DO YOU REMEMBER?
Do you remember when the 1901 Oidsmobile
was the latest thing in its day? It was designed
for the pace of a hzii century ago, but now when
seen in Museums or other places it is a relic of
"the good old days.”
Scarcely a score remains of the 2200 different
models of automobiles that have been offered to
the American public at one time or another.
Many automobile industries have mushroomed
during the past, and have folded overnight. Just
a few have survived the pressure in a highly
competitive industry.
Some of the surviving names of automobiles are
of recent vintage, such as the Mercury, Lincoln,
Chrysler, Pontiac, Plymouth, and DeSoto. Others
that have been famous for many years are the
Cadillac, Oidsmobile, Buick, Dodge, Studebaker,
Ford, and Packard. Kaiser and Frazer are new
comers as is the Nash Rambler, although the Nash
name has been in the industry for a long time.
The Jeep is the old Willys-Overland.
But, what of the others of the hundreds of
Makes that were once familiar to the American
Public? How many can you remember? Will a
review of some of their names bring back mem
ories of a day departed?
To get started, who remember the Dort, the
Durant, the Oakland, the Gray, the Paige, the
Star, the Moon, the Graham-Paige, the Ricken-
backer, the LaSalle, the Erskine, the Franklin,
the Marquette, the Rockne, the Winton, the Au
burn, the Wills St. Clair, the Peerless, the Pierce-
Arrow, the Marmon, the Hupmobile, the Reo, the
Kissel, the Case, the Cleveland, the Chandler,
the Stutz, the Haynes, the Dusenburg, and the
Willys Knight.
Those were pretty easy for most of you, and
probably many employees remember most of
them. But do you remember these?
The Abbott, Ace, Acme, Allen, Alsace, Ameri
can Bantam, American Mercedes, American Un
derslung, Amplex, Anderson and Autocar.
The Bay State, Ben Hur, Biddle, Birch, Brecht,
Briggs-Detroiter, Briscoe, Browniekar Brush,
Buckmobile, Bush, and the Buffalo Electric.
The Cameron, Chadwick, Colt, Columbia, Com
pound, Conrad Steam Surrey, Courier, Covert
Coyote, Crawford and the Cunningham.
The Dawson, Decauville, DeMotte, DeTamble,
DiDion-Bouton, Dixie, Doble, Dolson and the
Drexel.
The Eagle, Earl, Elcar, Elco, Eldridge (not
Carl Eldridge) and the Empire.
The Ferris and the Flanders.
The Gadabout and the Grant.
The Hanson, Henderson, Herff-Brooks, Holmes,
Huffman and the Hughes.
The Interstate and the Izzer.
The Jackson Eight, Jeffery and the Jewel.
The King Eight, the Kline Kar and the Knox.
The Laurel, Leach, Lewis, Locomobile and the
Logan.
The Marathon, Mason, Mathewson, Maxwell
(Jack Benny still has one), Menges, Mercedes,
Mercedes Benz, Mercer, Meteor, Mitchell, Mo
hawk, Monarch and the Moore.
The National, New Era, Noma and the North
ern.
The Owen.
The Palmer-Singer, Pan, Partin-PaLmer, Pater
son, Pathfinder, Porter, Premier, Premocar and
the Pullman.
The Queen.
The R-C-H, Rambler, Reber, Reliance, Rem
ington, Riker, Roamer, Royal and the Ruxton.
The S. J. R., Sampson, Sandusky, Saxon Six,
Schacht, Schebler, Seruitor, Simplex, Skelton,
Sommer, Stanley Steamer, Starin, Stearns, Stearns
Knight, Stephens, Stevens-Duryea and the Stilson.
The Templar, Texan, Thomas, Tourist and the
Tribune.
The Union.
The Van 22, Velie and the Voisin.
The Welch.
The York and the Yale.
These are just a few of the more than 2,100
Makes of cars that have passed to the happy-
hunting-ground of Motordom, leaving only a
handful to suffice for this mechanical age.
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