Believe it or not, the above article on car-exhaust vacuum cleaners appeared in a February, 1932 issue of Popular Science magazine. Apparently, carbon monoxide poisoning wasn’t a big concern 81 years ago.
But hey, you gotta keep your upholstery clean – right?
For more interesting articles about auto upholstery’s past, check out our “Industry History” section.
[via Modern Mechanix]
Give your car that fresh ‘new exhaust’ smell!
If that “new car smell” is toxic, I can’t imagine what this is…
I’m not too sure this would go over so well with OSHA these days. Although it was an interesting Flashback.
Thanks Eric
Can I clean my carpet with it too? 😀 Thanks for sharing the info I laughed and learned at the same time which is nice for me :))
Haha :)) It looks fashionable aha