Unfortunately, it's long gone. After my brother and I had both grown out of it, we gave it to my cousin. When he was finished with it, they put it out in the garbage. In those days I never thought that much about it, but I wished that I'd still had it when my own kids came along. :cry:
The body of the car was wood, built on a framework similar to that of a model airplane, which was my Dad's hobby. The wheels were purchased, and perhaps the lenses for the lights, but all of the trim was homemade from aluminum. The pedal-powered car had a very precise steering system, and with roller bearings at all four wheels, complete with full suspension, was the fastest one on the block, by far. I believe that my Dad's original intention was to use the car as a demonstration platform for a rotary engine that he had designed, but he ran out of money before completing it. Many more years later, he resumed work on the engine, but ran out of time before fully developing it. I still have all of the original castings for the block, and many of the machined parts, too.
Oddly enough, many years after the photo was taken, the old man ended-up working at Studebaker.
Wayne
