"Only in case of emergency; that is, if the electric motor goes on the fritz. By using my gasolene motor to generate the current to run the car I get a much smoother flow of power, and there are other advantages."
"Does the dingus look anything like a house?" asked Ned.
"I object to your calling it a 'dingus,'" laughed the young inventor. "But in outward appearance it is like a small house."
"With doors and windows?"
"Yes, and even window shutters. Aside from an entrance back of the driver's seat, there is only one door, however, and that is at the rear."
"How about a pair of steps?" asked Ned, thinking to stump his chum.
"I've provided for those, too. There are steps at the rear for easy access to the interior, as my catalogs will say. Only, to keep small boys from hitch-hiking on them, the steps fold up out of the way when the House on Wheels is moving."
"Then you're really going to tour in it?" asked Ned.
"Sure!"
"Going to be pretty heavy, isn't it?"