Boys Power Auto-Scooter With a One-Cylinder Motor (Aug, 1931)
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1931
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Source: Modern Mechanix ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Aug, 1931
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Boys Power Auto-Scooter With a One-Cylinder Motor
GEORGE WENDEL, 12 and Billy Hawkins, 11, of Detroit, Michigan, failed to find the proper outlet for their speed urge in the ordinary scooter. Bicycles, even, palled after a time, for were they not muscle-powered vehicles of a by-gone generation?
So George and Billy picked up some rubber-tired wheels from a toy wagon, an ancient one-lung gasoline motor, and an assortment of odds and ends, and are now burning up the pavements of the Michigan metropolis.
A week later they both recieved an ASBO.
Its a sad state today that children do not have the freedom to do such things.
Comment by cATFLAP — September 4, 2008 @ 7:20 am
cATFLAP - There are no laws restricting kids today from repeating this - they’re just sidetracked by other things (media, computers, cellphones), the lost art of building stuff, and overly-protective parents, but that doesn’t mean they can’t.
Comment by pryapart — September 4, 2008 @ 8:19 am
Kids can still do this. They just can’t “burn up the pavement” with them. Unfortunately, most kids would much rather just buy something ready-made than take the time to create stuff like this.
Comment by Eliyahu — September 4, 2008 @ 1:15 pm
So, these are the kids who invented go-carts? Cool. Funny how the name “auto-scooter” didn’t catch on.
Comment by Steve — September 5, 2008 @ 6:47 am