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- Possibly still there?
- What?!?
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The Automobilists: 1906
June 1906. "REO Mountaineer -- New York to San Francisco and back." Percy Megargel and David Fassett at the conclusion of their 10-month round trip. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Clampetts
must have bought this one used!
If that is a sanitation worker in the left background, he's probably excited that the car produces zero emissions of a different kind!
Hoarse and Buggy
is what they were after traveling 11,000 miles sans windshield.
I Call Shotgun!
What else can be said. In this case, literally.
Whaddaya mean, we need an E-Z-Pass?
Once again Percy and David are rebuffed by the Holland Tunnel. And the Oyster Bar was close, so very, very close.
Site of Yankee Stadium
The numbered street sign is illegible, but the other one seems to say Jerome Ave. If so, the combination of that and Huber's Hotel seems to mean that the photo was taken in the Bronx at the site of the future Yankee Stadium.
[Huber's Hotel was at Jerome Avenue and 162nd Street. - Dave]
One Grueling Grind
Both men look worse for wear after their months-long adventure. This New York Times article from 1908 details the East-to-West half of their grueling trip, their detour (turn left at the Sierra Nevada range), and a list of things they'd do differently next time. That included taking TWO Winchester rifles to ward off wolves, a vehicle with much higher clearance and a lot more food (they went without eating for four days at one point).
Note the searchlight on the hood. Came in handy at night for targeting all those wild and woolly critters out there.
Talk about road rage.
The rifle seems to be an accessory that has gone by the wayside. Pity.
Chain drive
The Reo, like a lot of early automobiles, used chain drive (a heavier-duty version of what you'd find on a bicycle) to turn the rear wheels. The canvas slung under the car would have kept the chain from getting tangled up with underbrush. The chains were lubricated with grease, which would explain the oil spots.
Just In Time
If that is oil under the vehicle, fortune rode and finished with them. And I do like the holstered rifle accent.
Armed
Try riding into NY with a rifle hanging on your car now.
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