Early Automotive Ennui #500 - Rumsey Electric Company, Limited, 1910

Otto Puzzell · July 03, 2013, 06:52:18 AM

For one point: Name That Car!

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Otto Puzzell · July 14, 2013, 04:38:22 AM

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ropat53 · July 14, 2013, 10:04:10 AM

1914 Saxon at the Christening of Lincoln Highway. Jay Croker and Fred Wilson traveled across the Continent in 30 Days arriving in San Francisco on the 4th of July.

Otto Puzzell · July 15, 2013, 04:16:57 AM

Not exactly

ropat53 · July 15, 2013, 10:26:39 AM

1915 Saxon roadster

Otto Puzzell · July 15, 2013, 01:02:35 PM

No sold as a Saxon, nor by Saxon, though I suspect it started life as a Saxon.

ropat53 · July 15, 2013, 02:12:25 PM

I can't find anything about Saxon built under license, they were originally made by Chalmers but always carried the Saxon name.
Was it made outside USA?

Otto Puzzell · July 15, 2013, 03:35:24 PM

It's from the US.

ropat53 · July 15, 2013, 11:03:52 PM

I give up, I've been unable to find any other car maker that made an exact copy of the 1914 Saxon Model A roadster.
I found Saxons were built at the former Abbott-Detroit and later at the former Scripps-Booth factories but that's all that connects these names. If the puzzle car was a Saxon it would be 1914, because by 1915 the gas cowl head lamps had been replaced by standard front mounted electric lights.
Below is a picture of a 1914 Saxon Model A roadster and I can't find a single difference with the puzzle car other than the lack of a speedometer gear on the right front wheel, even the emblem on the radiator looks the same.

Otto Puzzell · July 16, 2013, 08:22:24 AM

The non-automotive site from which I pulled this (cropped) picture may be incorrect. But the part of the photo that is cropped-out seems to corroborate their identification of the car.

Since it's either a modified, licensed or copied Saxon, I've given you a point.

Another point is on offer for anyone who can identify what's missing in this picture, and therefor, the rest of the story.

Otto Puzzell · July 20, 2013, 04:31:36 AM

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Wendax · July 20, 2013, 02:36:56 PM

Any connection to the Jno D Woodhouse Co?

Otto Puzzell · July 21, 2013, 04:24:55 AM

No sir.

Otto Puzzell · July 27, 2013, 06:33:18 AM

I'm shocked that there are no current guesses about this one.

pnegyesi · July 29, 2013, 01:58:04 AM

is the non-automotive site a daily?

Otto Puzzell · July 29, 2013, 03:22:28 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on July 29, 2013, 01:58:04 AM
is the non-automotive site a daily?

No sir

pnegyesi · July 29, 2013, 03:31:10 AM

is the non-automotive site a picture archive?

Otto Puzzell · July 29, 2013, 04:23:05 AM

Information in a variety of formats, including photographs, is featured.

pnegyesi · July 29, 2013, 04:35:52 AM

a photo library?

Otto Puzzell · July 29, 2013, 05:19:21 AM

The site includes many searchable photographs.

pnegyesi · July 29, 2013, 05:24:09 AM

is the site related to a university?

Otto Puzzell · July 29, 2013, 05:28:54 AM

No.

A substantial clue was proffered in an earlier posting.

pnegyesi · July 29, 2013, 06:17:23 AM

an archive of a newspaper which has recently been put online?

Otto Puzzell · July 29, 2013, 06:34:34 AM

No sire.

The clue I referred to preceded your source guesses.

D-type · August 01, 2013, 05:51:01 PM

Was it named Abbott-Detroit or Scripps-Booth?

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Early Automotive Ennui #500 - Rumsey Electric Company, Limited, 1910