This belongs to a local man and is not only seen at events such as these, but just toodling along around town. I agree with the owner's sentiment, that it's something to be enjoyed and not just looked at or parked away in a garage.
A distinctive profile from head-on with the engine covers up.
The spare was easy to get to, but you would've had plenty of practice changing tires back then, I reckon. Not a lot of roads, and the interstates were still a quarter century in the future.
The rumble seat; those would be nice now on any model, especially with unruly kids. A few hours of riding along in the rain or snow would change their attitudes. Good place for a mother-in-law, too, come to think of it.
The view from the rumble seat, also good for backseat driving.
"Hey, watch out for those kids!!!!"
Mr. Schiffman, the owner of the vehicle, informed me the motor was something like 40 horsepower. I commented that many riding lawn mowers these days have that many or more and he laughed and agreed.
Not much to it: gas, spark - pretty easy to troubleshoot. Probably would run on three cylinders out of the four it has. I expect it got fairly decent gas mileage, too. Even if it didn't, gasoline was about a dime a gallon then.
He told me that the generator wouldn't put out enough at idle to light the headlamps.
He got in to start it up for me; I heard a rough low growling, then the noise stopped, I stepped closer and the growling was louder and then again it stopped. Then Mr. Schiffman found his key and stuck it in the ignition and then I saw the dog that sounded much like a Model A starter.
Sounded pretty good (the old engine, not the dog. Mr. Schiffman sounded pretty good, too.)
You'd need to learn how to shift a manual transmission and without any power steering, you could probably win arm wrestling tournaments after a few months. 2-35 air conditioning. (Drive 35 with two windows down)
Another good thing: not a lot of dashboard instruments to confuse you.
No radio, either. You'd have been forced to take along your boombox or mp3 player. -wink-
A distinctive profile from head-on with the engine covers up.
The spare was easy to get to, but you would've had plenty of practice changing tires back then, I reckon. Not a lot of roads, and the interstates were still a quarter century in the future.
The rumble seat; those would be nice now on any model, especially with unruly kids. A few hours of riding along in the rain or snow would change their attitudes. Good place for a mother-in-law, too, come to think of it.
The view from the rumble seat, also good for backseat driving.
"Hey, watch out for those kids!!!!"
Mr. Schiffman, the owner of the vehicle, informed me the motor was something like 40 horsepower. I commented that many riding lawn mowers these days have that many or more and he laughed and agreed.
Not much to it: gas, spark - pretty easy to troubleshoot. Probably would run on three cylinders out of the four it has. I expect it got fairly decent gas mileage, too. Even if it didn't, gasoline was about a dime a gallon then.
He told me that the generator wouldn't put out enough at idle to light the headlamps.
He got in to start it up for me; I heard a rough low growling, then the noise stopped, I stepped closer and the growling was louder and then again it stopped. Then Mr. Schiffman found his key and stuck it in the ignition and then I saw the dog that sounded much like a Model A starter.
Sounded pretty good (the old engine, not the dog. Mr. Schiffman sounded pretty good, too.)
You'd need to learn how to shift a manual transmission and without any power steering, you could probably win arm wrestling tournaments after a few months. 2-35 air conditioning. (Drive 35 with two windows down)
Another good thing: not a lot of dashboard instruments to confuse you.
No radio, either. You'd have been forced to take along your boombox or mp3 player. -wink-
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Do you remember the story Mother used to tell about getting in the rumble seat?
No, don't guess I do, sis.
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