Solved TGF-444: Doble first steam powered buckboard, about 1906.

targhediferro · December 23, 2014, 04:13:02 AM

Can you tell me what's this and who's the man at the wheel?

targhediferro · December 30, 2014, 04:38:37 AM

up.

4popoid · December 30, 2014, 12:06:25 PM

Manufactured in Europe?

targhediferro · December 30, 2014, 12:11:36 PM

Not European.

Wendax · December 30, 2014, 12:35:31 PM

Looks US American to me...

targhediferro · December 30, 2014, 01:10:31 PM

Yes, USA.

4popoid · December 30, 2014, 01:17:42 PM

Steam powered?

targhediferro · December 30, 2014, 04:52:16 PM

Yes.

4popoid · December 30, 2014, 06:24:47 PM

Is the driver (builder?) a known name in the auto industry?

ropat53 · December 30, 2014, 08:10:01 PM

Brothers Warren and Bill Doble in their earliest steam car. Together, they assembled a little buckboard between 1906 and 1909 while still in high school, using components salvaged from a wrecked White but incorporating an engine of their own design

4popoid · December 30, 2014, 08:19:53 PM

You got it ropat, I got hung up on Abner and forgot about Warren & Bill!

targhediferro · December 31, 2014, 05:21:20 AM

Quote from: ropat53 on December 30, 2014, 08:10:01 PM
Brothers Warren and Bill Doble in their earliest steam car. Together, they assembled a little buckboard between 1906 and 1909 while still in high school, using components salvaged from a wrecked White but incorporating an engine of their own design

That's perfect! As soon as possible I will post the unmolested picture.

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Solved TGF-444: Doble first steam powered buckboard, about 1906.