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Solved NIC#184 = 1915 Gadabout Model G
« on: April 28, 2014, 06:31:56 AM »
Year, make and model, please.
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Re: NIC #184
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2014, 05:37:01 AM »
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Re: NIC #184
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2014, 05:49:42 AM »
Gadabout Model G from 1915
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Re: NIC #184
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2014, 06:44:04 AM »
Quote from: Majeko on May 14, 2014, 05:49:42 AM
Gadabout Model G from 1915

Exactly correct. I can't help thinking that wicker bodywork would have been uncomfortable against bare flesh, and maybe would have smelled in wet weather.
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Re: Solved NIC#184 = 1915 Gadabout Model G
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2014, 07:42:58 AM »
I recognize this picture from Georgano. Has anyone else ever seen a different picture of this car?
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Re: Solved NIC#184 = 1915 Gadabout Model G
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2014, 07:56:59 AM »
I just found this - the company existed for 2 years 1915-16, and in the latter year they replaced the wicker body with a normal steel item.
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Re: NIC #184
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2014, 10:05:09 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 14, 2014, 06:44:04 AM
Quote from: Majeko on May 14, 2014, 05:49:42 AM
Gadabout Model G from 1915

Exactly correct. I can't help thinking that wicker bodywork would have been uncomfortable against bare flesh, and maybe would have smelled in wet weather.

In those days the ladies didn't wear minidresses...... At least not in public ;)
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Re: Solved NIC#184 = 1915 Gadabout Model G
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2014, 08:22:45 AM »
One car encyclopedia describes the original wickerwork car as "looking like a mobile wastebasket."  ;D
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