Re: 1917

Posted by John Harley On 2010/1/9 22:21:02

Friends


I remember reading a defense of assembled cars as collector cars. It pointed out that they were often easier to restore since the mechanical parts were shared with so many other makes. New engine parts are still available from Continental, for example. I guess this vindicates the plantiff in that court case.

The Elcar ( 1916-31) was the last name given to a string of carriage and motor car businesses of the Pratt brothers. The other names used were Pratt and Pratt_Elkhart. They started out manufacturing carriages and selling them 'direct", i.e. mail order. The highest production year was just under 1900 cars, which was less than Henry Ford was building on one day at about the same time. For a while a substantial portion of the production was taxi cabs

The Pratt brothers sold the company to former Auburn executives in 1921, which meant they didn't have to deal with the Depression....

Regards

John Harley