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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on May 01, 2008, 03:54:34 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=310x857
Oh my.
The automotive forum on Skins's island is deader than a harness-making shop, or a candle-stick manufactory.
raccoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Apr-21-08 01:46 PM
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Anybody know what kind of car this is?
The photo is from about 1912.
after which follows a photograph of a big old car, some sedan
Now franksolich is curious himself.
Can anybody, if convenient and so inclined, click on the link above and look at the picture?
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It looks like one of these:
http://www.pnwnash.org/common/closeup.php?frompage=/common/gallery.php&pos=1&PageNo=1&syear=1912&eyear=1912&make=&model=&owner=&year=1912&querytype=&personid=&carid= (http://www.pnwnash.org/common/closeup.php?frompage=/common/gallery.php&pos=1&PageNo=1&syear=1912&eyear=1912&make=&model=&owner=&year=1912&querytype=&personid=&carid=)
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1912 Rambler 73-4CC Cross Country
MODEL 73-4CC Cross Country
BUILT BY The Thomas B. Jeffery Co.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
BODY BY Bohman & Schwartz/Heinz
PRICE $1,650
ENGINE 4 Cylinder, 38 H.P.
BORE 4-1/2"
STROKE 4-1/2"
DISPLACEMENT 286.3 Cu. In.
Thomas B. Jeffery, inventor of the clincher tire and railroad velocipede, produced and sold Rambler bicycles in Chicago from 1878 to 1900. In 1897, Jeffery began experimenting with his first automobile. In 1900, he sold his bicycle business and purchased a plant in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he began manufacturing one-cylinder automobiles. When the first Jeffery-built Rambler automobile was offered for sale in the spring of 1902, it marked the introduction of the world's second mass-produced car -- a year after Oldsmobile and a year ahead of Ford.
All minor and many major repairs can be made to the engine of this 1912 Rambler without removing it from the chassis. The upper and lower crankcase is one piece, allowing all bearing adjustments and inspections to be made through a removable side plate.
The 1912 Rambler was used in the 1997 blockbuster movie, "Titanic," winner of 11 Academy Awards. It appears in the dock scenes prior to the ship's departure from Southampton, England.
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Thank you, sir.
That looks like something I'd like to have while roaming around the Sandhills of Nebraska.
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Thank you, sir.
That looks like something I'd like to have while roaming around the Sandhills of Nebraska.
Just not in winter!
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Thank you, sir.
That looks like something I'd like to have while roaming around the Sandhills of Nebraska.
Just not in winter!
Style and class of autos went to pot starting in the late 70's and continues to this day.