Friday, June 12, 2026

in 1939 a 26-year-old Arkansas "Traveler" made the trip in 20 days., Herman Littrell completed a cross-country trip in his "Bath Tub Special" to get to the New York World's Fair, from the San Francisco Exposition.and made the trip in 20 days.



The car was named after Bob Burns, a highly popular American radio comedian and musical entertainer of the 1930s and 1940s. 

Burns was famous for inventing a bizarre, makeshift horn instrument crafted from copper pipes and a funnel, which he dubbed the "bazooka" (the word later used by the military to describe the rocket launcher). 

Because Burns was known nationwide for creating functional items out of scrap and household objects, naming a homemade washtub car the "Bob Burns Special" was a fitting tribute to his comedic persona.

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