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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
·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!
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. 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.
A
few of our past projects :
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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!
Members of:
Classic
Car Club of America
Antique, Classic, and Historic
Automobile World Fellowship of Rotarians
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!
(Wikipedia)
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.
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Hobbies
make great investments as well!
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