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Curved Dash Oldsmobile C.1902 Cdo Runabout on 2040-cars

US $45,500.00
Year:1902 Mileage:1
Location:

Northallerton, United Kingdom

Northallerton, United Kingdom

Barn Find Curved Dash Oldsmobile C.1902 - 5.5HP model.

We bought the Curved Dash at Auction in May this year from the USA over the phone.

The car was in a 'junk sale' and so the price was pretty good - Too good to miss!

Anyway, we decided there might be a small profit in turning it over 'as is' without restoration and let someone else do any works required.

The car will start but neither the accelerator nor brake linkages are connected so we have been unable to attempt to drive it.

We don't know anything about it's history other than what the bill board image says that came with the car (see photo in the listing) We took this with a pinch of salt also as we don't think it's a prototype but of 1902 manufacture instead.

The car is straight from the barn, it looks like its been stood along time. The body and the engine look original and a storage box has been added to the front of the

Sleigh style body. This can be removed to back to original.

The engine looks like 1902 as the 1903 engine has the large cooling fins. The front and rear axles is also the earlier type leading me believe the car is 1902

The car serial number stamped on the head is in the 9,000 range (Not going to write the serial number online) More pictures are available to serious enquirers. No dreamers please.

The car comes with the associated import docs and UK taxes have been paid so the car could potentially reside here UK registered for the World Famous London - Brighton veteran car run. A UK registration document has been applied for.

The car is situated Nr. Northallerton, North Yorkshire (UK) at my factory. This can be wooden crated and loaded and shipped anywhere in the world pretty much (even Australia) for Circa $1,000.00 to your port.

The car is available for personal viewing. If I've missed anything please just ask. Winning bidder is to pay $1,000 deposit within 24hrs of auction close or it will be offered to the under bidder and complete the transaction within 14-days.

This is the cheapest pre 1904 veteran car you'll see and the cheapest Brighton entry anywhere!

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This Or That: 1980 Oldsmobile 442 vs. 1989 BMW 635CSi [w/poll]

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The last time I roped a coworker into an automotive debate, I lost. Resoundingly, I might add. Still, 2,385 voters chose to cast their lots for the Fiat 500 Abarth, as opposed to 5,273 choosing the Ford Fiesta ST, and so I can rest easy in the knowledge that at least 30 percent of you, dear readers, see things my way. I still like to think we have more fun, too.
My loss in the first round of our This or That series, in which two Autoblog editors pick sides on any given topic and then attempt to explain why the other is completely wrong, didn't stop me from picking another good-natured fight, this time with Senior Editor Seyth Miersma. Last time, our chosen sides were eerily similar in design, albeit quite different in actual execution. This time, our vehicular peculiarities couldn't seemingly fall any further from one another: A 1980 Oldsmobile 442 wouldn't seem to match up in comparison to a 1989 BMW 635CSi.
How did we come up with such disparate contenders? Simple, really. Seyth and I mutually agreed to choose a car that's currently for sale online. It had to be built and sold in the 1980s, and it had to be a coupe. The price cap was set at $10,000. The fruits of our searching labors will henceforth be disputed, with Seyth on the side of the Germans, and myself arguing in favor of the Rocket Olds. Am I setting myself up for another lopsided loss?

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For the sake of perspective, translated to US population, this total recall figure would equal a car for each resident of New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Montana, Delaware, South Dakota, Alaska, North Dakota, the District of Columbia, Vermont and Wyoming. Combined. Here's how it all breaks down:
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