Comments on: Boy Won’t Need Dad’s Car Now! http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:00:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hemmings Auto Blogs » Blog Archive » twin-boom cars, accessories and Segway’s predecessor http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/comment-page-1/#comment-9564 Hemmings Auto Blogs » Blog Archive » twin-boom cars, accessories and Segway’s predecessor Wed, 30 Aug 2006 18:53:10 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/#comment-9564 [...] The magazines made a big appeal to the homebuilder, which we hardly see nowadays. Consider the homebuilt postal scooter deal, the single-cylinder child’s car that did 55 mph, the landsailer with Chevrolet suspension and the mahogany-bodied Speedball Special, pictured below. [...] [...] The magazines made a big appeal to the homebuilder, which we hardly see nowadays. Consider the homebuilt postal scooter deal, the single-cylinder child’s car that did 55 mph, the landsailer with Chevrolet suspension and the mahogany-bodied Speedball Special, pictured below. [...]

]]> By: Siobhan Chapman - London http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/comment-page-1/#comment-9558 Siobhan Chapman - London Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:01:07 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/#comment-9558 <strong>Retro newspaper clippings...</strong> Just a cute little thing worth subscribing to, if you're tickled by old newspaper clippings. &nbsp...... Retro newspaper clippings…

Just a cute little thing worth subscribing to, if you’re tickled by old newspaper clippings.

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]]> By: Stannous http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/comment-page-1/#comment-9515 Stannous Wed, 30 Aug 2006 08:23:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/29/boy-wont-need-dads-car-now/#comment-9515 I can't imagine doing 40, much less 55 mph on something with that narrow a stance (it looks like about 22-24 inches). If the 225lb guy tilted his head a couple of degrees to one side he'd probably roll the thing like a Ford Sport Trac SUV. I can’t imagine doing 40, much less 55 mph on something with that narrow a stance (it looks like about 22-24 inches). If the 225lb guy tilted his head a couple of degrees to one side he’d probably roll the thing like a Ford Sport Trac SUV.

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