Author Topic: Solved: gte4289_99 -- 1920 AV Bi-car (Read 613 times)

gte4289 · « **on:** January 14, 2019, 02:34:13 PM »

Please identify this car for a point:

Lavrakas · « **Reply #1 on:** January 18, 2019, 04:54:17 PM »

Is this an AV Monocar of about 1919, or is that too obvious?

gte4289 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 18, 2019, 07:04:52 PM »

Quote from: Lavrakas on January 18, 2019, 04:54:17 PM

Is this an AV Monocar of about 1919, or is that too obvious?

Correct make, wrong model. 24-hour lock for you to identify the correct model.

Lavrakas · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2019, 04:46:48 AM »

The Runabout. You could just about get two people in it.

gte4289 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2019, 07:02:19 PM »

Quote from: Lavrakas on January 19, 2019, 04:46:48 AM

The Runabout. You could just about get two people in it.

This is neither the Monocar of 1919, nor the Runabout of 1921. Due to my late reply, still locked for you to identify the correct model.

Lavrakas · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2019, 05:34:02 AM »

By elimination, it would have to be the B-Car with the tandem seat covered over.

Lavrakas · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2019, 11:28:14 AM »

I meant to say Bi-Car!

gte4289 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2019, 12:16:00 PM »

Quote from: Lavrakas on January 21, 2019, 11:28:14 AM

I meant to say Bi-Car!

The point is yours! I should clarify, however...

The three models produced were:

Monocar (production beginning 1919; 30" wide; single-seater)
Bi-car (production beginning 1920; 36" wide; described as a two-seater with passenger(s) "behind the driver")
Runabout (production beginning 1921; 42" wide; described as a two-seater with "side by side" seating)

As the images below indicate, seating in the "A.V. Bi-car" or "Two-Seater" was not tandem. The wider passenger's seat was located to the side of, yet slightly behind the driver's seat. I am also including an image which is said to depict the "Runabout." While there are notable differences between the Bi-car and Runabout, the seating arrangement actually appears to be similar, if not identical.