Buckminster Fuller unveiled his Dymaxion car at the 1933 World's Fair. Just three years later, Oscar Mayer's nephew Carl designed the Wienermobile. Coincidence?
By Starysatyr - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
Okay, maybe I'm stretching. Bottom line, though, is you'll never get to drive a Dymaxion; the only surviving prototype is in a museum in Reno. But there is a chance you can drive the Wienermobile--and get paid for it.
By Jonathunder - Own work, GFDL 1.2
Yes, Oscar Mayer, which currently has six of these vehicles on U.S. roads, is looking for an unspecified amount of drivers--er, navigators:
Have you always dreamed of working with hot dogs? Well, look no further. All of your hot dog dreams just came true. We could say "drivers wanted," but what we really mean is WIENERMOBILE navigators ready to deliver unlimited joy to thousands of people every single day.
It's a one-year, full-time gig that promises you'll be "a mini-celebrity in small towns and big cities through event appearances and media interviews, and being the driver of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile."
All you need to apply is a college degree (it doesn't say it must be in Industrial Design, but it doesn't not say it must be in Industrial Design) and a driver's license.
You can apply here. (And if that doesn't work out, check out the Coroflot Job Boards.)
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Next Best Thing to Driving Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion: Oscar Mayer Seeking Wienermobile Drivers
Ah, but you CAN ride in a replica of the Dymaxion car at the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville. Every couple of months (when there's no pandemic) the Lane Motor Museum holds an event where they give people rides in a handful of their cars from their collection. The Dymaxion replica is some times on that list. And these aren't mere rides around the parking lot, you get a nice mix of highway and city driving in a ride that lasts at least 15 minutes.
Found out after 25 years of marriage that my wife's Grandfather did all the metal skin fabrication by hand on the first Dymaxion.