Air conditioned lawnmower, 1957.
In October 1957, ads went out that demonstrated the “Power Mower of the Future” – the future of lawn mowing equipment.
They built this machine with a bubbled model that sported its own air conditioning. The lawnmower had a five foot diameter plastic sphere in which the rider sits on an air foam cushioned seat.
It had its own electric generating system for operating running lights, a radio telephone, air conditioning and even a cooling system to provide a chilled drink on a hot day. It was also supposed to be multi-purposed. You could mow the lawn, weed, feed, seed, spray for insects, plow snow and haul equipment. It could even be used as a golf cart.
It was more then just a rendering, it was a machine that was featured on the cover of a 1958 edition of Mechanix, however it never made it to production.
