May 23, 2007

MIDGET TRAILERS (Aug, 1938)

Filed under: DIY, Toys and Games — @ 5:03 am
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1938
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MIDGET TRAILERS
Here are two simple designs of midget trailers that can be towed by foot-operated juvenile autos or carts. The one at the right is exceptionally easy to build. Sides, seat and floor are plywood while the front and back may be sheet metal. With circular holes in the sides, and the latter cut to a pleasing contour as shown, the thing has a decided streamline effect. Still, there’s no top and the rider seems to project through the roof. For the more advanced young “trailerites” the “covered wagon,” shown below, may be preferred as it more closely simulates the real thing in that it has a roof and a hinged door through which riders have access to the inferior. This one, also, is built mostly of plywood on suitable framing. In both cases a pair of coaster-wagon wheels, preferably of the pneumatic-tire type, are used for comfortable riding

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  1. um, can you spell, ‘jack-knife?’

    I wouldn’t want to be the kid in the back if they ever tried to turn…

    Comment by Stannous — May 23, 2007 @ 4:56 pm

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