And this guy will probably be the winning bidder.
Posted on 06/28/2007 3:01:48 PM PDT by Daffynition
The world’s oldest running car is set to cross the auction block at Pebble Beach in August.
The catchy-sounding De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux was built in France in 1884, and amazingly, it’s a three owner car. Among its many credentials, “La Marquise” is a steam-powered four-wheeled car that is believed to have won the first automobile race.
Top speed on the car is a startlingly high 38 miles-per-hour, which must feel decidedly exciting given its primitive construction and solid rubber tires. To reach that heady speed, drivers need to first stoke the car with coal, wood, paper, or other readily combustible materials, and then wait for around a half-hour to generate enough steam for the car to get rolling.
The De Dion-Bouton et Trapardoux is expected to hammer for between $1.5 and $2 million.
Bump devolve! You have many interests - genealogy among them.
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Real steel wheels!
Whatta rake with those springs
I can see the front bumper and body parts look great
Yes - That low gear ratio could pull Hillary up a tree screaming
A real jewel there
Model A PUs were plentiful in South Florida some years back and many were used every day for landscaping
And this guy will probably be the winning bidder.
My grandson is already eying the little coupe and he is only five years old. I may have to skip a generation and give it to him along with a place to keep it. Hmmm, if only I can live long enough....
[That low gear ratio could pull Hillary up a tree screaming]
by a rope?? Lol!
[My grandson is already eying the little coupe and he is only five years old]
Neat! You’ve just gotta ‘keep on keeping on’ - like the rest of us!!
I’ve got very early 4 digit Model 1877 DA Colt revolver like he carried
I’ve got some great large photo/info/history books on Colts and others
I come from gunsmiths from both sides fo my mother's family. David Kennedy was on my mom's maternal side and my mother's mom married an east Texas gunsmith. I recall my grandafther frequently working on customer's watches though.
I did genealogy for many years until I retired and became too busy. Lol!
Kennedy page(s!):
- many here -
- no Kohn-Kerry ! -
http://genweb.whipple.org/index/ind0672.html
Whipple GenWeb Surnames
(many here)
Look up FDR, etc.
http://genweb.whipple.org/surnames.html
Back to the 'good ol' days!!
I've owned daily drivers that were in worse condition.
Although I’ve inherited several shotguns and rifles, and have owned my own pump 20-gauge, a 30.06 deer rifle, a 50-caliber Hawken musket and a couple of handguns most of my life, my knowledge of firearms and their history is sadly lacking. My grandfather would be ashamed of me I’m sure. I would however, trade one of my restored 8ns for a Kennedy musket built at Robbins.
Very nice OLD cars devolve. I see the rumble seat!
Steam is water vapor, a greenhouse gas dozens of times more potent than even the hideous carbon dioxide. I’m sure that the enviro-wackos would not approve.
Ha! I know for a fact I was born a hundred years, and likely more, too late. However, my eyeglasses may have been somewhat a hindrance is a simpler time in America.
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That’s called “character” in a truck
Not my older brother’s Model A - but as close as I could come
We welded front fender cracks (common problemo), DuPont black
Spare was on the back, rumble seat was red, 21” & 16” wires were painted red
The front fender spare wells were on many PUs in Florida
Never could find them for my brother’s roadster though
Rear axle keys would break in soft sand
We had hardened axle keys cut at a local machine shop - they never broke
It all just depends on what era we consider the ‘good ol’ days’ to be!!
How many miles-per-hamster?
Nice!
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