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Solved: PN #1139 -- Highwheeler by Ole A. Bjella, 1906
« on: July 02, 2018, 12:15:21 AM »
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2018, 03:21:02 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2018, 10:58:08 AM »
The American Highwheeler was built surprisingly late and in surprisingly large numbers.
That could be a Holsman built as late as 1910, but other makes were available!
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2018, 11:28:06 AM »
not a Holsman, several degrees more obscure
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2018, 01:35:37 AM »
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2018, 06:00:22 AM »
no
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #6 on: July 10, 2018, 07:09:40 AM »
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2018, 11:23:23 AM »
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2018, 06:55:47 AM »
"Pappy, is it true there's no brakes on this thing?"

"Sure is true, son. Like I said, just get ready t'jump when Hizzonner the Mayor steps out into the road with the chek't flag...!"

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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2018, 11:35:40 AM »
 ;D ;D :lmao:
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2018, 07:49:43 AM »
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2018, 12:38:16 PM »
Built by an individual. There is a page devoted to this car
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2018, 01:14:51 AM »
Bjella 1906
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Re: PN #1139
« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2018, 11:04:19 AM »
Indeed, The unique high wheeler pictured here was made by Ole A. Bjella, a blacksmith in McIntosh, Minnesota, He is a brother of Asle and Tollef Bjella of Epping, North Dakota. The automobile was completed in 1906.
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