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Puzzle #404 - Solved! 1903 Grout Steam Car
« on: August 04, 2007, 03:17:57 AM »
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« Last Edit: December 24, 2017, 12:31:58 AM by pnegyesi »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2007, 06:02:11 AM »
Looks very similar to the Oldsmobile Curved Dash.

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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2007, 07:07:09 AM »
Not an Olds
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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2007, 05:29:42 PM »
Looks like a 1900 Locomobile steamer.
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2007, 03:55:43 AM »
Not a Locomobile
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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2007, 10:09:30 AM »
Not a Locomobile
I just said it looks like one (which it does)!
If it's not, it could be anything including the modern "Likamobile" copy as US-built steam buggies are all quite similar.
Not a Stanley, as that had semi-elliptic front springs which this hasn't.
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Re: Puzzle #404
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2007, 02:57:10 PM »
seems to be the 1903 Grout Steam Car

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PN #1034
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2017, 03:26:27 AM »
Please ID brand and approximate year for a point
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2017, 08:01:04 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2017, 02:07:22 PM »

 made in Europe

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2017, 03:39:38 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #11 on: September 20, 2017, 10:40:25 AM »

 French

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #12 on: September 20, 2017, 01:37:37 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2017, 06:42:59 PM »
German?
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2017, 11:26:56 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2017, 04:37:27 AM »
English

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #16 on: September 21, 2017, 05:08:49 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2017, 10:30:24 AM »

 City & Suburban

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2017, 03:35:31 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2017, 11:42:11 AM »

 Brown Brothers

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2017, 02:54:33 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2017, 11:12:25 PM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2017, 01:05:31 PM »

 electric car

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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #23 on: October 03, 2017, 01:34:52 PM »
no
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Re: PN #1034
« Reply #24 on: October 03, 2017, 06:01:40 PM »
Made before 1898?