Show SO 80 IP tp BOX bejbl IX IN N 11 ION IL I 1 the chevrolet puts out the fol lowing on a home made car done by boys convincing proof that young am is becoming more and more conscious of the mechanical con st ruction and functioning of the modern automobile luto tuto mobile is t M I 1 mg ing fur dished to chevrolet motor officials here by photographs and drawings of cars bie be ng built tor for the first annual american soap box der by and amateur racing event for the boys si honored national ly by chev rolet the soap box derby is now under way in tit fourteen leading cities in all parts of the country local winners of the event those who negotiate a three eighths mile hill in fastest faste cst time will be sent to dayton ohio for the national event august 19 A typical example of unusual me ch anical ability among boys 7 to 15 years of age is the aneo action constructed by 12 old jar jarl nicholas of indianapolis with the aid of or his father jack built his der by entry with knee action somewhat some whit similar to that used on the 1934 chevrolet tl TI e entire car was built at a to tal cost of 15 cents tor for materials not available from tl ti e cellai and back yard of the nicholas home the jack reported was tor for a piece of cold rolled roiled steel out of which they made the roller bearings specifications of the car are make 1934 nicholas model broad cipple special passengers one wheelbase 67 inches s power gravity lubrication by squirt can to all bearings springs porch swing wheels ply wood 19 inches wheel bearings scrap iron tires garden ho P tacked on steering transverse drag to cross rod steering wheel salvage brake foot dragged on pavement hood combination 5 gal oil can and fly screen franak plank bumper plenty of bumphers bumps Bump sers ers shock shook absorbers Ab personal upholsters home tanned rabbit skin with late irai ai tails t ventilation all draft type jacka car created treated so bilth inter in fia indianapolis that he was ot of reel etva y gov datil V lu nutt on the steps of indiana a cap itol jick and anda I 1 Is father visited de troit and were luncheon guests of the president of chevrolet the knee action derby car was exhibit ex hibUel el for two days in the lobby of the tile general motors building |