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Solved TGF-444: Doble first steam powered buckboard, about 1906.
« on: December 23, 2014, 04:13:02 AM »
Can you tell me what's this and who's the man at the wheel?
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2014, 04:38:37 AM »
up.
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2014, 12:06:25 PM »
Manufactured in Europe?
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2014, 12:11:36 PM »
Not European.
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2014, 12:35:31 PM »
Looks US American to me...
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #5 on: December 30, 2014, 01:10:31 PM »
Yes, USA.
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #6 on: December 30, 2014, 01:17:42 PM »
Steam powered?
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #7 on: December 30, 2014, 04:52:16 PM »
Yes.
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #8 on: December 30, 2014, 06:24:47 PM »
Is the driver (builder?) a known name in the auto industry?
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #9 on: December 30, 2014, 08:10:01 PM »
Brothers Warren and Bill Doble in their earliest steam car. Together, they assembled a little buckboard between 1906 and 1909 while still in high school, using components salvaged from a wrecked White but incorporating an engine of their own design
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #10 on: December 30, 2014, 08:19:53 PM »
You got it ropat, I got hung up on Abner and forgot about Warren & Bill!  :thumbsup:
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Re: TGF-444
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2014, 05:21:20 AM »
Quote from: ropat53 on December 30, 2014, 08:10:01 PM
Brothers Warren and Bill Doble in their earliest steam car. Together, they assembled a little buckboard between 1906 and 1909 while still in high school, using components salvaged from a wrecked White but incorporating an engine of their own design
That's perfect! As soon as possible I will post the unmolested picture.
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