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Solved: PN #444 -- John Pabian's home-built car, early 1900s
« on: February 02, 2013, 10:30:03 AM »
Please identify the builder of this car and the year when it was built. A point is waiting for you
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Re: PN #444
« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2013, 12:37:28 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #444
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2013, 10:01:39 PM »
This is a tough one.  What little information I could find is very sketchy, and often doesn't agree.  However, it is time to go with what little I have.

This is an interesting, “probably one-of”, car built by a Czech in Prague, except not Prague, Czechoslovakia.  According to my references the car was built by Czech immigrant John Pabian Sr. (and/or his son Bob), who operated the Prague Machine Shop in Prague, Nebraska, USA .  The car is reputed to be a circa 1903 Pabian, although the build date appears to be somewhat in doubt, as one reference says 1897, while another says “early 1900's”.

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Re: PN #444
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2013, 03:59:01 AM »
yes, this is good enough for a point. Today the car is in the Mahy collection in Belgium
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Re: Solved: PN #444 -- John Pabian's home-built car, early 1900s
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2020, 06:48:55 AM »
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