Pint-Size Tractor Has Gas Engine (Sep, 1948)
Filed under: DIY, Toys and Games — @ 11:36 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1948
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1948
| Buy on Ebay
This looks damn fun. Also I love the fact that it uses a washing machine engine. I want a gas powered washer!
Pint-Size Tractor Has Gas Engine
Driving his own gasoline-engine tractor, three-year-old Gus Dobert of Nashville, Tenn., is the envy of youngsters of his neighborhood. Made by his father, a machinist, the small tractor has a two-cycle washing-machine engine. Power is transmitted by a V-belt and sprocket chain. The gear ratio insures lots of power but little speed. The clutch pedal tightens the belt on the pulleys.
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After looking at that DEATH Machine the three year old is driving and all the other dangerous toys people bought and built for there kids back then I wonder how any of us are here today.
That gas powered wagon and the steam cannon looked like real winners also.
Comment by Scott Wells — May 16, 2009 @ 1:16 am