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Show Lakeside Review, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1981 Getting Him There 9A. Tiny Car Big on Saving Money for Frugal Owner By MAGGI HOLMES ROY If you go out driving on some drak and drafty October evening and see three low headlights in your rearview mirror creeping up behind you, dont worry. At least, dont worry too much. The lights are not a part of a mysterious creation from alphacentauri. But they are an image of the future. At low-lyin- g least Stan Thomsen, 2916 W. 6075 S. in Roy, thinks they are. Thomsen owns the strange vehicle. This motorized piece of modern art buzzes down Roy streets at ordinary speeds and maneuverability. It scoots down with only seven inches of base clearance. The State of Utah calls this miniature d mobile a coup, but the manufacturer calls it a motorcycle. Nobody seems to know what it really is. Thomsen said people leave notes on the car all the time asking what it is and where to get it. He said curious motorists in ordinary cars pull over, turn around and cross freeway medians to get a bettr look at the highway oddity. The first car like Thomsens came off the assembly line on the first of January this year. The first one to get to Utah came to Ogden and was purchased by Ree Bowman at 2929 Fowler of Ogden. Thomsen picked his up in Missouri on Aug. 14 and drove it home, all 2,400 miles. The car is bright red and is only chest high to a man. It is hard to believe that an ordinary person can get inside and drive e the little car. It actually seats two. This kind of car can be ordered in two different sizes and in three different colors. It comes with a 450 cc (16 hp) engine or a 340 cc engine. Thomsen has the larger engine and he said it is supposed to get 80 miles per gallon of gasoline. The smaller engine will get 100 miles per gallon, he said, but it has no pickbac-kroa- three-wheele- three-wheele- d toy-lik- up. STAN THOMSEN pulls his new Freeway out of his driveway in Roy. The car has no reverse gear but is designed to be easily pushed. Educator In Davis To Attend FARMINTON Educational Issues will be the topic of Phi Delta Kappss 38th Biennial Council and Fifth Internation Conference in Chicago on October 22-2- 5. Dr. Larry R. Wilson, supervisor of social studies, Davis County School District will be representing the Ogden Field Cha- which includes educators in Weber pter and Davis Counties. Every state, Canada and several foreign countries wiU be represented by delegates from 546 chapters. Membership in- cludes over 130,000 leaders from all levels of the education pro- fession. The freternity was organized in 1906 and is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee an- niversary. In addition to The three colors it usually comes in are red, yellow and orange, Thomsen said. These colors are for safety. It is sometimes difficult for drivers in larger automobiles and trucks to see the tiny putters. Bountiful Candidate Opposes Mall Plans BOUNTIFUL H. Keith Barton, E., a candidate for a two year council seat says the downtown redevelopment agency, and in particular a downtown mall, is the biggest issue of the campaign. Barton is opposed to a mall. I feel like we should have had it here five to eight years ago. Now weve lost that opportunity. He said that there are now other malls nearby that have filled that need. Also he says he is not in favor of condemning property and businesses, and thats what it would mean at this point. The downtown area does need some redevelopment, though, he says. Another big issue is the issue of BARD. Barton says BARD is running out of space and the city will need to search quickly and wetlands area for fill. Also, he says for reasonably priced pro- he would like to see a waste disposperty that meets state and EPA al plant built as a long term solution to the problem. But the city requirements. He says the city should work with could always need some land. EPA to use some of the dirt and fill There are some things you just at the present site and also the cant put through a plant. 243 S. 1000 dilli-gent- ly The engine is a engine, and it will travel at normal highway speeds under most conditions. The only time Thomsen has problems, he said, is on mountain passes, then he is forced down to speeds of 35 or 40 miles per hour. Thomsens new car cost him $38,000 but it came with a lot of extras, like a spare tire, sun roof, and a heater. The base price is about $33,000, he said. He expects the price to drop as production and sales increase. When that happens, luxury autos will be too costly for most people he said and so will gas. Right now only about 60 machines are produced a month by H.M. Vehicles Inc. Both General Motors and Ford Motors Companies are planning to produce cars with the same features small, lightweight, gas efficient and convenient. The Freeway (the car, as christened by H.M.) is easy on the gas for several reasons, all of them in the design. For one, it is very light. It weighs 1,100 pounds gross because of its plastic body. It is designed to cut down on wind resistance. The coup has more than bright colors to keep it safe. It also sports a steel frame and very bright headlight. The headlight may drive other drivers nuts but it helps the little car to stay together. As far as Thomsen knows, there have been no serious accidents involving the Freeways yet. The only problem they have is in the snow. This is because their centrifugal force clutches do not respond the way ordinary clutches do when the car is driven from black ice to dry blacktop. The little car will usually stop dead in this situation. s The clutch is similar to that put into a snowmobile. The other parts on the creative mobile are also easy to obtain as most of them are brand name. 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