1950s steamroller toy - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

1950s steamroller toy.




Previously:

1925 Barber steamroller - photos
1930 steamroller - GIF
Old Buffalo Springfield steamroller - photo

[KustomsbyKent]

Ok, that is super cool! I'm not old enough to have had one of those as a kid, but I would have wanted one regardless of age.

For the guys that might have had one, why is there a flame coming out of the rear tube, like a flame thrower? He only lit that after the engine was spinning.
Also, I'm assuming there was supposed to be a rubber o-ring belt that went around the top shaft with flywheel and down around the rear large wheel?