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Gasoline Alley: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 3:09am.
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Washington, D.C., or vicinity circa 1912. "Automobile." One of three photos of a curiously tiny motorcar. View full size. 5x7 glass negative, National Photo Co.
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Hondas
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 8:15pm.
It was the precursor to the Civic, the Honda 600, that had a 2 cylinder 600 cc motorcycle engine, water cooled.
Fan Club
Submitted by RV Droz on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 2:10pm.
So it has a fan, but no radiator? Very odd. The original Honda Civic also ran on a motorcycle engine, but I think it was water cooled, too. I don't recall the original VW bugs having fanblades. At least it's bigger than that one-person near toy we saw in an earlier post.
[Being air-cooled, the motor (below) has no radiator. The boxer engine in the VW Beetle was fan-cooled from the start; most air-cooled car engines have fans. The original Honda Civic had an inline four, not a motorcycle engine. - Dave]
Auto-Bob?
Submitted by Wingnut on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 10:22am.
A 1912 issue of Popular Mechanics has an ad for the Auto-Bob, a car kit with a 10 hp four-cylinder air-cooled engine.
[From the Conceptcarz website: "Jack Hickman, in 1914, advertised his small vehicle in East Pittsburgh which he called the Auto-Bob and offered for sale at $130 in kit form. A fully assembled example was just $150." - Dave]
Cyclecar
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 9:39am.
I wish I knew the make of this cyclecar, but I don't. Cyclecars were a bit of a fad for a few years in the early 'teens. Their economical operation would be welcome again today.
Homemade
Submitted by Rob on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 7:48am.
I wonder where they put the radiator on this one.
[There is no radiator. - Dave]
Plumbing
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 06/13/2008 - 4:29am.
I like how the front axle has a pipe tee as its steering element.
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