Item Info

Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Automobile Reference Collection
Notes:

 Your letter of Sept. 29 to Mr. Coughlin concerning the Briggs & Stratton buckboard of "Flyer" has been referred to me. Attached are two photographs which you may find helpful. One is a retouched photograph, which was used many years ago in our advertising. Our company acquired the motor wheel and "Flyer" from the A.O. Smith Corporation, of Milwaukee, in 1918 and manufactured them for approximately five years thereafter. The largest use for the motor wheel was as a third wheel attachment for a bicycle. The secondary use was on the "Flyer". A third use was on a scooter, which we also made on the motor wheel which was the rear wheel of the scooter, the front being a conventional 20'' bike wheel and front fork assembly. The frame of the scooter was much like a lady's bicycle, this is, without the crossbar from the front fork to the rear frame. In place of hte bicycle pedals and sprockets, whtere were corrugated aluminum foot pads on either side of the frame. Also attached is a glossy print, taken more recently, of a buckboard which I was lucky enough to find locally and restore.