Author Topic: OGB-197 Mrs Stuart Duncan Chairmobile 1943 Newport, Rhode Island, USA  (Read 5163 times)

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Please find this three wheeler

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2019, 12:15:36 AM »
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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2019, 07:50:25 AM »
.....anything to do with the Chicago World's Fair of 1931?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2019, 08:23:12 AM »
Not that I'm aware of. It's younger

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2019, 09:43:50 AM »
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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2019, 05:45:21 AM »
But certainly used on a big fair?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2019, 05:52:12 AM »
No, according to my source it was built for this lady

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2019, 12:13:12 PM »
It certainly is a converted Cushman Model 39 delivery scooter:

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2019, 12:45:53 PM »
It could be, but my source doesn't say about the basis

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2019, 12:54:23 PM »
So what do you want to know?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #10 on: March 09, 2019, 12:58:32 PM »
Name and year

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #11 on: March 19, 2019, 07:54:49 PM »
Early 1950s?

By the way, similar concept applied to 50/60 Series:
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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2019, 01:47:02 AM »
Very similar but this one was built in early 1940's

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #13 on: March 24, 2019, 07:27:06 AM »
Was it built in 1942 ?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2019, 08:22:49 AM »
1943

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #15 on: March 24, 2019, 08:24:21 AM »
No, according to my source it was built for this lady

Was this lady famous ?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #16 on: March 24, 2019, 08:31:53 AM »
Not her, her husband, the vehicle was named as Mrs xxxxxx xxxxxx's xxxxxxxxxxx

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #17 on: March 24, 2019, 03:10:00 PM »
Was the husband a businessman ?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #18 on: March 24, 2019, 05:08:50 PM »
Apparently, a famous house designer. As a hint, there's a famous musician (today) with the same name

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #19 on: March 25, 2019, 12:50:38 PM »
Clapton ?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #20 on: March 25, 2019, 01:34:46 PM »
No, according to my source it was built for this lady

Was this lady famous ?
Apparently she was a Society leader

Clapton ?
No, She was american
Apparently, a famous house designer. As a hint, there's a famous musician (today) with the same name
 
I think I made a mistake doing the disambiguation of the husband name. The guy was an aircraft designer
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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #21 on: October 24, 2019, 01:29:33 PM »
To clarify: the husband was an aircraft designer who had the same first and last name as a current American musician, correct?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #22 on: October 28, 2019, 12:46:53 AM »
To clarify: the husband was an aircraft designer who had the same first and last name as a current American musician, correct?
Yes, and there's also more than 10 public figures sharing his name.

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #23 on: October 29, 2019, 08:09:56 AM »
Is the American musician a guitarist ?

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Re: OGB-197 Find this three wheeler
« Reply #24 on: October 29, 2019, 08:38:38 AM »
He plays guitar among other instruments, but it's not his main one