Pint-Size Tractor Has Gas Engine (Sep, 1948)
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.
[...] gas powered childrens toys that can mangle you in a thousand different ways, human experiments that are almost guarenteed to [...]
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.