Flivver

You've just heard what he has to say on that subject, so I seem to have landed on a 'Flivver' all around.

L.P.M. : the end of the Great War

A newsreel feature titled "An Air Flivver in Every Garage" showed him backing the helicopter out of the garage, taking off from his driveway, flying to a gas station for a windshield wash and heading to the golf course.

Inventor Pioneered Military Helicopters Stephen Miller 2008

As she probably noticed, I never exceed 1 mph when driving my 1945 Flivver.

THE STORY : "Is this something like “The Devil made me do it ?” Ben Barren 2006

At 1 mph, I seldom do irreparable damage and Flivver fenders are scarce.

THE STORY : "Is this something like “The Devil made me do it ?” Ben Barren 2006

In the end, Ford attempted to mass-produce everything—from food (through tractor manufacture and a soybean extraction plant) to air transportation (by means of the Ford TriMotor, which was supposed to reduce the price of commercial air traffic, and the Ford “Flying Flivver,” which was intended as the airborne equivalent of the Model T).

The Machine That Changed the World James P. Womack 2007

In the end, Ford attempted to mass-produce everything—from food (through tractor manufacture and a soybean extraction plant) to air transportation (by means of the Ford TriMotor, which was supposed to reduce the price of commercial air traffic, and the Ford “Flying Flivver,” which was intended as the airborne equivalent of the Model T).

The Machine That Changed the World James P. Womack 2007

The dream of every commuter trapped in traffic, the "Flying Flivver" was Ford Motor's prototype single-seat plane, introduced in 1926.

Inventions That Went Bust Forbes.com staff 2006

Flivver, they suggested, and Frog-face and Flathead and

Babbit 2004

The car, which Jim called “the Flivver,” was an ordeal—and sometimes an outright menace—to start.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994

Rooster brought a buckboard down from Red Lake, and we loaded our furniture onto it, put the kids and Mei-Mei in the back of the Flivver, and then, with Jim behind the wheel, Rooster on the wagon, and me bringing up the rear on Patches, we set out on our little procession for Seligman, the town nearest the ranch.

Half Broke Horses Jeannette Walls 1994