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Antique Cars make SOLID INVESTMENTS you can enjoy now!

We are Collectible Car Enthusiasts! WE  ARE NOT DEALERS, we are COLLECTORS who understand and promote the hobby of collecting and restoring antique cars of all types and eras!

We buy investment cars for the future that we can enjoy TODAY. One "project car" at a time, we search for classics and rare automobiles that are uncommon and beautiful. Our specialty is 1900-1940's.

A Classic Car is Always in Style, and Hobbies make Solid Investments!


1923 Cadillac Coupe

Model 61

This beauty is ready to win awards at any show, or participate with any road rally or tour and in perfect driving condition!

Very RARE Car:

Search the internet, Search the car clubs, we found only 4 in existence!

·       Mohair Interior in perfect condition

·       Fuel is fed to carburetor from pressurized fuel tank- no fuel pump!

·       Vacuum Assisted brakes

·       Jump seat retracts for ease of use

·       Nickel plated lights, Steering wheel is made of walnut and has no hinge

·       Self lubricating bushings were featured at many points in the brake and clutch linkage

·       Transmission gear lock

·       2 spare tires with key lock. Equipped with air compressor!

·       Engine light and Dash equipment included combined clock & speedometer with trip set, combination ammeter, oil & fuel gauge, cowl vent, combination lights & ignition switch, dash lamp, tilting headlight with tinted lenses correct for the day, map light.

·       Rear compartment lights, hand painted bud vases, pull down privacy shades

·       V8- 314 cubic inch, 60 Horsepower, Weight 4110 lbs

·       The jump-seat next to the driver was designed to carry the “gate boy” who would accompany the owners from the main house, through the various gates one finds on a typical large farm, and opened and closed the gates as the car passed through.

One of the finest vehicles available in it’s time! Can’t compare to “similar” cars, this is a one-of-a-kind rare beauty few people have in their collection!

 asking $37,000.00 or best offer

Contact Brando Pistorius, Owner

(813) 917-9205             info@transflor.com

1914 Metz

 

Model 22

22 Horsepower, 4 cylinder, 96”wheelbase, 5 lamps

Sold new $475, with optional electric package $600

28-32 miles per gallon, 50 mph top speed, splendid hill climber

$1,000 reward to anyone who could find a hill the Metz could not climb!

$18,700 obo

 Contact Brando Pistorius, Owner

(813) 917-9205             info@transflor.com

Charles Herman Metz

 1885- Won the New York State High-Wheel Bicycle Championship

1893- Originated the Waltham Manufacturing Company, maker of “Orient Bicycles”

1897- Manufactured 15,000 units per year, and the 10-seater bicycle (largest to date)

1898- First to add motor to a bicycle and coined the phrase “Motorcycle”

1898- Began building automobiles

1909- Metz Company was established

1913- Metz team won the Glidden Tour with perfect scores

         Metz cars were equipped with a gearless transmission- “no clutch to slip, no gears to strip!”

1915- Metz produced their all time yearly production record of 7,200 cars and was the best selling American made car outside the United States, beating out Henry Ford and his Model T.

1919- Gear drive was introduced with a 45 hp 6 cylinder

1922- Company stopped production in August


 

1904 Oldsmobile Gypsy Runabout

Replica created in 1958 and on display at

Walt Disney World's Epcot "World of Motion" Pavilion

The Curved Dash Oldsmobile is credited as the first high-volume mass-produced gasoline automobile. It was introduced by the Oldsmobile company  in 1901 and produced through 1907. 425[citation needed] examples were produced the first year, 2500 in 1902, with over 19000 built in all.[1]

It was a runabout model, could seat two passengers, and sold for US $650 ($16,000 in 2007). While competitive, due to high volume, and below the Ford US $850 ($20,100 in 2007) "Doctor's Car",[2] Western in 1905 produced the Gale Model A, an open roadster, for sale at US $500 ($12,300 in 2007), the Black went as low as $375 ($9,230 in 2007),[3] and the Success hit the amazingly low US $250 ($6,150 in 2007).[4]

The flat-mounted water-cooled single-cylinder engine, situated at the center of the car, produced 4 hp (3 kW), relying on a brass gravity feed carburetor. The transmission was a semi-automatic design with two forward speeds and one reverse. The low speed forward and reverse gear system are a planetary type (epicyclic). The car weighed 850 lb (386 kg) and used Concord springs.

The car’s success was partially by accident - in 1901 a fire destroyed a number of other models before they were approved for production, leaving the Curved Dash the only one intact.[5] (Wikipedia)

In 1904 Olds sold his interest in the company and started the Reo Motor Company. The Olds Motor Company became part of General Motors in 1908. The runabout was the most popular car of the era.

This car was a "Merry Olds" produced by American Air Products, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Serial Number 481157 and has the initials on the side plaque of T.O.

Disney sent inventory to auction when they close Epcot's World of Motion January 2, 1996. This car may be the red one pictured to the left, in the center, in front of the policeman. Much more research is being done!

TIME MAGAZINE November 3, 1958: "Among the new autos rolling off the nation's assembly lines this week are two sporty but little-known models with features that no other U.S. cars can match.1904 - Oldsmobile , curved  dashed runabout model 6, 1 cylin... by New York Public Library. The cars: 1901 Oldsmobile, enjoying a jaunty revival in the era of the tail fin and the power brake. The cars are manufactured a scant five miles apart in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. by American Air Products Corp. (whose slogan is "The Backward Look") and by Starts Manufacturing Co. They began producing the cars last year as specialty items and display models for auto dealers and stores. But the antique Oldses caught on so well with merchants, college boys and antique-car buffs that American Air has upped production to a planned 2,200 this year, and Starts Manufacturing plans to double present production to 100 cars per month.

American Air's "Merry Olds" comes in two models (roadster and wagon), is an almost exact duplicate of the 1901 model right down to its bicycle-type wheels, chain drive, steering tiller and three elegant brass lamps. It can reach speeds of 35 m.p.h. with its 4 h.p. air-cooled engine, gets more than 60 miles to the gallon. Cost: $1,495 f.o.b. Ft. Lauderdale.

Starts's Olds is a fancy product that is two-thirds the size of the old Olds, comes in black, golden yellow, and fiesta red, has an automatic gear shift. Speed and gas mileage are similar to its rival. Cost: $1,195 f.o.b. Ft. Lauderdale."

American Air Products Corp. was dissolved in 1963, only 5 years after creating these beautiful replica cars.


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WE BUY ANTIQUE & CLASSIC CARS FOR A MORE SOLID INVESTMENT!

We are always looking for a good TRADE!

Collectible Autos

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Hobbies make great investments as well!

An Investment for the Future that we can Enjoy TODAY!

We can see where our money is...

right in our garage, safe and sound!


Call and let us know what you are looking for. 

We travel to most major car shows and can sniff out those great deals!

 


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RRAF Nederland Antique, Classic, and Historic Automobile World Fellowship of Rotarians

 

Rotary International - Rotary Club of the Capital city Rotary Club of Tampa - Hyde Park 

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Charter Member & Past President 

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