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From the January 5, 1907 issue of "Ciencia Popular", a science magazine published in Barcelona - these are the earliest pedal cars I have ever seen. There is no company (or country) named in the article, but the ones with the sloped hood could be Renaults, and the others (except the racer) may be styled after the French Mors cars.

 

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Elbert Hall's V8 Comet, it's been posted before but I just realised the name is probably a play on words, Hall's Comet vs Halley's Comet. Halley's Comet made an appearance in 1910.

 

Apparently there is an article on the Hall Comet in the March-April 1975 issue of Antique Automobile. Would anyone have a copy of this?

 

 

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On 12/17/2023 at 6:12 AM, John E. Guitar said:

Elbert Hall's V8 Comet, it's been posted before but I just realised the name is probably a play on words, Hall's Comet vs Halley's Comet. Halley's Comet made an appearance in 1910.

 

Apparently there is an article on the Hall Comet in the March-April 1975 issue of Antique Automobile. Would anyone have a copy of this?

 

 

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Is the frame wood or armored wood?  The engine is Hall but curious what the rest of this car was made from, I doubt they made everything from scratch?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1 hour ago, nzcarnerd said:

Sydney Australia in 1937. Most cars readily identifiable except the car at lower left of the photo.

 

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For those not from Sydney this is a morning shot (probably peak hour) showing people driving south into the city from the North Shore (a wealthier part of Sydney). The cars are banked up to pay the bridge toll. 

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19 hours ago, John E. Guitar said:

For those not from Sydney this is a morning shot (probably peak hour) showing people driving south into the city from the North Shore (a wealthier part of Sydney). The cars are banked up to pay the bridge toll. 

Is that a circa 1933 Mopar with a local roadster body behind the '35 Ford?

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4 hours ago, twin6 said:

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Cadillac V-63 coach, a new addition to the V-63 line for 1925. Priced at $3185, the same price as all of the open models according to The Standard Catalog. Nickel plated radiator and headlights became standard that year. The 1925 weights are not quoted in the book but probably in the area of 4400lb, going by the 1924 figures. Tyre size quoted is 33 x 5 but they look fatter than that. For 1926 the coach became the brougham.

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