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ckosacranoid Dork
9/9/10 7:51 p.m.

i seen this car at the downtown car show and got to talk to the owner for alittle while. its a clone made in 1960 to mark nash's 50 b-day. they where made in a limited number and sent to dealers that year. i am not sure if its marked as a 1960 or a 1902. bu the car is based on a 1902 car made by the jeffery compnay out of kenosaha wisconsin. i can dig up a pic from a book shoing something like this is you want to see what it looked like back in the day. i did end up following the owner from the show back to his detail shop across town to give him a lift back to the show. he also said he owns a 1908 olds curved dash andsevral model t's also talking to him. he is quite the car guy from what i can get. hewas really cool about moving the car to get some nice shots of it also.

aeronca65t Dork
9/10/10 3:29 a.m.

There is a ton of info on horseless carriage replicas ~Here~.

We built a very simple "buggy" five years ago and have used in many, many parades and other events. It's not real "correct" but it only took a few evenings to build it and we've had a hoot with it. We been in the Morristown St. Patrick's Day parade with it for the last five years (a huge invitation-only NJ parade). Here's our "buggy" (first picture below). Our local Oldsmobile dealer (now GMC/Cadillac) has a nice Curved Dash Olds replica that was built in the '60s (second picture below).

RossD Dork
9/10/10 10:04 a.m.

If I was going to do something in the spirit of an homage rather than a replica, I'd rather do a cycle kart:

But those horseless carriages are neat, too.

ckosacranoid Dork
9/11/10 11:40 p.m.

i read something about the olds repop being built in the 60's also. not sure where i read about it though.some cool cars for the idea though

aeronca65t Dork
9/12/10 5:37 a.m.

^^^^ Canoe!! ^^^^

Luke SuperDork
9/12/10 6:21 a.m.

In reply to RossD:

Awesome!

aeronca65t Dork
9/12/10 7:34 a.m.

Yes, yes....cycle karts are also cool!

http://www.cyclekarts.com/

914Driver SuperDork
9/12/10 8:20 a.m.

Went to the Tugboat Roundup yesterday; wifey wants to build one of these.

ckosacranoid Dork
9/13/10 8:50 p.m.

914Driver wrote: Went to the Tugboat Roundup yesterday; wifey wants to build one of these.

need to add wheels and drivetrain to power it, but then you can just drive it around and then into the water and you dont need a trialer that way....go for it.....hehehhehehe