January 30, 2007

Boys Build “Pumpmobile” (Mar, 1938)

Filed under: Bicycles, Toys and Games — @ 1:42 pm
Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1938
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Boys Build “Pumpmobile”
TWO young inventors in Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., combined their resources, consisting of half of a bicycle and a four-wheeled coaster wagon, to produce a novel vehicle which they call a “pumpmobile.” The fork of the bicycle was mounted on the rear of the coaster wagon, locomotion for the combination vehicle being secured by pedaling the bike’s one wheel.

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  1. Magic hat, pumpmobile, car steering wheel instrument panel, giant garage door clock and freak vehicles…

    Modern Mechanix just dropped some major past-future view “makes”… Boys Build “Pumpmobile” (March, Modern Mechanix 1938) – Link.A One-Man Show with a Magic Hat (Sep, Popular Science 1933) – Link.Car’s steering wheel is the instrument panel (Marc…

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