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The car on the left is a 1907 Mitchell.

I believe it is an Oldsmobile. The radiator shape and hubcaps are correct for an Olds. With that said, it looks like a non-factory body. The engine is a 4 cylinder, but the hood length and the large distance between the rear of the engine and the firewall is very odd.

I am a member of the HCCA and own a brass era car. One of the best things about the HCCA is the Gazette magazine. It is a great magazine dedicated to the brass era vehicle through year 1915. You suggest that consolidating under the AACA would eliminate the high cost of individual club magazines. However, the Gazette is one of the best features of having HCCA dedicated only to the brass era. If the HCCA was just an organization under the AACA umbrella, I believe there would be very little focus on brass era cars and the benefits that have been enjoyed through the HCCA would rapidly go away. AACA in my opinion covers such a large year range of vehicles (over 100 years now), the brass era would get lost and receive very little attention.

1906 Aerocar

I believe the car towing the airplane is an Aerocar. If you look at the logo for the Aerocar automobile, it looks like what appears on the radiator in the photo.

The Stone Mountain Antique Car and Treasure Museum was actioned off in March, 2009. "The Antique Car Museum at Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park was opened in 1963 by Tommy Protsman and his son Bobby to showcase their private collection of antiques and cars. With nearly four decades of experience under its belt, the museum housed forty antique cars and over 4000 interesting antiques. The museum included such rare cars as a 1948 Tucker and a 1928 Martin. Voted by Car Collector Magazine as one of the top ten car museums with fifty cars or less, the museum was a must see destination for all car lovers and antique connoisseurs. Why was it that way? Because in December 2008 Bobby Protsman had to close the museum and put the entire contents up for auction. The auction is slated for March 21-22, 2009 with a public viewing on March 20, 2009"

Possibly a Regal Underslung.

The car in the foreground in the third photo is a Rambler, probably around 1909 or 1910.

Also agree that it is an Overland.

I think that it is very likely with the government leading the way on making anyone who wants to use a gasoline powered car, boat, lawnmower, etc. the "enemy". Just look at cancel culture today and if you choose the "wrong" opinion about certain things you can be absolutely destroyed by the government (Dept. of Justice) and / or social media. Just ask the parents who are trying to protect their children from our over reaching public education system. It use to be called "freedom" to make our own choices. Now we are enemies of the government if we want to exercise our freedoms.

"There are companies now converting high dollar classics to EV". Converting a "high dollar" classic to an EV would actually destroy the value of the car. I can't imagine anyone doing that. Matching numbers and authenticity are absolutely necessary to maintain the value of any high dollar car. Replacing the IC engine with an electric motor would significantly affect the value. The only EV conversions I can imagine would be on cars that are not "high dollar".

At the beginning of the auto industry in the last century, I don't believe the government subsidized the automobile in the marketplace. There were hundreds of car manufacturers that failed and many people lost lots of money. The current EV market is being significantly subsidized by the Biden Administration and some state governments with purchasing incentives, money to build charging stations, tax incentives for businesses, etc. When the market is ultimately able to choose, we will really see if EVs will make it or not.

Definitely Overland, not sure of the model.

Henry Ford did change the future. He just did it the most economical, practical, fastest way possible last century with a gasoline automobile!

I think GE's info is just wrong. The stats for 1900 and 1917 can't be the same. EVs have never, ever been very widely used even going back to the turn of last century. I'm afraid there are too many people in the media that are trying to put out erroneous historical info today to try to sway the public toward EVs. If the American people want EVs, then the market place, not the White House, not the media, not bogus climate change propaganda will make it happen.