generation.

In reply to Caraban :

The inventor redirected his focus towards manufacturing canoes.