Shown here, in the April 1921 issue of Popular Mechanics are members of Boy Scout Troop 2 of Maxwell, Iowa. While it probably wouldn’t comply with the current edition of the Guide to Safe Scouting, the scouts put together this automobile.

The gears, frame, and axles came from different makes of cars, but they managed to put them together in a perfectly serviceable fashion. The power plant was a damaged stationary engine (or we should say, formerly stationary) which they acquired for $10. The engine was bolted to an old automobile wheel, which transmitted the power to a long shaft, which was in turn geared to a normal drive shaft.

“Speed was sacrificed in favor of reliability,” and the vehicle was capable of 10 miles per hour. The car had recently made a round trip to the Iowa State Fair, where it was said to have created a sensation.