MAKING
Perhaps you have a toy motor-car, the mechanism of which is broken or, may be, it has never fitted with any propelling gear at all. If you would like to make it run on its own, the following plan will be found useful. Turn up the chassis and driVe a nail into it, close to the rear axle. If the car is made of metal, make two holes or solder on a projecting loop. Then, fix
a stout piece of elastic to the nail or other fitting and tie the far end to the forward axle (see AB in the diagram). When you want the vehicle to go wind up the elastic round the front axle, by stretching it. The easiest wa.v to do this is to turn the front wheels in the direction they would twist when taking a forward motion. On putting the vehicle on the ground and releasing it, it will race away most energetically.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22350, 22 February 1936, Page 31 (Supplement)
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