TRUCK, TOO
AMERICAN BABIES SCWT. CAPACITY Saby trucks as well as baby cars will be products of the Martin Motor Truck Corporation, which is breaking into the small vehicle market in the U.S.A. Though plans for the tiny cars were first announced, the trucks actually are being made. The truck is called the Martin, from its inventor, James Martin, who is well-known as a maker of airplanes in the United States. This baby truck has a wheelbase of 60 inches and is of five cwt. capacity with ability to carry a 100 per cent, overload. Its weight is only 7001 b and it is described as a body fitted with four wheels and an engine. The usual accessories such as starter and generator, etc., are fitted and a form of suspension based on airplane undercarriage is used, the usual steel springs being replaced with rubber aviation cord. The Martin Corporation will be enlarged later to include the production of a baby car which will sell in America for about 250 dollars.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 882, 28 January 1930, Page 6
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171TRUCK, TOO Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 882, 28 January 1930, Page 6
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