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Title: Whaddyacallit #231 - Solved! Grout $800 Steam Runabout
Post by: Ray B. on December 13, 2008, 09:31:28 AM
Ever seen this ?

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Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on January 06, 2009, 06:08:46 AM
Moved to first floor.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on January 19, 2009, 09:06:19 AM
And up again!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on April 19, 2009, 03:54:51 AM
This open pro section is getting crowded. Fleeing to another one.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 11, 2009, 01:59:26 PM
It reminds me of one car at one photo. It was a very old race and the car was driven by a woman. Maybe it was a DeDion Bouton, but maybe I'm completely wrong.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ultra on June 11, 2009, 09:29:00 PM
Cadillac?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 12, 2009, 02:26:05 AM
Neither a DeDion, neither a Cadillac.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 12, 2009, 04:00:27 AM
It's steam-powered, isn't it?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 12, 2009, 08:11:38 AM
In case of alternative power I'd rather say electric.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 12, 2009, 12:30:22 PM
Nope, Otto is right. It's steam.

Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 19, 2009, 04:08:15 AM
Non-US brand?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 20, 2009, 04:30:08 AM
US brand. Here is the factory where it was built.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 20, 2009, 07:22:22 AM
A Jaxon?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 20, 2009, 01:13:15 PM
Didn't know those, but no.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 20, 2009, 02:02:26 PM
What year it is? 1902 maybe?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 20, 2009, 04:33:10 PM
Between 1900 and 1905. I don't have a more precise date.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 20, 2009, 04:56:10 PM
Chicago?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 20, 2009, 05:35:31 PM
No. Quite far from there. Here is another car of the same make.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 20, 2009, 08:03:47 PM
Johnson?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 21, 2009, 04:12:19 AM
Nope
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Paul Jaray on June 22, 2009, 07:48:40 AM
Time to narrow down a 458-names list...does the company name starts from A,B or C?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 22, 2009, 08:07:52 AM
No (you're dangerously close to a case of "Erbas rule" ;D, but we'll make an exception)
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Paul Jaray on June 22, 2009, 08:42:30 AM
Oopps, I meant A-B-C together...
for example, if I should ask if it starts with a letter from N to Z, the answer will be yes for a Newark or a Reynolds. I thought the Erbas rule was against questions like: Does it start with A? Or B? What about C then?
But probably I won't get much further...now the list is of about 314 names!
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 22, 2009, 10:46:18 AM
Ooops myself. You're right.
So, it's not A-B-C, neither D-E-F, but you're welcome to try this method on, you might get lucky.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 22, 2009, 12:46:35 PM
J-K-L (Kensington)?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 22, 2009, 04:33:04 PM
Not J-K-L
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 22, 2009, 05:10:26 PM
 :-\


Grout maybe? It's hard to find pictures for most of the makes I can find, so it gets down to just some little information.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 23, 2009, 03:53:14 AM
 :) Grout it is!
It's been here so long that I say the brand itself is worth a point. The exact model name will be worth another.
Locked for faksta 72 hours.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: faksta on June 23, 2009, 04:33:18 AM
Grout $800 Steam Runabout?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231
Post by: Ray B. on June 23, 2009, 04:51:39 AM
Exactly.
Made in Orange, Massachussetts.
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231 - Solved! Grout $800 Steam Runabout
Post by: faksta on June 23, 2009, 07:34:00 AM
Strange name for a car - $800 Steam Runabout :) Maybe it was just an advertisement which contained those $800?
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231 - Solved! Grout $800 Steam Runabout
Post by: Ray B. on June 23, 2009, 07:48:08 AM
It seems to have been part of the name. The caption was "Guaranteed to Go Where Any Automobile Ever Went"
Title: Re: Whaddyacallit #231 - Solved! Grout $800 Steam Runabout
Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 23, 2009, 08:39:23 AM
Including, alas, out of business.