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07-18-2012, 12:24 PM | #1 |
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What kind of car is this?
A friend just asked me what this is and I'm not sure. Any ideas? The plates are Calif 31.
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07-18-2012, 12:33 PM | #2 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Baker?
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07-18-2012, 12:33 PM | #3 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
X2 Baker Electric
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07-18-2012, 12:42 PM | #4 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
I think you guys are right. I just looked up some pics on the web and I think you nailed it. Thanks.
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07-18-2012, 12:43 PM | #5 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
I am not seeing a handle for the front lid, like my friends Baker, so I will say Detroit maybe?
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07-18-2012, 12:48 PM | #6 |
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07-18-2012, 12:57 PM | #7 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
The front bumper hooked to the springs and Headlight supports look non Detroit too, so I will look a bit more.
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07-18-2012, 01:24 PM | #8 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
It is an electric though, right?
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07-18-2012, 01:38 PM | #9 |
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07-18-2012, 02:13 PM | #10 |
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I stand corrected, kpreed nailed it, Detroit Electric.
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07-18-2012, 03:31 PM | #11 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Just as an addition
The one with the rear "hood" off is a Baker Electric and the (nicer) one near the wall is an Oldsmobile Electric. Last edited by Bruce Adams; 07-18-2012 at 03:32 PM. Reason: spell check |
07-18-2012, 03:33 PM | #12 |
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I think my friend was testing me. It is in fact a Detroit. It is in the Nethercutt Collection in SoCal. Nethercutt was a client of the friend who asked me. Here's a link to the cars history.http://www.nethercuttcollection.org/...uisitions.aspx
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07-18-2012, 03:33 PM | #13 |
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Thanks all for the replies.
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07-18-2012, 04:06 PM | #14 |
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I went thru the nethercutt tour years ago. Very nice collection. Huell Houser did a tour a couple of years ago. I met Nethercott years ago when he was taking 4 of his cars out on a "invite only tour" in northern calif. Nice old guy and liked to let everyone enjoy his cars.
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07-18-2012, 05:14 PM | #15 |
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Re: What kind of car is this?
Guess what Clara Ford drove?
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07-18-2012, 06:54 PM | #16 |
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Gordon Williams, an antique automobile restorer from Harvard, Illinois, finished restoring a Detroit Electric just before his death last August.
He equiped it with lithiom-ion batteries to save weight and increase battery durability. That car had dual controls enabling it to be driven from either the front or back seat. |
07-18-2012, 08:50 PM | #17 |
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Simas brothers in Oakland used to have one of these
he used to drive around in for advertising i believe he had a plymouth 6 in it ,no batteries |
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07-19-2012, 01:21 AM | #19 |
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There are actually two Nethercutt Museums. They are across the street from each other and admission is FREE. The Tower Of Beauty is a guided tour that I believe starts at 10AM. you go through several floors of the late Mr. Nethercutt's building filled with cars, Lalique Crystal, Coin operated machines, and Organs.
The other museum is a large single floor building that is a self guided tour. Housed inside are somewhere around 200 vehicles, a research library and friendly employees. http://www.classics.com/nthct.html http://www.nethercuttcollection.org/...e=collectibles
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So how come electric cars of the era had curved glass yet the gasoline driven cars had flat glass?
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