PFindlay Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) Any ideas what this car is? Photo taken in Easton, PA. Edited January 20, 2022 by PFindlay (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 https://www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com/1906.htm Looks close to the first car on this page 1906. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariejan NL Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 This is a rare example of the Craig-Toledo roadster, which was built only during the first half of 1907. Fast, reliable, but probably too expensive at $ 4.000,-. It was the only model produced. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Nicely done! What were the main clues to identifying a brand I've never heard of in my 61 years in the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFindlay Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 Wow, nice find. Thank you Ariejan. There are a few body differences so it may be a year or two newer but it certainly looks like a match, especially the front end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Holmberg Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 If you PFindley are looking at the page above AreijanNL at earlyamerikanautomobiles 1906 you will find the very right car and year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariejan NL Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The Craig-Toledo was tested during 8 months in 1906 and described in several magazines end of 1906/beginning 1907. The company went into receivership mid-1907, so it is unlikely that any cars were built later. But indeed a Craig-Toledo was an official tire car during the 1909 NY to Atlanta Good Roads Tour. Apparently still going strong. The only photos I know of Craig-Toledo cars can be found in the Detroit Public Library automotive collection, a true eldorado for the early car historian and still expanding. The car can indeed be found on earlyamericanautomobiles.com, but it that takes a good effort to find it and besides I doubt if you would have recognized the above picture from that source. I use my own archive, which is better organised. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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