Comedic use of automobiles in silent movies

Above Buster Keaton enacts a common concept that a Model T had to be put down like a horse when it's useful life was over, because like a horse, it was all give and no take, all heart.

1929 and 1924

the wheel chair has an attached power wheel, looks like something I just watched on the History channel show "American Pickers" an interesting show I like to try to catch. Also similar to the Briggs and Stratton motor wheel

For a timeline of power wheels and powered bicycles: http://www.mopedarmy.com/wiki/Motorized_Bicycle

Photos via: http://fantomatik75.blogspot.com/

Briggs and Stratton Flyer buckboard and motor wheel

above via: http://www.sportschrono.com/ and some history on it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Flyer is that the Smith Flyer was bought by Briggs and Stratton. The Smith Flyer was an automobile manufactured by the A.O. Smith Company in Milwaukee from 1915 until about 1919 when the manufacturing rights were sold to Briggs & Stratton and it was renamed to Briggs & Stratton Flyer. The Smith Flyer is a small, simple, lightweight, two-seat vehicle with a wooden frame that doubles as the body and as the suspension. A small gasoline engine is mounted on a fifth wheel, or motor wheel, to drive the Flyer.

I didn't know the whole ensemble was called the Briggs and Stratton Flyer buckboard

I've posted about this before, But some top images are new, and I wanted to tie them all together with the short article, for the original posts: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search/label/motor%20wheel

Briggs and Stratton Motor wheel

See also: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/01/briggs-and-stratton-motor-wheel.html

Briggs and Stratton Motor Wheel

Photo from Shorpy.com, ad from another post I did in the first week of December 2008

See also: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2009/02/briggs-and-stratton-motor-wheel.html