"Two-Way" Car Turns Around In Its Tracks

"Two-Way" Car Turns Around In Its Tracks FARM HOME Cars 23-5-21 "It can turn 360 degrees in its tracks or you can drive it sideways," says Richard Imhof, Ruthton, Minn., about his "two-way" car that has an engine and transmission as well as a steering wheel and controls at each end. Imhof says it took only one day for he and his friend Mike Garrow to build the car. It's built out of two 1984 Chrysler front wheel drive "K" cars û one a station wagon and the other a sedan. Both cars are equipped with automatic transmissions. The cars were cut in half, then their front ends were welded together. The car can go sideways or kitty corner, depending on which way the wheels are turned. "It looks so good that even people who don't like me like it," says Imhof. "People really like to see it in parades. Whoever is going forward operates the accelerator pedal and shifts the gears. The other driver puts his transmission in neutral. He can rev up the engine to make a lot of noise and fool the driver who's going forward into thinking his engine is running too fast." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Imhof, Rt. 1, Ruthton, Minn. 56170 (ph 507 658-3366).

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