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02-03-2012, 01:51 PM
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Location: Keosauqua, Iowa
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Whoa, I didn't know that was part of the deal! But here's a midwestern make that's pretty rare, I'll be impressed if anyone gets it.
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02-03-2012, 02:48 PM
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looks like the sedan version of the previous Mercer 
1910 burg SIACC - Auto-Biography - 1910 Burg Touring
Pic info kinda gave it away..
Pic of the car seems to have disappeared 
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02-04-2012, 02:59 AM
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Heres one to start off the day..
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02-04-2012, 06:05 AM
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Location: Austin, TX
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^^ Isn't that a Kaiser-Darrin Roadster?
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02-04-2012, 07:21 AM
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^^ Isn't that a Kaiser-Darrin Roadster?
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Yup!
A Kaiser-Darrin it is!
Time for asubram to post a picture. |
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02-04-2012, 10:37 AM
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^^ Isn't that a Kaiser-Darrin Roadster?
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They thought they were going to rival the Corvette with that car but instead went out of business.. |
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02-04-2012, 11:48 AM
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Like Hudson, the probable reason why Kaiser's sales lagged and they went out of business, was their failure to develop or adopt a V-8.
In most cases, as the horsepower race got into full swing in the early '50s, manufacturers with only six-cylinder engines soon developed V-8s .
Those who were still using straight-8s, soon replaced them with more modern V-designs.
The companies that did not develop or adopt V-8s were the ones that went out of business in the '50s.
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02-04-2012, 12:04 PM
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Location: Southern Arizona
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They thought they were going to rival the Corvette with that car but instead went out of business..
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Kinda sad too, Jambo . . . as with the Tucker, the Darrin was ahead of it's time in many ways. |
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02-04-2012, 12:34 PM
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Speaking of long lost auto companies,i wonder what they'd be making today..eh
http://www.sialtv.com/images/2011/10/Worlds-oldest-car-sells-for-4.6-million.jpg (broken link)
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02-04-2012, 01:53 PM
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Hint? The world's oldest running car,
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