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Solved: PN #617 -- John Wickström in his Caloric I, 1899
« on: March 02, 2014, 01:16:14 PM »
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #1 on: March 09, 2014, 02:07:37 PM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #2 on: March 09, 2014, 04:17:32 PM »
Electric car from the USA?

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Re: PN #617
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2014, 04:29:53 PM »
this car was made in the USA (though the builder's history is a bit more complex) and it was not electric
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2014, 02:06:16 PM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2014, 03:18:37 PM »
Steam powered?

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Re: PN #617
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2014, 03:43:01 PM »
no
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2014, 04:02:05 PM »
Manufactured before 1901?

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Re: PN #617
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2014, 04:15:40 PM »
yes
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2014, 04:48:33 PM »
Any relations with Hungary?

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Re: PN #617
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2014, 05:14:08 PM »
nothing
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #11 on: March 16, 2014, 05:41:39 PM »
John Wickström in his Caloric I with wife Ida and children Werner and Sigrid in 1899. Considered one of three of America’s automobile pioneers USA
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Re: PN #617
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2014, 11:00:36 PM »
I really new it, just could not remember where I saw it recently..! Well done!

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Re: PN #617
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2014, 01:05:23 AM »
nothing to add but a point
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