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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2012 => Topic started by: grobmotorix on October 17, 2012, 02:12:52 PM

Title: Electric Carriage and Wagon Company Hansom Cab, ca. 1900
Post by: grobmotorix on October 17, 2012, 02:12:52 PM
Who knows this car?
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 22, 2012, 11:45:28 AM
Up!
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: Tackitt on October 22, 2012, 01:37:44 PM
British?
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 22, 2012, 01:47:58 PM
To my best knowledge - no.
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: RayTheRat on October 22, 2012, 02:47:36 PM
This appears to be the same vehicle, but without the wheel spats:

Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 22, 2012, 03:01:33 PM
Yes.
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: mymokke on October 22, 2012, 10:51:41 PM
Electric?
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 23, 2012, 01:10:02 AM
Yes.
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: RayTheRat on October 23, 2012, 10:34:48 PM
Another wild guess: 1898 Woods Hansom Cab?
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: grobmotorix on October 24, 2012, 01:13:40 AM
Itīs a hansom cab, but this is a too general name for this kind of vehicle body to lock it for you.

And it has not been buiult by a company named Woods.
Title: Re: Vintage special #10 / grob 2012.10.17 (10)
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 09:52:35 AM
Built by the Electric Vehicle Company of New York in 1898.
Title: Re: grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: grobmotorix on October 24, 2012, 04:30:00 PM
Iīll LOCK it for you.

But I have a slightly different name...
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 05:56:45 PM
Were you looking for Columbia?  Electric Vehicle Company took them over in 1900, and similar electric cars were made under the name Columbia.

1900 Columbia models included Mk XVI Brougham for cab service and Mk XVII Hansom Cab
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 06:03:55 PM
I did just find a copy of your image labeled as Hansom Cab by United States Automobile Co.  Operated by the New York Electrical Vehicle Company.
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: grobmotorix on October 24, 2012, 06:10:31 PM
Still not the right company... :-\
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 06:57:38 PM
Was it built in New York?
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 07:02:44 PM
Morris and Salom as manufacturer?
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: grobmotorix on October 24, 2012, 07:20:52 PM
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Was it built in New York?

No.

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Morris and Salom as manufacturer?

No.
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 09:11:15 PM
Riker?
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 24, 2012, 09:14:11 PM
Electric Carriage and Wagon Company?
Title: Re: LOCKED for sixtee5cuda / grob: Hansom cab by?
Post by: grobmotorix on October 25, 2012, 03:39:55 AM
Here we are!
Finally I can award you this very well earned point... :P

Its a Hansom Cab, built by the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company from Philadelphia.
Title: Re: Electric Carriage and Wagon Company Hansom Cab, ca. 1900
Post by: sixtee5cuda on October 25, 2012, 08:32:48 AM
The history of the electric hansom cab was a short and complicated one:

In 1896, building off the Electrobat of 1894, Morris and Salom construct their two-seater Electric Road Wagon and formed the Electric Carriage and Wagon Company, evidently the first electric car company in America. The Electric Road Wagon was developed into a series of coupes and hansoms for use as taxis in New York. These vehicles had rear-wheel steering, two 1/2 hp motors, and 44 lead-acid cells which gave them a range of 30 miles. Their company was purchased by Isaac L. Rice of Electric Storage Battery. Along with Pope (Columbia) and Riker, these companies combined and were the foundation for the Electric Vehicle Company and the "lead cab" syndicate (1899) which tried early to monopolize the automobile industry in America but failed to do so.

Title: Re: Electric Carriage and Wagon Company Hansom Cab, ca. 1900
Post by: grobmotorix on October 25, 2012, 10:33:03 AM
Thank you for those interesting facts!

And hereīs yet another photo: