X-100 Mower

[Del]

In another L&G publication this summer, they featured a mower built by Simplicity in the late 1950s called the X-100. It had a plastic bubble over the driver. Has anyone ever seen this mower? I'm sure the unit never went into production but just maybe a couple were made and have survived the chopping block. Del

[ScottS]

Never heard of it. Very interesting though. On another subject such as that but, relates to BIG TRUCKS. In the middle 50's as a kid I used to see Car Haulers running down the old "Dixie Highway" Rt 25 through Ohio, previous to I-75 using a cabover that was all glass in the front and you could see the driver totally and the inside of the cab from the front. I have often wondered if any still existed. Think they were expierimental. Your question just hit a nerve from times past.

[B_WALLY_]

Speaking of trucks, in the mid 80's I saw a semi tractor that was almost entirely under the front of a gooseneck trailer hauling (of all things) John Deere garden tractors. The truck was getting onto HWY 41 off Hwy 33 here in WI. If I remember correctly, it said GMC on the front, and almost reminded me of a Chev Lumina mini van in the front.