One-of-a-kind built in Jewell County

Kelly McNichols, a Burr Oak area farmer and craftsman, drove his one-of-a-kind sports car to which he has affixed the Meteor name to town last Wednesday. The automobile was assembled in McNichols shop from either repurposed parts or parts he made. For example the fuel tank is from a Farmall M tractor. What appears to be airplane-style exhaust pipes are from a milking machine. He had the car together last year but during the winter he took it apart and painted it in a combination of blue and gray.

While showing the car to this newspaperʼs editor, a motorist saw the vehicle, detoured out of her...