Showing posts with label Panhard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Panhard. Show all posts

The Gould family chauffer giving the kids lessons on driving, 1900

For a gallery of close ups on each of the kids cars, and the story behind the family: http://theoldmotor.com/?p=16131

hodge podge of autos that caught my attention

 I missed noting on this photo what this car is.
 Billie Burke in San Francisco's Presidio Park drving her Studebaker
 Century
 Dodge... with a chauffer? In a Dodge? Really?
 Henry Ford in his first automobile
 Franklin
 1927 Holland Tunnel in New York
 New York hot dog stand 1935 in Manhattan
 a safety idea that didn't stick
 1909 flight of the Wright brothers... but look at the elegant horse carriage
 Lady Astor, a parliament member in  England and her Terraplane
 a Packard 12, 7 passenger limo
 Panhard and Levassor
 Regal
 This Supercharged Graham 120 won over 4 other v8 autos in a contest to win the favor of this fire dept chief

 REO Flying Cloud
 The first Oldsmobile, 1896

A Winton stripped down for racing
all found while browsing through http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/

the great art and variety of design in 1909 car company catalogs





 The Corbin 4 Passenger baby tonneau
 Corbin 4 passenger roadster
Corbin 5 passenger touring
Aboev is a 1909 Corbin I found on http://theoldmotor.com/?p=19172






































Notice in the above description the roadster is said to have a "mechanician's" seat. What the hell? I've learned a new word! According to Wikipedia a mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, It is also the term by which makers of mechanical automata use in reference to their profession.