Some kind of Towncar and other cars, circa 1907 @ Fortuna CA-Photo

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 07:42 am:


Hanson Furniture and the Lane House is the description.

Herb


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Royce in Dallas TX on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 07:52 am:

It looks a lot like the Knox town car in the Nethercutt Museum.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Horlick on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 10:13 am:

Nice photo, I love seeing all those Locomobiles, the best selling car at the time.

I think the car mentioned is actually a 1903 White Model C or a 1904 Model D rear entrance tonneau.

Look under the front seat, I don't think the Knox had that air intake there. Look at the rear seat configuration, I think it is definitely a rear entrance, not a Town car.



The top of the hood is the same shape as the white. In '03-'04 the engine lived up there with the condenser, but the steam generator was under the front seat so the air had to go in there. This car was really advanced for the time, it had shaft drive instead of the chains then common to most cars.

Here is Blazic's Model C


TH


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By David Dewey, N. California on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 11:35 am:

I'm guessing, but left to right I think it's:
Oldsmobile, White, unknown, Locomobile, Oldsmobile.
The White & Loco are steamers, and the unknown looks like it might be a steam car (horizontal exhaust tube behind the seat back-I THINK.
Anyone around Fortuna today with a pic of the building (assuming it is still standing)
T'
David D.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Erik Johnson on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 12:39 pm:

The car at the far right appears to be a Northern, which is basically a a clone of the curve-dash Oldsmobile (note the two long springs on each side of the body that ran from front to back, just like an Oldsmobile).

Charles King designed the Northern. Previously, he had been chief designer with Oldsmobile. After he and Jonathon Maxwell left Oldsmobile, they founded the Northern Manufacturing Company.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Bernard, San Buenaventura, Calif on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 12:46 pm:

Looks like there's enough space under that hood to install an ever-popular 350/350 combo!


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Hal Schedler, Sacramento on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 01:47 pm:

Does this help or hinder?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By A. J. "Art" Bell on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 02:52 pm:


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Terry Horlick on Thursday, May 03, 2012 - 08:44 pm:

I love how the CDO passengers are using the tiller for a lap robe hanger.
TH


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Dennis Halpin on Friday, May 04, 2012 - 06:45 am:

In 1907, I'll bet that's every car in town. A turn of the century 'car show'. :-)


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Gilbert V. I. Fitzhugh on Friday, May 04, 2012 - 07:33 am:

I suspect that picture's earlier than 1907 - closer to 1903. Cars were improving dramatically in those days, and their numbers were growing quickly. It strikes me as unlikely that a town prosperous enough to have that many cars in 1903 would still be driving them - AND NO NEWER ONES - four years later.

Gil Fitzhugh, Morristown, NJ


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