Gasoline-powered Washing Machines

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  1. Hal Pollner

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    In the years before electric power was available in outlying rural areas, Maytag developed a single-cylinder gasoline engine for powering washing machines.

    When Rural Electrification became a reality, kids would adapt the washing machine engines to fashion go-carts!

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    I had one with foot push to start.
     
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    1938 Maytag Racer
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    We never had a go kart. We just had a really slow old tractor to drive around the cow fields. :D
     
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