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Bob Lamond has asked me to post here his recent email to fellow Brush Owners so that this gets his request out to possibly even more Brush Owners who should have their Brush included in his 2016 project . Please pass this information on to every Brush owner that you know.
 
"G’day fellow Brush Owners
         Yes this is a donation request - a request for 2 to 4 hours of your time this month - to prepare and send me - by 30 November 2015 - a page on your Brush – A 4 page  FORMAT – top 50% high resolution photo of your Brush,
 preferably with you in or by it, bottom 50% as follows - first line in bold Times New Roman 16 - an example -1910 Brush D24 Eng. No. 12,151. Owner Robert (Bob) A Lamond 
second line in bold TNR 14 - an example -  267 Upper Piambong Rd. Piambong 2850, AUSTRALIA, lamond2@bigpond.com , 61 0409712101 -If you want privacy I suggest name and email address.
Remainder of the page in TNR 14- not bold - justify text - leave one line space from second line - your knowledge of the history of your Brush including say a photo prior to restoration, 

 knowledge of original owner, major expeditions, problems you have solved, long runs etc. etc.

Your Donation will help us produce - in 2016 “The Brush Runabout Everyman’s Car 1907 to 1913” as a tribute to Alanson Partridge Brush and his Brush Runabouts,
 - it will contain A P Brush history, Brush models history and historic photos, Models and historic literature, Historic Expeditions, a Catalogue of all surviving Brush cars. 
This Catalogue will contain a photo of each car, preferably with the owner pictured, plus the car’s unique history. 
 

   BACKGROUND – Hi my name is Bob Lamond, Brush Enthusiast, Australian, two 1910 Brush, one with 1907 2 cyl. Brush Engine and one 1917 T Ford roaster - I volunteered to prepare this Volume on an honorary basis and provide the initial finance, as an infinitesimal payback for 37 years enjoyment driving my 1910 D26 in, around and across Australia. I received enthusiastic responses from Brush owners in Australia (23), John Guy of The Brush Owners Association USA and Editor of The Brush Runabout,   John C Meyer 111, Editor of Horseless Carriage Gazette,Charles Stokes Creator and Editor of the Un-Official Brush Owners Club and every Brush owner I have contacted in my world wide research.   My initial contact with several museums has also been positive and cooperative. John C Meyer 111, Editor of Horseless Carriage Gazette has copied me with a list of 450+ one time Brush owners and around 160 engine nos. he compiled over time up to August 2015.

They have confirmed my believe that “IT’s TIME” for we Brush owners to honour A P Brush & our Brush Runabouts in this manner. I welcome your commitment and ask you to forward me any historic photos or model information you may have.
 

Copies will be available to Brush enthusiasts and Museums/Historical Organisations throughout the world the only cost being printing and postage.   Initial estimate of printing cost is AUS $37             

 I have completed the rough draft of the first 4 sections of the Volume - APB history, Brush history and historic photos, Models and historic advertisements & literature, Historic Expeditions -  John Guy of TBR is sending me a stick of all the accumulated records and photos and, after updating my draft material, he and Andrew McDougall, Aussie Brush owner will do an edit. After edit I will condense them to our plan of around 40 double-sided pages.

     This Volume will be a fantastic historic record of the Brush Runabouts for the future – with your help it will be supercalafragelisticxpaladosios ! !

 Cheers

  Bob

Bob Lamond 0409 712 101

“Solbakken” 267 Upper Piambong Rd
Piambong 2850 Australia lamond2@bigpond.com       "
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