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Ah, the lax attitude towards safety testing in 1940s America: Three wheels and no rollcage, just a helmet!
The photo is from the U.S. Army's testing trials of the Davis Divan, an ill-fated foray into three-wheeled motoring from the 1940s, as reported by The New York Times. The story reads like Tucker...with one less wheel.
Rain Noe
Rain Noe is a writer and industrial designer based in New York City.
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