"Scooter With A Cab" Gets A Round Town, Rain or Shine
People in town stop and wave at me all the time. In fact, I don't think there's anyone in the county who hasn't seen me driving it down the street," says 82-year-old Clarence "Smokey" Stoll, Girard, Ill., who made a cab for his electric scooter that lets him drive comfortably around town no matter what the weather.
Smokey uses his Rascal scooter mostly to get to a nearby restaurant a couple times a day.
The cab has 1/4-in. thick plywood sides, a waterproof cloth top, and a plastic windshield and rear window. Hinged doors on each side are held in place by latches, and there are open side windows above each door. The entire structure bolts onto the scooter's frame. The cab is built in two parts. By removing two bolts on top of the windshield, the entire structure can be lifted off.
"People like to kid me about it, but I think it's a practical way to get around, especially since I have a bad ankle," says Smokey. "The cab is no wider than the scooter, so if I want I can drive the machine right into grocery stores. I fly the American flag on top of the rig, which makes it more visible in traffic. There's also a slow-moving vehicle sign on back. I can drive the scooter in snow up to 4 inches deep.
"If it rains I can roll down curtains on both sides of the cab to cover the open side windows."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clarence Stoll, 418 S. 4th, Girard, Ill. 62640 (ph 217 627-2758).
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"Scooter With A Cab" Gets A Round Town, Rain or Shine AG WORLD 26-5-23 People in town stop and wave at me all the time. In fact, I don't think there's anyone in the county who hasn't seen me driving it down the street," says 82-year-old Clarence "Smokey" Stoll, Girard, Ill., who made a cab for his electric scooter that lets him drive comfortably around town no matter what the weather.
Smokey uses his Rascal scooter mostly to get to a nearby restaurant a couple times a day.
The cab has 1/4-in. thick plywood sides, a waterproof cloth top, and a plastic windshield and rear window. Hinged doors on each side are held in place by latches, and there are open side windows above each door. The entire structure bolts onto the scooter's frame. The cab is built in two parts. By removing two bolts on top of the windshield, the entire structure can be lifted off.
"People like to kid me about it, but I think it's a practical way to get around, especially since I have a bad ankle," says Smokey. "The cab is no wider than the scooter, so if I want I can drive the machine right into grocery stores. I fly the American flag on top of the rig, which makes it more visible in traffic. There's also a slow-moving vehicle sign on back. I can drive the scooter in snow up to 4 inches deep.
"If it rains I can roll down curtains on both sides of the cab to cover the open side windows."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Clarence Stoll, 418 S. 4th, Girard, Ill. 62640 (ph 217 627-2758).
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