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GTE 687
« on: November 22, 2024, 12:41:05 AM »
No need to identify the make, nor the coachbuilder. This car has been accessorized. For a point, please identify the highly-visible accessory and it's manufacturer.

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2024, 02:33:03 PM »
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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2024, 03:26:25 PM »
Do I see a radio on the running board?
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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2024, 03:47:30 PM »
Do I see a radio on the running board?
I'm not sure what that curious contraption on the running board is, but that's not the accessory. It's something much larger.

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2024, 08:09:19 PM »
Aftermarket limousine top for touring car body?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2024, 08:12:29 PM »
Aftermarket limousine top for touring car body?
The top is the accessory.

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2024, 09:01:51 PM »
Detachable limousine top by Bohnet?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2024, 09:05:59 PM »
Detachable limousine top by Bohnet?
Not Bohnet

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2024, 09:08:29 PM »
Haynes?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2024, 09:20:02 PM »

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2024, 09:22:34 PM »
McAllister?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2024, 09:58:42 PM »

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2024, 10:00:18 PM »
By a well-known coachbuilder?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2024, 10:59:57 PM »
By a well-known coachbuilder?
Not what I would call a coachbuilder.

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2024, 09:44:55 PM »
Adams-Williams Manufacturing Company of New York?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2024, 10:21:02 PM »
Adams-Williams Manufacturing Company of New York?
No

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #16 on: November 26, 2024, 12:18:06 PM »
Detroit Weatherproof Body Company?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #17 on: November 26, 2024, 12:20:14 PM »
Detroit Weatherproof Body Company?
No

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #18 on: November 26, 2024, 05:24:32 PM »
Anchor Top and Body Co., Cincinnati?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #19 on: November 26, 2024, 05:27:47 PM »
Anchor Top and Body Co., Cincinnati?
No

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #20 on: November 26, 2024, 09:15:26 PM »
I have several more American manufacturers of these tops.  Is it American?

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2024, 09:16:49 PM »
I have several more American manufacturers of these tops.  Is it American?
It's not American.

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Re: GTE 687
« Reply #22 on: December 28, 2024, 06:31:22 PM »
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