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deeply american SOLVED! 1908 Custom Built Studebaker Electric
« on: August 19, 2007, 05:10:51 AM »
this one is deeply american. Do you know its very unusual story? It is female and it has a twin brother  ;)
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2008, 06:49:10 AM »
Gretel?
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2008, 01:45:07 PM »
 ;D

No, letīs give a big hint:

you may find this in Indiana.

But it wonīt be enough to name just the company. This vehicle has got a very special history.
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2008, 02:48:53 PM »
Is it also from indiana?
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2008, 01:32:29 AM »
I think so, yes, but this one did its job in Washington D.C....
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2008, 12:32:23 PM »
Is this the 1864 Woods Brothers carriage that was given as a gift to president Lincoln?

I read that it was recently restored and soon to return to public display at the Studebaker national museum in Indiana.
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Re: deeply american
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2008, 12:37:49 PM »
Errr... skip that last guess. This is a 1909 "backward-forward" car, one of two electric Studebakers used in the tunnel between the capitol and senate office building.  So named because it didn't have to turn around in the tunnel to head the other way.

A pic of its sibling can be found here:

http://www.swigartmuseum.com/rotation/studebak.htm



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Re: deeply american
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2008, 01:25:39 AM »
Very well done!
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Re: deeply american SOLVED! 1908 Custom Built Studebaker Electric
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2023, 12:21:24 PM »
an archive photo

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