How to impress the girls?

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Whatever, don’t follow Bobby Sheldons footsteps! When he was 18 years old way back in 1905, he constructed this car to impress one of the local girls. Although he had never seen a real automobile before and had to rely on magazine drawings and started to work. For a body he used tin and oil cloth and he constructed the seats from two bar room chairs. The tiller was made from sections of gas piping and for an engine he used a 3.5 hp Gray Marine that he salvaged from a sunken boat. The car really did work and was reported to have a top speed of 15 miles per hour. Unfortunately for Bobby the girl wasn’t interested. The 1905 Sheldon is now the latest exhibit in the Alaska Fountainhead Auto Museum. They in turn have it on loan from the University of Alaska Museum where it has been on display since 1934. It is supposedly the first automobile in Alaska. (Thanks to Bob Apalsch for the photos and an article on the life of Bobby Sheldon from the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)

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