Salvaged Bomb Makes Juvenile Space Ship (Jul, 1955)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1955
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jul, 1955
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Salvaged Bomb Makes Juvenile Space Ship
Its central structure a discarded 500-pound aerial bomb, a juvenile “space ship” gives two-foot-power transportation to Gene Montoya of Honolulu. The space ship was built by Gene’s father, D. L. Montoya, in a single week end at a cost of less than a dollar. The surplus bomb is lined with rubber padding and the wire wheels are from another juvenile vehicle.
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Pingback by Auto Clerks » Young Gene Has A Pretty Awesome Dad [Novelties] — May 29, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
thats an awsome dad, but… a bomb…
Comment by Trym — November 6, 2008 @ 7:43 am
“Another juvenile vehicle” - a stroller, from the look of it.
Comment by Baron Waste — November 7, 2008 @ 4:05 am