Where are those "weight police " when you really need them?? Just think, no front brakes, wooden artillery wheels, brakes were undoubably the kind that tightened around the outside of the rear drum. And, according to the blurb, it was used to explore the roads in CA and Montana. I wonder how many on here now would even try to drive that thing on level ground let alone a mountain rd. I personally think it'd be a ball. Another thing, you sat on the gas tank. If a hill was too steep, gas wouldn't run to the carburator so you turned around and backed up the hill.