Glad ya all enjoy this ol' Appalachian American boy's yarns. I got all kinds of em !
I've been trying to design a gallery of Raquimbili Tee shirts in my spare time today and I got one I'm gonna make a screen saver of that oughta be killer.
When I said that Pogostick is a "PopRod" it's actually a "HopRod".
I've had mine for some time now and use it for promotions. You can make your own fuel as it's a 2cycle system and I think it's with my Hop Rod in the box.
Check this link out:
Ebay: Gas powered Pogo Stick - Hoprod | Random Good Stuff 
From top to bottom on the photo:
Tee handle of special durable plastic. Screw tightened to cap the battery tube.
Tube which contains C cell batteries and ignition coil at the base.
~ Speaking about batteries~ That Ever-ready Bunny ougha ride one of these
in one of his commercials ! The ehaust will sound like he's beatin a drum.
Cast aluminum cylinder for piston housing which shows exhaust port above fuel tank and mounting collar for the foot pedals. (where two pieces of stamped metal bolt together over it and rubber foot pads are pried on over
mountings.
Coil spring over piston rod with rubber snubber pad on base end.
Notice that at the bottom of the battery tube there is a black gromet and a
black wire leading down to the top fin of the cylinder. That's where the glow plug is. The piston is pointed like a pencil and the top of it is a poppet valve that lifts up as you go down on the pedals. The fuel air mixture blows up thru the valve before it closes just before the piston goes TDC where it touches the glowplug. The glow plug looks like a thin coil spring extending about 1/2 inch out from it's base with another 1/2 inch straight wire lenght sticking out from the last coil. So the pointed tip of the piston touches it and
all those C cell batteries in the battery tube charging that coil.....it must make it go off like a camera flash in there to ignite the fuel and send a 174 pound eDJ hurlin down the way. But, I mean it's the most fun a po' boy can have chasing dogs on what feels like a half million dollar "FUNNY CAR". I mean one of these things will put the meanest junk yard dog in line for therapy.
These were made by Chance Manufacturing of Wichita, Kansas, under the trademark "Hop Rod". They make carnival rides etc for amusement companies. I had seen them in Hot Rod magazine where they were used for promoting the street rod events, so when I saw it in for sale I knew what it was. I dummied up and was able to get it for a fraction of it's original cost.
This is what I have now, knocked down and in the box for storage...as shown.
