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1910 OLDSMOBILE SPECIAL 40HP ROADSTER
Identification No. 2037
Yellow with black pinstriping and black leather seats
Engine: four cylinder, c336ci., 40bhp; Gearbox: four-speed manual; Suspension: front, semi-elliptic leaf springs, rear, three-quarter elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: two wheel rear drums. Right hand drive.
Ransom Eli Olds introduced America's first mass-produced automobile just before the turn of the century. It became the biggest selling motor car in the world, and long before the arrival of Henry Ford's Model T, it gave rise to the moving assembly line with cars being pushed along on their wheels for components to be added by successive groups of workmen. The Olds also inspired one of the first motoring songs, 'In My Merry Oldsmobile' (1905).
The first car to bear the Oldsmobile name rolled off the new Lansing, Michigan assembly line in 1901. It had a single horizontal cylinder of just 1,565cc, two-speed epicyclic transmission and single chain drive. The front of the body curved up to form the dash, hence the name 'Curved Dash'. By 1905 Oldsmobile started to introduce two-cylinder vehicles, followed in 1906 by their first four-cylinder model. Throughout the early history of the company, all vehicles produced were of an open nature, such as a runabout, touring or roadster and they often had a sporty appearance. In 1906 Harry Miller and Ernest Keeler competed with an Oldsmobile in the Vanderbilt Cup. By 1908 a six-cylinder car had joined the product line and it was in this year that the company became a major division of General Motors.
For 1910 there were two base models to choose from: a four cylinder Special series, or the remarkable Limited series which had a six cylinder engine and was of massive proportions. The Special series came in three body styles: a four-door touring car, a limousine or a roadster, similar to that on offer today. The origins of this car at the time of cataloguing were unknown. It does come with the correct 118" wheelbase for the 1910 Special series, however, the coachwork style almost seems a little later and is not unlike the larger Autocrat roadsters which appeared the following year. This Oldsmobile joined the collection in 1985 from an owner based in Pennsylvania. Condition seems to be very good and it was driving well on a recent short run. No doubt this car will be welcomed on HCCA or VMCA events. With its classic bodystyle from the brass age period with frugal seating, monocle windshield, twin tanks and spares tires behind, artillery wheels and plenty of brass embellishments (the lamps are Gray & Davis), it cannot fail to evoke images of fast summer motoring and plenty of wind in the hair fun and excitement!
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Identification No. 2037
Yellow with black pinstriping and black leather seats
Engine: four cylinder, c336ci., 40bhp; Gearbox: four-speed manual; Suspension: front, semi-elliptic leaf springs, rear, three-quarter elliptic leaf springs; Brakes: two wheel rear drums. Right hand drive.
Ransom Eli Olds introduced America's first mass-produced automobile just before the turn of the century. It became the biggest selling motor car in the world, and long before the arrival of Henry Ford's Model T, it gave rise to the moving assembly line with cars being pushed along on their wheels for components to be added by successive groups of workmen. The Olds also inspired one of the first motoring songs, 'In My Merry Oldsmobile' (1905).
The first car to bear the Oldsmobile name rolled off the new Lansing, Michigan assembly line in 1901. It had a single horizontal cylinder of just 1,565cc, two-speed epicyclic transmission and single chain drive. The front of the body curved up to form the dash, hence the name 'Curved Dash'. By 1905 Oldsmobile started to introduce two-cylinder vehicles, followed in 1906 by their first four-cylinder model. Throughout the early history of the company, all vehicles produced were of an open nature, such as a runabout, touring or roadster and they often had a sporty appearance. In 1906 Harry Miller and Ernest Keeler competed with an Oldsmobile in the Vanderbilt Cup. By 1908 a six-cylinder car had joined the product line and it was in this year that the company became a major division of General Motors.
For 1910 there were two base models to choose from: a four cylinder Special series, or the remarkable Limited series which had a six cylinder engine and was of massive proportions. The Special series came in three body styles: a four-door touring car, a limousine or a roadster, similar to that on offer today. The origins of this car at the time of cataloguing were unknown. It does come with the correct 118" wheelbase for the 1910 Special series, however, the coachwork style almost seems a little later and is not unlike the larger Autocrat roadsters which appeared the following year. This Oldsmobile joined the collection in 1985 from an owner based in Pennsylvania. Condition seems to be very good and it was driving well on a recent short run. No doubt this car will be welcomed on HCCA or VMCA events. With its classic bodystyle from the brass age period with frugal seating, monocle windshield, twin tanks and spares tires behind, artillery wheels and plenty of brass embellishments (the lamps are Gray & Davis), it cannot fail to evoke images of fast summer motoring and plenty of wind in the hair fun and excitement!
WITHOUT RESERVE
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