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Solved: GTE 458 - Svensson 1912
« on: March 26, 2021, 10:49:07 PM »
Please identify this car for a point.

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Re: GTE 458
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2021, 07:34:26 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 458
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2021, 04:55:45 PM »
North of Europe?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: GTE 458
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2021, 05:03:39 PM »
Looks like a Grout Steam Car, but with unoriginal wheels. Circa 1904?

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Re: GTE 458
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2021, 04:26:08 AM »
1912 Svensson (Sweden)

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Re: GTE 458
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2022, 05:01:21 AM »
Yes, that is correct!
The source says: "At the wheel sits master builder Erik Svensson, Åbbåsen in Oviken, Jämtland. He had designed and built the car himself. It was registered in 1912 and given the registration number Z11, but the car had then been in use for a couple of years. The engine used was 2-cylinder, 8 horsepower, and came from Cudell Motoren Gesellschaft in Berlin. The body was made of sheet metal on a wooden frame. The picture also shows Erik's father. Unfortunately, Erik Svensson died in 1914, when he was only 28 years old."

Thanks for the hint, Fedor!