Builds Turret-Type Midget Racing Car (Sep, 1938)
Filed under: Automotive, Toys and Games — @ 10:43 pm
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1938
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Sep, 1938
| Buy on Ebay
Builds Turret-Type Midget Racing Car
BELIEVED to be the smallest electric-powered type in the world, a streamlined midget racing auto built by William Dube, of Worcester, Mass., is 31 inches high, 36 inches wide and six feet long. The novel car features a turret compartment for the driver and is said to be capable of a speed of 55 m.p.h. Four springs on each wheel provide knee-action riding.
Let’s see…kid driving small electric vehicle with limited visibility at 55mph. What could go wrong?
Comment by mike brisendine — April 3, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Are there any recent examples of electric midget racers (1980s,
1990s)? I am particularly interested in the way they are suspended (unsprung weight).
Comment by Robt. B. — March 15, 2009 @ 8:24 pm