Thursday, October 29, 2009

In 1920, Lewis Newton, the owner of a Hudson Falls bicycle shop, announced that he had “perfected and auto-sleigh which attains nearly fifty miles per hour and can be operated with absolute safety.” Newton mounted two Thompson motors on a specially constructed bobsleigh and rigged a motorcycle wheel with a skid chain; the crank was kick-started. Some of the several he made may still be hiding out in Warren or Washington county barns.

Via: Adirondack Almanack

1 comment:

dr. hypercube said...

See also: http://blog.hemmings.com/wp-content/uploads//2009/10/NYSMuseum_0057_1000.jpg (from the NY State Museum: http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2009/10/28/more-cars-from-the-new-york-state-museum/)