Powell Brothers Sports Wagon

Hi,

a couple of articles about a different approach in the US for building a cheap 'ute'.

www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history...e-of-the-first-suvs/

www.theautopian.com/there-was-once-a-com...hem-into-new-trucks/
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You could say anything then.

Reading the articles I think Powell Brothers Trucking had nothing to do with Powell Brothers in California building the scooters and cars.

The ad for the 35mph (flat strap?) scooter says 
"Many Powell Streamliners driven over 40,000 miles a year"      I call BS on that!  If you got 40,000 miles out of one of those scooters in a lifetime, both mechanically and distance travelled,  it would be a miracle.

 

Looks like the same styling department as the NewZealand Trekka

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekka


Paul