Locomobile Tool-Carrier

Space on the Lykamobile Steam Car will be very limited, as it was in 1899 for the Locomobile. The Locomobile Co. patented a tool carrier that reportedly took up very little space. They state as one of the objects for their tool carrier that the tool carrier "shall occupy but little space and shall be located on the vehicle as not to form an obstruction, but to be readily accessible and also to be concealed when not in use". Below you will see an image taken from their patent showing the location of the tool carrier. It is sandwiched between the outer engine flap and the engine and is depicted as ITEM 1 in the drawing.

Below is the patent drawing of the tool carrier in more detail.

Looking at the picture below, the tool carrier appears to be made from cow's leather or leather suede. It is hard to tell, but in the Genealogy of the Locomobile book, they refer to the tool carrier as a "leather flap"

 

And a better image taken from the Steam Car Club of Great Britain (www.steamcar.net).

I haven't decided yet if I'm going to attempt making this leather flap, but it would be nice to have this and the tools while steaming around the neighborhood. The following is a link to an image of the written part of the patent if one would like to read the actual patent: Tool Carrier Written Part of Patent