Make a “sidewalk runabout” and a sled wagon

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!