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Re: [OM] August Dobert's Three-Wheel Performing Car

Subject: Re: [OM] August Dobert's Three-Wheel Performing Car
From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 10:56:44 -0500
With all of the activity and moves, I never paid much attention to the rear of the machine. While looking at the photo, I'm wondering if what I see at the back is a fly-wheel, acting as a gyroscope.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 6/3/2015 10:49 AM, Paul Braun wrote:
Interesting linkage for the suspension...

On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

All of this talk of 2-wheel and 3-wheel cars brought back memories from
local parades many years ago.  A Manchester, TN, resident, August Dobert,
had a 3-wheel performing car that was a feature in these parades.  August
died in 2010 at the age of 97, and I have no idea what happened to the
car.  I found this small photo in the funeral home posting of his obituary.

http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=17390

I never knew the secret of the moves he could make with the car,
zig-zagging across the parade route while lifting one wheel and then the
other into the air.  He always dressed the part, as seen in the photo.  It
was impressive!

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Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

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