Modern Mechanix has a couple great projects (and ideas) from over 50 years ago for snow and sidewalk transportation.
More @ Modern Mechanix – Link.
Related:
- Runners Convert Wagon (Dec, 1947) – Link.
- This Sidewalk Runabout is Easy to Build (May, 1938) – Link.
- The Maker File:
- Colin Berry reads Spinout, the story he wrote for Make Volume 07 about his brother’s efforts to build and race a car in the soap box derby in Longmont, Colorado. Unfortunately, he was up against more than just his own bad luck. Introduction by MAKE & CRAFT publisher, Dale Dougherty – Link.
From the pages of MAKE:
- MAKE 07 – Spinout Was building a Soap Box Derby racer Colin’s brother’s last best chance at escaping his fate? Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition!
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Man, I can see the dental bills from that Wagon/Sled now! Neat post, I love those old articles — the stuff they assumed “everyone” knew how to do was out there. Like melting babbitt metal at home to make bushings – who knows how to do that nowadays?
I love the soapbox derby photo. I raced back in 1972. Boy, I wish I still had the car.