UK/England had a class of handicapped vehicle post war- intended for legless vet's etc. -'Invalid Pram' as a wheel chair with engine assist. Minor loophole in the motor vehicle laws, wasn't a car or commercial vehicle or motorcycle exactly, just got lumped into Bicycle, etc/other equipment allowed on road. NO drivers license required, NO speed limit, not much equipment needed for daylight use- otherwise bicycle lights for night use. Laws got changed after a 'Invalid Pram' with a BSA(?) V-twin engine for police sidecar-(999cc flathead?)- use was clocked going over the speed limit and the one legged operator without drivers license pointed out the speed law didn't apply to him or some of the other exempt from road laws disabled people personal transports. A common make/model had a 125 to 200 Villiers 2 stroke engine- 2 to 5 hp- and was good for about 20mph, got a moped/disabled license plate later in the laws. MZ and later Suzuki and Yamaha dirt bike racing engines with 10 to 20 hp meant 45 to 60 mph possible and for a few drivers with drivers license pulled (overindulgence in pub specials) and some kind of handicap or disability noted on National Health Medical ID cards, the old loophole got closed regarding max hp- got dropped to about 2 hp as was 'Moped' limit, still have one or 2 grandfathered from the old law driving around. 'Top Gear' program I think had couple of them featured couple years back, likely been rerun from the original BBC/whatever broadcast previous years. RN.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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