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Post by FreighTer Jim » Thu Oct 21, 2021 3:48 am

Purchased for $5.00 back in 1925
in Reading, Massachusetts 👍

Kept for three generations in the same family.

Recognize what this is ?

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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Thu Oct 21, 2021 4:28 am

Sears!
Likely a model H or a J if I recall correctly?
The much anticipated debut of the Sears coincided with the model T Ford in late 1908 as a 1909 model "Car for the masses"!

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Post by Kaiser » Thu Oct 21, 2021 11:03 am

Sweet, great history too !
When in trouble, do not fear, blame the second engineer ! 8-)
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Post by FreighTer Jim » Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:08 am

Hobart’s Garage was located in Reading. Massachusetts
outside of Boston at 178 Main Street.

Earl G. Hobart bought the property in 1920
and it remained in the family until it was sold
in 1970 by his son.

This is son in front of the garage circa 1938 - 1940 …

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This 1910 Sears Buggy was purchased by
Earl G. Hobart in 1925 for $5.00 and remained
in the same family until recently ….

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Post by TWrenn » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:18 pm

I have a friend who's also a member in our local club who has one of these. Can't remember what year...just k ow its cool as all get out. All original and as such, pretty rough.

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Post by FreighTer Jim » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:35 pm

I will be stopping in Richmond Indiana on Wednesday
afternoon to show this to The Richmond Boyz.

Anyone in the area is welcome to come have a look 👀

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Post by modernbeat » Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:55 pm

TWrenn wrote:
Mon Oct 25, 2021 3:18 pm
I have a friend who's also a member in our local club who has one of these. Can't remember what year...just k ow its cool as all get out. All original and as such, pretty rough.
Also a guy in our Dallas club that has one as a bookend to his Model T collection. He takes it out and runs it.
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Post by Rich Eagle » Mon Oct 25, 2021 5:37 pm

This one participated on the 1984 St. George HCCA 1&2 cyl Tour. It ran quite well.
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The air cooled engine.
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I previously mentioned riding in a 1-cyl Brush that towed it a couple dozen miles. We both had fallen behind the rescue trailer.
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Post by Wayne Sheldon » Tue Oct 26, 2021 5:17 am

I have wanted one of these for a very long time. When I was probably about ten, on one of my grandparent's bookshelves, I discovered a very old hardbound farmer's reference book that had old advertisements in the back. One of the advertisements was for the Sears automobile! I have wanted one ever since!
I have gotten close a couple times. A couple of really bad project piles that I probably wisely decided against. And a couple times, mostly intact cars that were well worth restoring. One, The fellow had two of them. One beautifully restored that was priced way beyond anything I could consider. And the other, rough but intact, and fairly complete. I spent more than an hour looking it over, and a couple more hours looking at the nice one and listening to the old fellow's stories of days gone by. His asking price was a bit high for the rough one, so i left. A couple days later I called him back on the phone. We chatted for a bit, discussed the Sears, and the price. We came to an agreement on a fair compromise, And I made plans to go make the purchase the following week. Two days later, the fellow passed away.
I talked with his son that following week. But he didn't like the price we had agreed upon. I eventually bought another early two cylinder car, not a Sears. I also later found out that after about a year of trying to sell his dad's Sears, the son sold it for less than I had offered.

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