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  1. MrFire
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  7. The car on the bridge on p287 looks like an early Oakland - the first model from 1907with the reverse rotation two cylinder engine. I thought post #5741 might be an EMF.
     
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  8. This is a Christie front drive tractor.
     
  9. Don't think there has been a reply on this one. Looks like an early Metz - 1909-11. Two cylinders and friction drive.
     
  10. I see the push pull tram is captioned as a Chev but it looks more like a WW2 era Dodge. I wonder how many US readers know the significance of Kume's pic on his signature - Basil Fawlty giving his 1100 a good telling off. A British comedy classic.
     
  11. ehdubya
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    I'd assumed thge land crab molester was Kume, thanks for the ID. I think the 'push pull Chev' looks like a postwar Fargo.

    edit: on closer inspection I think you're right about it/them being military Dodges
     
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  12. jimi'shemi291
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    Originally Posted by jimi'shemi291 [​IMG]
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    Railroad train station at Tazwell, Virginia. Anybody date & type the car?




    LGS knew! Wow, that's great, LGS. The radiator shell had me
    wondering! The 1909-10 Metz Plan was a pretty unusual car

    for its time, in that Charles Metz actually made a mail-order,
    do-it-yourself car a practical -- and arguably affordable --
    reality. American-Automobiles.com states that some 4,000
    Metz Plan cars were sold for between about $350 and $450.
    Metz's "plan" was to pay off debt of the old Waltham Orient
    company he had bought in 1908. He'd send the cars, a box
    at a time, to buyers for $25 to $27 per box. It was said that,
    when done, the Metz owner would have a 10-12-hp car worth
    about $600.


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    1909 Metz Plan Roadster, THANKS to American-Automobiles.com!

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    "Say I!" ??? How about if I say "aye"? Read this 1910 Metz Plan ad!
    It's a gem! (And 35 years later, Preston Tucker got in trouble

    for a comparable program!)
     
  13. twin6
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    I thought this might be a Garford, but now have my doubts. Any guesses?
     

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    LGS, welcome to the HAMB.
     
  15. twin6
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    Move over, Packard girls. The Buick girls are here...
     

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    We got our first dusting of snow for the season this morning. Thank goodness it didn't do this - Packard coupe c 1937. I'm not so sharp on the later years so will defer to one of our experts on year and model.
     

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    Er, uh . . . I won't touch this, except to say:
    That's a Bi-Flex bumper!

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  19. Rod Zombie
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    "I am telling ya that pedal power is all we will ever need" Bill gates Sr. 1881
     

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  20. T-Head
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    Twin6..... I posted this other photo of the same gents on the racing thread of this car as you did in post #5759 here.

    Our friend Kurtis came up with the following results for the race which back up the note seen here below.

    2nd October 1915 - California Raisin Classic 150 mile Auto Race
    Fresno Fairgrounds, CA.

    1st - James Parsons - Stutz - 2:31:04
    2nd - Eddie S. Waterman - Overland Special - 2:34:17
    3rd - Frank...

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  21. jimi'shemi291
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    "Cycle 54, Where Are You?" Great pic there, Rod! Nyuk, nyuk!

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  23. twin6
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    Wish I knew more about this one. The chauffeur looks to be more like a WW1 soldier (officer?), upon closer inspection. Check the nifty cowl lights too. Nice car c. 1914.
     

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  24. I wonder if that line around the top of the body might hint that it is an ALCO from right at the end of their production in late 1913. The uniform of the driver might just be a very military looking chauffeur's outfit.
     
  25. T-Head
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    I drove thru some snow last week with my trailer bringing a car back from upstate NY while driving thru the mountains.

    Twin6 had snow an hour north from us here last night.

    As I sit in front of a roaring wood stove here in the shop, it is really coming down as I type this. The photo from Virginia, Minnesota gives use and idea of what we have in store for us soon......

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  26. 31Atudor
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    Wow, We're all going to get one of those neat old cars. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You.:):):)
     
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  28. jimi'shemi291
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    Thanks T-Head. Hey, when I first saw Rod's pic, I was wondering if that lever at the rear might mean they had a two-speed rearend OR similar arrangement (?). If so, that might help explain why they could hit that top speed (we all know electric motors can run wide open, but they'd have to have a power limit. So, with a "shift" in there, it could speed things along, right? Just a thought.)

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  29. jimi'shemi291
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    Air-cooled FOX engine of 1921-23. Powerful, it was a fave of booleggers, according to American-Automobiles.com. Foxes were way faster than the Franklins BUT way more COSTLY, what with an open for $4 grand and a closed car for $5 grand! This was the same gentleman, Fox, who made Fox shotguns, proclaimed "The Finest."

    Only ONE '23 Fox car is in existence. (I think 37Kid may have some knowledge as to the veracity of the statement.)
     

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